[Jailbird]

I'm definitely not an expert, but I would say nothing of note has changed with our utility bill since we replaced the gas cooktop with an induction cooktop. The marketing will tell you it's more efficient because all the energy goes into the cooking (heating the pot) instead of heating the room as with gas. But hey, that's marketing.

One other concern was control: we did find out that the power levels on our model were not linear. The first 5 were all low power for low power needs (eggs, sauces, etc) and then 6 through 9 were much larger increments for high power needs (e.g. frying).

Our experiment before committing was using a plug in cooktop. We got a good one, and even though it was "only" 1800W it made many meals. It's power settings were linear but offered us 0-100% in 1% increments (amazing control! Love that thing.)

[cassepipe]

It sure is marketing and... basic physics ?

[pinkmuffinere]

To be fair, there are losses with induction charging, and I imagine there are similar effects here. But it makes sense that induction cooktops would generate less waste heat than a gas range.

[Jailbird]

OK yeah, I was just attempting not to project authority but let the data (which I didn't have handy) be the important part.

[pinkmuffinere]

Thanks for the detailed response, I think a plug-in induction cooktop might be added to my future Christmas list!