Cooking in the bus with an induction cooktop

[Seabyrd]

I had an old raised up 2" thick solid coil burner that had a Corian cover over it that was very heavy and hard to store when using the burners (the burners took forever to heat and theneven longer to cool off) so I had it removed and had the hole covered with the existing burner cover cut down to fit. I purchased two portable single induction burners, they are very light take up almost no space when using. I only ever use one at a time and often taken them outside when cooking out. I have very small cabinet top in my galley and love having the extra room.. Also they don't get very hot and are so easy to handle.They are Max Burton brand and are great. I got them on Ebay 2 years ago for about $130 for the pair, then they retailed for that much or more each. If I had had more cabinet top space I would have had a built in cooktop and a portable for outside, but this works perfectly for us.
Diane

Diane, what brand burner did you put in your bus?
Did it fit in the existing cutout or did you have to make modifications?
Thanks!

[wayne]

When y'all get those pics from Ron, would you please post them here so we can all have a look?

Thanks Diane for your reply.

[Ronald Hiemann]

Ok, I have measured both cooktops today. The new induction cooktop has overall dimensions of 11-3/8 X 20 inches and that is the dimension of the flat, black glasstop. Meaning, you could use a larger pot. The Gaggenau measures 11-1/4 X 20 inches and as owners know, the glasstop is framed in a raised metal edge. Thus, the size of your pots is limited. The cut-out does not require modifications. At least, not for the induction cooktop I have purchased. It dropped right in with hardly any room to spare. I think this will be the case for most any replacements.

Regarding the pictures and for those of you who have not seen them yet, just imagine a black, glasstop cooktop. That is pretty much all there is to it.

The much more important aspect of all this is, that cooking on an induction cooktop is incredibly fast.

Warning! It will cut your "Happy Hour" down to 15 minutes.

:-(

Cheers,
Ronald

[BrianE]

Seems like the pics requested in this thread never got published. The Domino cooktop as first reported by Ron and advertised on E-bay is truly an excellent unit. The cost of the unit at $220.00 delivered is a bargain when compared to domestic induction cooktops. The customer service and speed of delivery was excellent also. Thanks Ron, for the recommendation.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOMINO-INDUC...item35afd582d1

I had a local corian installer install our unit flush with the counter top which makes it a snap to clean and gains counter space when covered with a thin rubber mat. Cost of installation $250.00. The unit replaced a 110 volt Seaward cooktop in our coach. Converting to 220 volts was a snap which took me about 30 minutes. All in all this was one of the easiest and by far the most wife pleasing project I've completed. Here are a couple of snaps.

[JIM KELLER]

Good Job Brian, looks great !

[Ronald Hiemann]

Did I not send the pix? Shame on me! A couple of people emailed me and I sent them. Anyway, I am really glad to hear that you gained the same experience as I did. Ours is working perfectly fine and sooooo much faster than the standard Gaggenau.
The wife loves it and I collected brownie points. ... :-) ... Not only that, I sold the Gaggenau on eBay for more money than what I did pay for the German made replacement unit.

[garyde]

With the induction cooking, can you use metal and or ceramic pots and pans. Are there any limitations? Also, is there a white color choice, or any other color and trim choices.
I have not measured mine but it is inset in the counter so flush corian cover are place over it. As I understand it, this measurement is the same as the
unit installed , so I would still have the corian cover.