Monday, March 19, 2012

All Clad Electric Induction Burner

All Clad Electric Induction Burner

Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 16 x 4 inches ; 12.6 pounds

  • Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.

  • Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.

  • ASIN: B003TOCO1W

  • Item model number: 7211000340


By : All-Clad
List Price : $299.99
Price : $240.00
You Save : $71.99 (24%)
All Clad Electric Induction Burner

Item Description


All Clad Electric Transportable Induction Burner is the ideal culinary accessory and investment to have on hand for the duration of holidays and particular events, or even to demo solutions outside of the kitchen.

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All Clad Electric Induction Burner

 

Item Functions

  • It is compatible with all magnetic cookware. why induction? precise temperature control, responsiveness, safety and super-painless cleanup!

  • Works in tandem with all clad's stainless steel and newer coppercore cookware collections.

  • Designed to combine the rewards of induction ccoking with the all clad heritage of superlative cooking overall performance.

  • Stainless steel body with ceramic glass cooking surface.

  • Item features timer option and residual heat indicator.

All Clad Electric Induction Burner

Customer Reviews


I received the All-Clad induction burner from Williams-Sonoma.com a few days ago. I was delighted to finally experience the induction cooking. The unit is very attractive in design and finish. It is substantial but it is easy to move around. It has a well lit display, actual buttons to push and a dial to turn to select menus, manual modes and set the timer. The variety of controls is excellent. There are three choices! One is preset. You select a cooking program by pushing the "MENU" button from Melt to Sear, the total of 7 (seven) choices. There are two manual modes. One is description mode from EX LOW to HIGH (6 settings). The second manual mode gives a range from 1 to 10.
I used manual mode 1 in EX LOW to cook rice in a 2.5-qt LeCreuset pot. First, I boiled liquid (chicken broth) using "MENU" option "BOIL", and then I switched to EX-LOW using the manual mode. The switch to manual mode was instant. There was nothing to turn off, just to press on the "MODE" button. On EX LOW, the liquid boiled just barely but continuously. There was no ON-OFF cycling. Tiny bubbles from the entire bottom surface of the pot were reaching the surface without breaking at the surface. I added rice and set the timer. After 20 min the unit shut itself off. The rice cooked evenly from the bottom to the top.
I also seared sardines (outside on the deck) in a non-stick Circulon skillet with perfect results. The skillet was 11" in diameter and the sardines cooked uniformly over the entire surface of the skillet. There was no hot spot in the center.
I also used 12" All-Clad Copper-core skillet to cook 2 large red onions and 2 red bell peppers. The vegetables got cooked much faster and browned nicely. I just had to keep turning them over. From my previous experience cooking these many onions and peppers at once in the same skillet on a Gaggenau electric cooktop in the kitchen resulted in a soggy onion-pepper mixture. I think that induction and little air movement outside helped to keep the moisture level low. That is how the onions and peppers browned so well.
Of course, nothing is perfect. The induction burner is not silent. The noise is produced by a fan inside the unit. The noise was somewhat intrusive and annoying. The noise was not mentioned in the description of this appliance. Even though I really enjoyed the cooking on All-Clad induction burner, the noise issue may become too irritating for me to keep using this appliance.
3 months later:
I've discovered that when I used high temp settings--fry or sear (MENU) and medium-high and high (MODE)--the red light inside the button (depending on selection) would start blinking and the unit would stop heating a skillet after about 10 min. I fried slices of eggplant for moussaka using LeCreuset 12" fry pan. The unit didn't shut off and error message didn't appear. However, there was no cooking for about 1 or 2 min. The heating would resume for 1-2 min and then it would stop. When I subsequently cooked the meat sauce on medium, the unit worked normally. I cooked outside in the shade.
I called All-Clad and found out that their personnel isn't educated about this appliance. After countless calls no one would tell me why the unit was doing it. I replaced the first unit with a new. The new unit does the same. I suspect that this is a design flaw. The high temp settings could only be used for very short periods. The unit worked long enough to sear steaks before placing them in the oven.

I have been searching for a quality induction portable cooktop for several months. They range from cheap units you might see in a dorm room to commercial grade units like Viking and Cooktek. I wanted a commercial grade unit but most are priced north of $500. When I saw that All Clad was offering one I knew it would have a very high build quality and would also be beautiful. Of course it was $800. I have lots of their cookware and Le Creuset as well so I did not have to worry about buying any cookware.
I bought this unit and received it on Christmas eve. Wow! It is an awesome machine. The controls and user interface are better than the Viking that I was strongly considering. You have virtually unlimited variability and instantaneous results. I have the All Clad pasta pentola and did a test to see how quickly I could bring it to a boil. I was amazed at the power and speed of this unit. It is very heavy duty and is quite heavy unlike a lot of the inexpensive units. The stainless steel is polished to a mirror like finish and the controls are very solid.
At 1800 watts you have the equivalent of a 15K BTU burner. You really can't get more than that off a 110 AC circuit. You need a 208/220 circuit to get more. My main reasons for buying induction was to get perfectly even heat, complete control of temperature, and most importantly, a perfect simmer. This All Clad unit delivers all of this in a beautifully built package and at this price I think it is the hands-down, best value in this category. These will not last long at this price. It seems All Clad may be phasing out of its electrics as they have not sold as well at the high price points they maintain. If you want a portable induction unit grab this one while you can.

 

All Clad Electric Induction Burner

 

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