On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 9:45:25 AM UTC-10, zxcvbob wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting a 1800W (or maybe 3500W) portable induction
> cooktop. This will mainly be for brewing beer, and a magnet sticks to
> the bottom of my big brew kettle so I know it will work.
>
> Most of my cookware is Revere Ware; I think all the pieces were bought
> before they went bankrupt and reorganized in the late 1980's -- so
> they're nice and thick with copper bottoms. I think they are all
> stamped "Clinton, IL". Does anyone know if this stuff is induction
> compatible? (have you actually tried it?) A magnet does not stick to
> it, but since it is steel I don't know that that's a definitive test.
>
> If the only things usable on it are my big brew kettle, cast iron, my
> steel wok, and Graniteware, that's okay but kind of a letdown.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob

They make 3500W portables? Hoo boy, that would be something! I dumped most of my cookware because I got an induction range. I certainly won't be going back to non-induction. OTOH, they got induction units that work with all metals in Asia. That's cool. Beats the heck out of me why we're so backwards in cooking technology in the states. That's not right!