Cooktop Case Study

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Boils water in less than a minute:
Costing $99.99 it uses 1800 watts of power and has 94 temperature settings. It comes with a 5 degree temperature increments and a 2 year warranty.
Pros:
This is a very compact product, very easy to move around the kitchen. It heats up your water or soups very fast and works perfectly with iron frying pans. Its temperature control is also excellent.
Cons:
Some of the inconvenience with the cooktop is that the food will tend to cook on the inside of the pan a bit more than on the outside, which is not so funny when you are making eggs in the morning. The cooling fan is also way too noisy for such a small appliance, which can be a bit annoying. Malfunctions with this product are also very common; it will go up …show more content…

It also has the tendency to heat slower, with time. It doesn’t have enough heat setting and was judged not durable at all, as crack would easily appear on the plastic housing, rear controls.
Nuwave’s Precision 14.5 Inch Induction Cooktop with Pan
A very versatile cooktop:
Out of all the cooktops on the list, it is perhaps, the most versatile. Costing $99.99 it can be used for boiling, simmering, deep frying, sauté, steaming, melting and many and more. Other reasons why it made it to our 10 best portable induction cooktop reviews, are because of its 6 different pre-programmed temperature settings and the fact that it can cook with 52 different temperatures (from 100 to 5f5 degrees). It is also equipped with programmable stage cooking functionality with up to 100 hours program memory and performance. It uses 70% less energy and has an automatic shut off function.
Pros:
With 52% of positive reviews, it can be used for heavy duty and does the work of heating up just fine. …show more content…

It also has the advantage to boil fast and save energy.
Cons:
The cooktop’s flaws come with its loud beep serving as an alarm. You will also notice that only the middle of the pot would boil or cook effectively. For this reason this cooktop is definitely not suitable for frying as it seems like it is only suitable for small pans. It also gets too hot on lower settings.
DUXTOP’s Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner 7100MC
Very light but with the essential features:
Last on our list of the 10 best portable induction cooktop reviews, is the DUXTOP. It’s only $49.99 and uses approximately 120 volts. It comes with a digital control panel, a 6 feet cord, a built in count-down digital timer with a 5 minute increments up to 170 minutes. It has a 10 temperature range (from 140 to 460 degree Fahrenheit). It also comes with an auto pan detection that will shut the unit automatically after 60 seconds, if no cookware is

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