Precision Cooking with the NuWave PIC Induction Cooktop

Rick R: I purchased a unit from a different manufacturer and returned it because it did not seem to work very well, and would never boil a pot of water, Even after 20 minutes.
This unit works very well and I’m very happy with it. It heats the pan amazingly quickly, and is easy to adjust the temperature of the pan. It’s a little more expensive but worth it. It’s very easy to clean as it just has one solid glass top that is easy to wipe down. The controls are very easy to operate and you can control the heat by either wattage or temperature. The fan in the unit is quiet and is just a very slight hum. Would definitely recommend this product.

United States on Nov 27, 2023

D. Schwartz: I'm renting a house and this house has a glass top oven which is HUGE pain in the neck to keep clean. Also, the landlord told me to not use any cast iron cookware on the oven which is a huge pain the neck since that cuts out using Dutch ovens.

For some things, like a wok, I use a butane stove top, but now for most things, I try to use this Nuwave induction cooktop. It works like a dream. Boils quickly, heats up pans immediately for sautéing, and other frying.

In terms of cleaning, I've been using the same glass oven top cleaning paste I use on the oven/stovetop, but it cleans SO much easier and shines back to looking brand new.

The temperature control is fantastic and when I need to reduce or increase temperatures, it happens almost instantaneously.

Hopefully, this will last many years!

United States on Oct 23, 2023

mokiachmokiach: I've been using a butane camping stove in my RV, and after it was stolen I decided to try this to see if it is feasible option than having a dangerous gas stove.

Before this purchase I tried a Waring Professional two-burner with a 500W small burner and a 1300W large burner. My test with it was that no matter whether I had it turned high or low on the small burner, it still used the full 500W as opposed to less wattage when it was turned down low. For comparison sake, It took 30 minutes with the small burner to get the water simmering.

Alternately, this NuWave Pro induction hot plate uses less watts if you turn it down, and more watts if you turn it up. Below are some experiments that I conducted to test how much it would do with how little time or watts.

Theoretically the lowest setting is 900W, and I used this lowest setting for all the experiments. Note that this is the Commercial NSF version as compared to the non-commercial home version that has the lowest setting at 500W. So the range of the 900W setting starts with 100W when it is on low (100-F); Medium-low runs at about 650W (175-F); Medium runs at about 1000W (275-F), and I did not test Medium-high,...

United States on Sep 20, 2023

Amazon Customer: Easy to set. Easy to use. Works really well. A little slow arriving but otherwise we’ll satisfied.

Canada on Jan 30, 2023

Randy M.: I’ve been a big fan of induction cook tops for many years now. They’re efficient, save a lot of money, are easy to use and are very safe. That’s just the very basic, simple ones. This NuWave PIC Pro Chef is fully featured and simply the “Cadillac” of induction cook tops—and its price reflects its value. I believe the PIC Pro Chef is NuWave’s top-of-the-line induction cook top.

For those of you who don’t know about or understand induction cooking, it’s very simple. Underneath the glass cook top, there are copper coils that create an oscillating magnetic field. The magnetic field speeds up the molecules in the cookware, heating the pot or pan, etc., cooking your food. The cook top itself does not produce any heat. Your cookware, getting hot (like rubbing your hands together quickly) is what cooks your meal. The cook top eventually gets hot because the hot pan or pot you’re cooking in transfers some of its heat to the cook top. You can imagine the efficiency of this cooking method. There are no flames to transfer most of their heat to the air, making your kitchen hot. Even with electric-coil cook tops, most of the heat is transferred to the air. With an...

United States on May 24, 2021