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Kenmore Elite 30 in. Electric Induction Cooktop Review

Induction is awesome, but....

"I love my induction cooktop. It is another brand, and I will tell you the reasons why.



We bought two Kenmore Induction Cooktops for our new home. After ordering, but prior to installation, we learned of a limitation that caused us to reconsider. The Kenmore has 4 burners rated at max. 3.2, 3.0, 2.3, & 1.5 KW. The total load capacity for the cooktop is 7.4 KW for 240V and 6.7KW for 208V. Doing the math, for all burners to be maxed out, you need 10 KW. The cooktop is 26% to 33% short of that. That is a major shortfall in power. Moreover, we learned that all burners share the same power module, meaning, that if you boost a burner, it takes power from the other burners.



There is one more costly brand that has 6 power modules and 6 burners, and the total load capacity is capable of supplying full power to all 6 burners.



There is another brand that cost less than the one mentioned above, yet a bit more than the Kenmore that has 5 burners, where they are divided into 3 power modules. You can run all burners at full power, but if you boost, you need to shut off the other burner sharing the same power module.



All that being said, I own the latter. I have not cooked on the Kenmore. I know from my own experience that I seldom need all the power of the boost on many burners at once, but I have used 2 or 3 burners completely maxed out. If they were on the Kenmore, that would have been the 3.2, 3.0, and 2.5 KW burners, and I still would have been 1.3 KW shy of full power on my 240V system.



Ciao!"