In article >, EZ Larry > wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:45:51 -0500, EZ Larry
> wrote:
>
>>Sunpentown 1891b ($169)
>
>It arrived yesterday, and I've been putting it through its paces ever
>since. Water comes to a boil in 2 minutes vs. 10 minutes on the

How much water? My microwave does 300 ml in 2 minutes.

>radiant cooktop. Eggs come out perfectly. The 10" non-stick pan that

My microwave would probably explode eggs. (Haven't tried. :-)

>comes with the unit appears to be well-made, and the non-stick
>material is pretty heavy-duty. Works well.
>
>The 20 power settings are terrific. The trade-off is that there are
>only 3 temperature settings, billed as "keep-warm settings," 140, 167
>and 194 degrees. Not sure how or why I would use those settings, and
>I'm not sure why there are three of them! If anybody knows why I'd
>want to use them, I'm all ears.

Those temperatures struck me as rather unusual, so I did a bit of
arithmetic. As I suspected, they equate to 60, 75, and 90 C
respectively. Looks like you yanks are buying cast-off metric
equipment with new labels attached for export to you. ;-)

>So, bottom line probably is, if you want to cook by temperature, get
>the Wolfgang Puck at HSN which has all the temperature settings, and
>if you want to cook by power levels, get the Sunpentown 1891b with its
>20 power levels.
>
>BTW, the fan is relatively quiet, and changes speed depending upon the
>load on the cooktop.

What does the fan do in an induction cooker? Keep the power supply
cool?

Cheers, Phred.

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LID