The ultimate kitchen upgrade

A magnetic induction stove: It's a cooktop that cooks twice as fast - but won't burn the kids' fingers

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Last Updated: June 7, 2008: 3:11 PM EDT


Instead of an electric element, an induction stove's powerful magnetic copper coil creates a high-frequency electromagnetic field that turns into heat.
What's cooking?
Induction stovetops offer big benefits, but with a big pricetag.

To boil 1 qt. of water Power to the pan Price
Gas 5 min. 40% $1,300
Electric 9 min. 52% $250
Induction 2.5 min. 86% $2,500


(Money Magazine) -- Magnetic induction may just be the best technology to hit the kitchen since the microwave oven. In the past few years this style of cooktop, which turns magnetic energy into heat, has proved itself a worthy competitor to the traditional choices - gas and electric.

And while induction has only recently joined the list of options, some experts already predict it will soon become an essential value-adding addition for kitchen remodels.

After all, it's faster, safer and more efficient than anything before, says Francisco Migoya, an assistant professor at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. He cooks with it; maybe you should too.