An extra burner comes in handy, but which style—gas, electric, or induction—is the best choice? Hannah and Lisa test models priced from about $12 to about $110 to find the very best. On our wish list: plenty of cooking power, excellent temperature control, simple operation, and easy maintenance.
Buy the Imusa Electric Single Burner:
Buy the Grill Boss Dual Fuel Camp Stove:
Buy the Duxtop Induction Hot Plate:
Buy the All-Clad Stainless Steel skillet:
Buy the Breville | Polyscience Control Freak:
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Cooking outside on the deck and not having the house smell like food is absolute PEAK!!!!
Induction burners are great for outdoor summer time cooking, e.g. steaming corn on the cob or the no oven steamed chocolate cake, to reduce the load on your a/c. When steaming items, the smaller induction coils aren't a drawback.
I want an electric burner to help lower gas usage as natural gas prices skyrocket during winter months. That Imusa sounds great. Thanks for the info.
for $1500 it better be cooking my dinner for me.
Very helpful review. I'm getting the Grill Boss, mainly to keep my wife happy by not deep frying in HER kitchen🤣🤣🤣
When your home has lost power and it’s below freezing outside for several days, the gas burner isn’t a good option.
Since it needs a ventilated area, I guess cook in the garage?
Those 1 lb propane canisters are designed to be at the angle at which the short hard metal connector puts them. So while the hose connector may feel safer or better, it’s actually preferable to have the hard attachment that puts the propane bottle at the correct angle.
Butane is a VERY EXPENSIVE FUEL FOR THE AMOUNT OF COOKING
BTU on the butane burner?
2:55 Has anyone found a hose and connection that fits the portable gas Grill Boss 90057 Dual Fuel Camp Stove and a 20lb propane tank? I've tried a few, but haven't found one that works.
I would like a video about best electric cooking appliances for battery power. So, low surge, lower wattage, efficient.
What about the cuisinart electric burner ? Would've been nice to see that tested/compared as well.
$129 for a pan…is NUTS!!!
Have you tested the caso prochef 3500?
Electric ,I love the 1500 hundred model, but I would love a Louie Vuitton handbag too, LOL,
I have the Breville, it’s big, heavy, and worth every penny. You get what you pay for.
Twenty-four minutes to boil?! That is nearly the same as a regular electric stove.
After watching YouTube videos where I saw potable gas grills blow. So negative on the gas burners.
Can I use a five dollar bill?
Stick a metal plate. Your other pans will heat up Untop of that
Outstanding review, analysis, and presentation – Thank you!
Ofc Breville's Control Freak is the best! The rest have more or less the same (low) quality.. Unfortunately, Breville's not affordable, a bit dated as well. But if you're still looking something similar, keep an ear out for Kitchen Automatique. Their upcoming cooktop seems to be a promising alternative.
9:45 induction IS electric.
Wish I would have known about portables when we were having so many power outages from summer wildfires. The BBQ grill wasn't a great option due to the horrible air quality. So we used our gas backpacking stove indoors which while handy, is small and uses costlier isobutane fuel.
I love Tomatoes !!
i have a korean butane burner and a duxtop induction, and prefer the induction b/c 1) the induction is not vulnerable to wind (you can put up a portable shield tho), and 2) I never know what to do with the empty butane canisters.
A spare burner is the best way to smoke an op
That little episode that you had that happens to the best of us you're golden.😊
basic (for dummies): gas good but gas go boom.
for everyone else: each has thier own specific scenes of use, but overall gas has the widest range of effecacy for 95% of use cases.
open/close placement
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Can you use the gas stoves indoors even if it's butane or propane
Will this simmer soup for a few hours?
What a great video ! I'm going to buy one of those butane ones and I was looking at that dual-fuel ones. Thankfully, you reviewed it here so I'm going to buy that one. Thanks a bunch !
Boil water in 24 minutes!…not for me then.
Prior experiences with electric burner were just awful. I would never buy one again. But I had some work done in my kitchen recently and bought the Buxtop: wowee zowie, it is GREAT.
Our butane stove has been fantastic when our power has gone off . I don't believe with an open kitchen you need to worry about fumes . One $ trick is to buy the butane cannisters in Korean or Asian markets . They charge a fraction of the price that other places do .
Is it possible to use a barbecue size propane tank with the gas stove? Does anyone know? Thank you Lisa for another great ATK review.
Remember to use a $20.00 bill. It won't work with a 1,5,10, 50 or 100.
Thank you ❤
Gas. If you need a burner you probable don't have electric.
Thanks so much! Excellent review and instruction for a topic especially timely today. Love your videos– always straight to the point, expert presentation. 🏆👏A+👍
stick to cooking, you know nothing about electricity. Portable gas stoves always have issues at low temp.
These ladies really like fondue.
all I am saying.. is give pizza a miss 🚫