vvgogh
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I got an induction stove from Costco, Tramotina Model 81500/108. It's 1800W / 120V. $120 and includes a 4qt pot and pan. And it has an unlimited duration return policy if something goes wrong. (The Costco Visa card just removed the 2y of extra warranty coverage in January this year for things you can't return. BOO! - anyone know another credit card for free 2y+ extended warranty coverage?)
The induction stove works great with the small cast iron pan I already had. You do have to be careful to not use too high an induction power level with cast iron. That included pot is really big for boiling water for one or two people, so I got a smaller 1ish qt stainless steel, Tfal ingenio. I really only wanted the small pot, but you get three nesting pots and a detachable handle for $60. I can save some space and ditch two types of fuel and their partials: I get to ditch the much larger Coleman grill/stove combo, propane canister, partial propane canister, jetboil stove and its pot, butane fuel canister, a partial butane canister, and a separate bowl. Hurray, no more partial canisters from car camping! I'll just continue accumulating them from rarer backpacking...
Here's an induction cooking energy usage estimate. I've heard there's 400W overhead for having the truck and pro-power on. A liter of water boils in 4 min on level 10 with the stainless steel pot (120 Wh + 27 Wh overhead = 147Wh). You can cook for 10 minutes on level 1 for 58 Wh = 18 Wh + 40Wh overhead. So, a camping day for me would likely be a liter of water in the morning (147 Wh) and another liter in the evening (147 Wh) and 10 min of level 1 cooking in the evening (58 Wh) totaling 352 Wh/day.
The 131 kWh battery has a highway range of 283.1 miles. That's about 463 Wh per highway mile. One day of cooking uses 0.76 highway miles. One week of cooking uses 2.46 kWh (1.9%) or 5.3 miles of highway range and about $0.40 at my home electricity rate if level 2 charging is 90% efficient. Perhaps there are some additional DC/AC conversion efficiencies to include if that's not already included in the 400W overhead.
Hurray for a more compact camp kitchen with the Lightning!
The induction stove works great with the small cast iron pan I already had. You do have to be careful to not use too high an induction power level with cast iron. That included pot is really big for boiling water for one or two people, so I got a smaller 1ish qt stainless steel, Tfal ingenio. I really only wanted the small pot, but you get three nesting pots and a detachable handle for $60. I can save some space and ditch two types of fuel and their partials: I get to ditch the much larger Coleman grill/stove combo, propane canister, partial propane canister, jetboil stove and its pot, butane fuel canister, a partial butane canister, and a separate bowl. Hurray, no more partial canisters from car camping! I'll just continue accumulating them from rarer backpacking...
Here's an induction cooking energy usage estimate. I've heard there's 400W overhead for having the truck and pro-power on. A liter of water boils in 4 min on level 10 with the stainless steel pot (120 Wh + 27 Wh overhead = 147Wh). You can cook for 10 minutes on level 1 for 58 Wh = 18 Wh + 40Wh overhead. So, a camping day for me would likely be a liter of water in the morning (147 Wh) and another liter in the evening (147 Wh) and 10 min of level 1 cooking in the evening (58 Wh) totaling 352 Wh/day.
The 131 kWh battery has a highway range of 283.1 miles. That's about 463 Wh per highway mile. One day of cooking uses 0.76 highway miles. One week of cooking uses 2.46 kWh (1.9%) or 5.3 miles of highway range and about $0.40 at my home electricity rate if level 2 charging is 90% efficient. Perhaps there are some additional DC/AC conversion efficiencies to include if that's not already included in the 400W overhead.
Hurray for a more compact camp kitchen with the Lightning!
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