Induction stoves for boats

[DeepFrz]

S/V Delos just posted a one year review of induction cooking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xTjNOuRqQ

[RedFeather]

FWIW, these are beautiful, though no oven:

https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/keny...43-478646.html



And then there's the dude who attached an induction cooker to the top of his microwave and gimballed the whole shebang.

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by DeepFrz

S/V Delos just posted a one year review of induction cooking.

What is this induction oven they speak of?
Induction cooktop yes but oven?

[Auspicious]

Originally Posted by RedFeather

FWIW, these are beautiful, though no oven

Must be gimballed.

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by leftbrainstuff

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Our 5 gallon gas bottles last 4+ months each. We live aboard and cook daily and a lot. Hard to justify moving from gas.

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And we carry 4 of them

Thanks for the reminder and I'll stop looking at induction cooktops.

[RedFeather]

Originally Posted by Auspicious

Must be gimballed.

Agreed: Must be gimballed, which is why I also posted the link to the guy who--rather than install his induction cooker beneath the countertop--mounted it to the top of a microwave and gimballed the whole thing.

Someone posted earlier that they use silicone mats with their induction cooker (like the one that comes standard on the beauty above) and have never had to retrieve their dinner from the sole. So if you had a gimballed induction cooktop (attached to a microwave or propane oven), you could use combination of silicone mats and sea rails/pot holders.

[slug]

Ive been sailing with a gimbaled induction cook top for the past 25 years.

Very many miles covered

The induction cooktop is Beautiful thing ...rapid cooking ....little residual heat pollution in the galley when you power down

One issue was reliability ...i went thru 5 cook tops in 25 years .

Dont know what component fails inside the cook top..some kinda magical electronic gizmo

They were all Bosch cook tops ..good quality

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by slug

One issue was reliability ...i went thru 5 cook tops in 25 years .

That's a lot of fail

. They were all Bosch cook tops ..good quality

Apparently not.
I would expect better from a cheap $50 cooktop.

[slug]

Originally Posted by Simi 60

That's a lot of fail



Apparently not.
I would expect better from a cheap $50 cooktop.

The boats i sail run year round.

I suspect that induction cookers need pure electricity ..frequency, voltage

Also an induction cooker has small electric fans built into the unit to keep the electronic gizmo cool

You might ask an electronics guy about power supply to an induction cooktop

[mikedefieslife]

Do induction cooktops actually have power levels or do they operate like conventional (rather than inverter) microwaves. That is, do they just cycle on-off-on-ff, or can they actually reduce the power input/output?

I have the cheap Ikea portable cooktop and I can clearly hear it when the kicks in, turns off comes back in again.

[slug]

Originally Posted by mikedefieslife

Do induction cooktops actually have power levels or do they operate like conventional (rather than inverter) microwaves. That is, do they just cycle on-off-on-ff, or can they actually reduce the power input/output?

I have the cheap Ikea portable cooktop and I can clearly hear it when the kicks in, turns off comes back in again.

They pulse on..off

I dont know if the pulses are all the same power

[Pelagic]

I think it is a bit of both
Mine has a power setting to adjust wattage, plus the 9 heating levels that cycle on and off the power..

Living in the tropics with sufficient solar, there is no way I would go back to gas cooking inside.

But the BBQ outside is still enjoyed