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Sunpentown Micro-Induction Cooktop - SR951T | 
| Brand: Sunpentown
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $238.00
You Save: $11.99 (5%)
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 80045
Color: Stainless Steel
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.5
Dimensions (in): 20 x 16 x 12
MPN: sr-951t
UPC: 876840000711
EAN: 0876840000711
ASIN: B000FF9Q14
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Color: Stainless Steel | | • | Size: 2.36"H x 15"W x 12.2"D | | • | Induction provides precise temperature control. | | • | Japan made glass ceramic top. | | • | Stylish stainless steel housing. |
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Product Description
Sunpentown 1400W Induction Cooktop puts instant heat at your fingertips. It's faster, easier, and safer than any gas-fueled burner or cooktop! Plus it costs just pennies an hour to operate. No gas cylinders, no dangerous open flame... yet it heats up in an instant and provides precise heating control. Details: Dual functions: Cook (adds heat); and Warm (maintains temp.) 7 power settings (350- 1400W) for precision heat control; 7 temperature / keep warm settings (110-440 degrees); Timer can be set for up to 99 minutes; Highly durable wear-resistant surface; Micro-computer glass panel control with LED Heats up fast, cools down instantly once pan is removed; SmartScan technology; Input voltage: 120V / 60Hz; Power consumption: 1400W; Approx. 15" x 12 1/4" x 2 1/2". Weighs approx. 10 lbs. ETL approved. You'll love the convenience! Order Today! Sunpentown SR-951T 1400W Induction Cooktop
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Best thing since sliced bread July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This induction cook top is better than gas. For actual control of the cooking process, electric does not even come close to either because there is such a lag time when you decrease the temperature. Induction cooking heats instantly and then only the utensil, not the kitchen. The temperature increase or decrease is almost instantaneous. The controls are touch pads. You can choose to cook by power level or temperature. It has a 99-minute digital timer. Induction cooking is safer in that it contains none of the pollutants that may be found in natural gas such as mercury, radon, pcb's, formaldehyde, soot, radon and benzene. I never realized the pollutants that can come from natural gas that we then breathe during the combustion process. The only downside to induction cooking is that all types of cookware will not work. The easiest test is whether a magnet will stick strongly to your cookware. Of course if the cookware is labeled for induction, then you have your answer without the magnet. For example, Corning Ware will not work - it's glass and not magnetic. Also, just because a pot or pan is metal does not necessarily mean that it will work on this unit. This is the reason for the magnet test. It is not hard to find this type of cookware at either end of the price spectrum from Wal-Mart to All-Clad.
Try it. It comes with a free pan and lid. You won't regret this purchase.
 Horrible Quality June 26, 2007
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is the worst piece of equipment I have ever used. I own a restaurant and they did not last a month and it is not a real busy restaurant I have 5 of these and they are horrible. Good Luck if you buy them.
Great Product May 10, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the neatest products I have bought in a long time. It makes cooking easy. You set the temperature and it hold it steady with no guess work. It cooks with any cookware that a magnet will stick to, which includes almost all stainless steel, all carbon steel and cast iron. I bought it to cook outside with, but I use it in the kitchen instead of the stove most of the time. I am sure I will have another one before the year is out. It is expensive, but It seems to be a high quality product.
First Induction Experience May 7, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
As an electronics engineer, I've been fascinated with the concept of induction cooking since the 1970s. Low-cost Magnetron tubes eventually put microwave ovens ahead of induction cooking technology in the kitchen, but microwave ovens don't allow for turning food over by hand, or allow for hand-stirring during cooking. A "must" for many types of food.
For the past 30 years, whenever my wife wanted to cook fried foods, she would do it on the patio - weather permitting - to keep the grease and spatter to a minimum inside her kitchen. She usually struggled with one type or another of a very hard to clean single-element "hotplate". With a large frying pan sitting on it, the thing was unstable, had too little power (only 750 watts) for frying, and was usually a mess from spills and splatters which "baked on" to the unit forming hard black deposits (the red hot heating elements are great for turning cooking oil into varnish - not to mention the fire hazard involved if splashed oil hits the element).
This Sunpentown unit provided a large flat stable (and cool) surface for her pans, and is simple to keep clean and "brand new"-looking all the time.
The 1250 cooking watts is plenty for deep frying. She prefers to use one of the 7 different "cooking levels" (duty cycle, actually - the same way a normal big electric range turns the element on and off to maintain an approximate heat setting); but doesn't care to use the built in temperature sensor settings.
The built in timer is nice, but we almost never use that feature either.
My only wish is that the built-in cooling fan for the electronics was just a wee bit quieter. It's quiet, but still noticeable in a quiet room.
Because the cooking vessel is heated directly (wasting little heat) I don't believe it's possible to deliver more heat to a pot from any 115V 'hotplate' style single-burner cooker. There's the added advantage that a misplaced towel cannot possibly catch fire either. It's also very difficult to burn one's self with this unit. The glass does become hot due to heat from the pan - but cools quickly enough (and, after all, when frying it only reaches about 425F - compared to a traditional hotplate's 1100F element).
definite replacement for existing cooktop February 11, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I received this portable cooktop as a Christmas present in 2006. We are planning to build a retirement home in a few years and plan to install an induction cooktop. We bought this unit to explore the cooking technique needed for induction cooking. This unit has turned into our daily cooking tool since the day I received it. My wife has always wanted a "good" set of stainless cookware so we bought a nice set of All-Clad cookware to go with it.
The temp settings take a little getting used to but I've found that changing from temp to cook setting makes a big difference in the temperature. Once you determine the setting for the heat range your looking for then this unit will do whatever you need.
Pro's are the temperature comes up much quicker than an electric unit and acts more like a gas cooktop. We have a Jenn-Air ceramic cooktop and it doesn't even compare to this little portable unit. I'm cooking in half the time on the induction it takes to get up to temp on the Jenn-Air and using half the power to do it.
Con's are it takes longer to bring a pot of water to boil on this portable unit than our electric Jenn-Air. Around 5 minutes longer. But overall for a unit that's 120V vs. a 240v for a full fledge cooktop this unit is one nice piece of equipment and can supplement any gas or electric stove in your kitchen. The only other drawback is you need to have cookware that is magnetic, either stainless or cast iron, take a refrigerator magnet with you when shopping for new cookware. I would recommend this unit to anyone looking to compliment their existing kitchen appliances and reduce their electricity consumption and heat in the kitchen.
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