Earth Notes: A Note On the SIKP 2000 A1 Portable Induction Hob: Review

How efficient and easy is it to use?

Review

I'm interested in alternative cooking methods in terms of efficiency, and how acceptable they are to the cook.

For example, it seems that a small efficient upright electric kettle can boil enough water for a cup of tea with a carbon footprint lower than using a hob (gas or electric) or even a microwave oven.

At the very least I'm interested to know how an induction hob compares on that, but also how usable it is compared to our current gas hob for our day-to-day cooking.

Lidl had an offer on for a portable one-place induction hob (SilverCrest SIKP 2000 A1, 2kW for £29.99) and at a third of prices from other retailers I thought it would be worth a go!

I assumed that wgile it would not work with our glass or aluminium pans, that it would work with our other metal (stainless steel) pans, but no. So after trying nearly every pan in the kitchen, and beginning to wonder if the hob was defective, I bought a £25 26cm frying/sauté pan with lid from Argos for induction hobs that will work happily on our gas hob too, and which was needed anyway. And thankfully it did work immediately when I got it home.

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Sources/Links

• Michael Bluejay's notes on cooking electricity/energy use.
• Amongst other things the sust-it site ranks electrical goods such as TVs and fridges by energy consumption in sensible ways, which is a very valuable service.