5000 Watt Countertop Commercial Induction Cooktop Burner, Electric Magnetic Stove

Wow 4 minutes to bring to a boil 1gallon of water at 65F. And to top it all it is not 26lbs but in fact 6lbs. Much lighter than the Vollrath mirage cadet or the Garland product.Vollrath is crap btw and their customer service sucks. Once you buy something from Vollrath you are stuck with it. They will not take it back

I bought this unit for brewing beer. Here are my impressions after my first brew.The good:At the 4000 watt setting, this unit brought 7 gallons of water from 75 degrees to 165 degrees in 30 minutes. (I added some ingredients at this point, and subsequently it had no problem bringing it to a boil.)The unit is very sturdy, and appeared to support the 60 pounds of weight easily.The not so good:I received a standard manual all in kanji, and a separate set of instructions in English, which could use some editing. For example, one of the instructions was "Don't put a metal object on the induction cook top".There were also some handwritten notes regarding how to wire up the stovetop. As the product clearly states you need to add your own 220v plug, that's fair, although the notes state, "the brown line is live wire, the blue line is neutral wire". For those who don't know, with 220v setups like this, there is no neutral wire. There are two hots and a ground. They do recommend professional installation, but this type of wiring isn't hard, so a couple pictures of proper wiring, along with more formalized text would be better. They do include a 220v circuit breaker in the box, but it's not one that would fit a box anywhere in the United States (at least from what I've seen), so its inclusion is rather unnecessary. This did ship directly from Hong Kong, so that's wasted weight. If I were the manufacturer, for shipments headed to the U.S., I would remove the circuit breaker, and would put on the standard 6-20P plug. My guess is that would work for most customers and eliminate the confusion.In the attached photos, you'll see that the 5000-Watt model only has 6 power levels, 0W, 800W, 2500W, 3500W, 4000W, 5000W. (Mine actually displays 2800W?) For brewing beer, this was fine, as I used 4000W to bring the water to a boil, and 2800W to maintain it. I imagine in some cooking scenarios, this may be insufficient. I don't know how its internals work, but if it were possible, I'd much rather have the flexibility of 100W increments.Conclusion:This is an awesome unit, which just needs a bit of polishing. I'd actually rate it 4.5 as it is.

This is my first review on Amazon never felt it was worth it to do so. This product is amazing. Well worth the price, easy to use and heats large or small amounts of liquids so much faster than gas it’s ridiculous.

It’s perfect for beer brewing. Starts a cycle with preset power level.

The unit ships directly from China so expect a few days longer shipping. The instructions and buttons are in broken english and not much help but you dont really need them anyway. The controls are straightforward...i.e. button up =more power.. or button down= less power..We had an electrician wire it up in our commercial kitchen in a restaurant. There is no plug on the unit just bare wires. To make things more efficient in our layout we wanted to be able to quickly boil large pots of water in the back workstation away from our normal cook line. It works awesome for this purpose.This thing is a beast!Let me tell you everyone was skeptical when we first got this unit. Talking hardcore cooks and chefs that have been in the restaurant business for years that swore by a gas stove. Thought this unit was a joke. After the first boil... they were believers!I'm telling you we put monster gigantic stock pots on this thing filled with several gallons or water and half a sack of potatoes and it boils it in just a few minutes. Probably 1/4 of the time or less it would take on a gas stove. The other nice thing about this is we put it on a low equipment stand so the top of the burner is probably 36" off the ground. this makes it super easy to put big heavy pots on top and lift them off when they are done vs. lifting all the way up onto a stove top.Keep in mind this is in EVERYDAY use in a busy busy commercial kitchen. In the first year the glass top got a few cracks in it but it worked fine. Finally after about 2 years... it made a pop sound and died. For this price we are just going to throw away and replace with another one.I would anticipate if your using this in a home application it would last significantly longer. Our commercial application is tough on equipment and not surprised that it died after a few years. On the low settings you can brown meat or saute really nicely and on the high settings it boils water 1,000 times faster than gas. Older kitchen staff think its not as good as gas but not based on any facts... if you can take your personal old school bias out of it, it is hotter, faster, and truly better than gas (with the exception that it requires induction friendly cookware).I believe in other countries induction use is further ahead and more widely accepted than the US. Although induction is slowing gaining popularity in the states. a few years ago you could not even find a 5000w induction burner in the US. There were only smaller 1,000-2,500w units. Recently several commercial 3,500watt units have hit the market but they cost $1,500+. With some searching around i found one 5,000w single burner induction from a US manufacturer but the cost was $2,000+.Would buy this again (and have) for the price.