On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:27:10 -0800 (PST), horusprim
> wrote:

>I am thinking on a buying a induction hot plate from Amazon.com
>(http://www.amazon.com/Max-Burton-600...-Induction/dp/
>B000MVN1M6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top).
>
>I wanted know if there was any reason I could not use it as a
>makeshift heat in a slow cooker application? In other words, place a
>cast iron dutch oven, with the slow cooking food, on the induction hot
>plate. Next, leave and go to work. Then come back to a hot meal.

I do this all the time, for chili and other items, with the very same
Burton hob and either a 7-qt. Le Creuset or a 6-qt. Calphalon
non-stick pot. Works fine.

-- Larry