Induction cookers For Inverters And Hot Weather?

Hi Mex,

I love my NuWave induction hob. I use it with a cast iron frying pan for pan cakes. I use it with a chicken fryer for soups and stews. It works well with the Magnum inverter.

Like most induction devices it cycles on and off once it reaches the set temperature. However, it does so a lot faster most other induction cookers--faster than a kill-a-watt meter can read.

Cast iron works okay on an induction cooktop; and cast iron griddles are not hard to find. One with a flat (not raised, nor with significant embossing of logos etc.) would of course be preferred.

I suppose one could also go to a metal dealer and get a suitably sized and shaped chunk of steel plate, clean it well, and dub it a griddle. Grinding or milling a groove around the outside to catch excess grease/juices might be a good idea, albeit some non-trivial work.

Love my induction cooker so much better than propane stoves

Induction plates are great.

You can build a Sous Vide water cooker. I did. Cheap. Do some Googling. It’s a great low energy way to cook. Get a cheap cut of eye of round cook it at 130 for 14 hours or so. Perfectly med rare, tender.

Bud box, female recep, power cord, temp controller on EBay, crock pot (old school no electronics) wire it up. Plug crock pot in, set temp.

Find the right pan and it will work even better than cast iron as far as I am concerned. I have both side by side.

My Nu Waves do NOT like modified sine waves.

I like sous vide cooking but i’m not sure i’d consider it low energy. My can draw 1500 watts (Anova). 14 hrs of that will do a number on batteries for sure!

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Propane fires add heat and moisture YUCK.

I would love to have a ferrous griddle for hot days. Hot Cakes!

Ideas? Counterpoints? Note the "ferrous". Searches have been fruitless

Will this work?

https://www.campchef.com/stove-accessories/griddles/14-griddles/professional-flat-top-griddle-30.html

$47 at Amaz

Of course, but batching out 20 hotcakes for 3 starving crocodrilletes my granddaughters is about all the work it would ever do. Bacon in the microwave and poached eggs in the microwave. And about a quart of maple syrup.

phemens wrote:
I like sous vide cooking but i’m not sure i’d consider it low energy. My can draw 1500 watts (Anova). 14 hrs of that will do a number on batteries for sure!

The heat element isn’t on continuously. Once the water and protein reach temp it’s on very little.
The crock pot model uses even less.

I have an Anova too. Love it.

I Sous Vide 1-2 a week.

I cook outside 98% of the time on a three burner Camp Chef stove with a Weber Q 220 next to it. The few times I have to use the stove for something, it doesn't worry me. I turn on the exhaust fan (which exhausts outside-some don't) and the max air fan in the bathroom for an hour or so.