I even tried baking a potato. Worked great and the outside was brown in some areas. It took almost an hour with the heat setting at 2 (about 200W) and it didn't even draw the house battery down enough to register on my meter. The sun was still up, so my solar panel was producing 50W.

I even tried baking a potato. Worked great and the outside was brown in some areas. It took almost an hour with the heat setting at 2 (about 200W) and it didn't even draw the house battery down enough to register on my meter. The sun was still up, so my solar panel was producing 50W.

I found a tiny Dutch oven at a thrift store. Here I have filled it with cornbread batter and it's ready to bake. The induction burner heats up the cast iron Dutch oven just like it was inside a regular oven.

The lid doesn't get hot enough to get the top brown and crispy. For that, I cook it for 25 minutes (so that the batter has set) and then turn it upside down for 10 minutes. It will stay plenty hot while I cook the main course.

This is a $45 induction cooker connected to a 1000W pure sine wave inverter. The lowest setting is a nice simmer and the highest setting could fry (which I never do). It doesn't trip the inverter. It seems to be about a quick as a microwave and no open flame.

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I even tried baking a potato. Worked great and the outside was brown in some areas. It took almost an hour with the heat setting at 2 (about 200W) and it didn't even draw the house battery down enough to register on my meter. The sun was still up, so my solar panel was producing 50W.

Marco Flamingo
Aug 7, 2016

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