• Model No.: VICC 120SS
• Dimensions: 15×12-in.
• Origin: China
• Weight: 17.0-lbs.
• Material: Stainless Steel

Reviewed By: Kim Hibbert


The “BMW” of Induction Cookers, Made Portable!


Having owned a 5 zone induction cooktop imported from the UK in my previous home, I was already spoiled and no stranger to the responsiveness, efficiency, and pure power of induction cooking as well as the different brand units out there. I was a tad nervous about plunking down $500 for a single induction burner, however, this little workhorse has proven to be one of the most joyously hard working appliances in this old kitchen being used exclusively now while the archaic smooth top stove sits cool and idle.


The heat settings on this unit are spontaneous and responsive with a range that will shame your pro-gas stove or cooktop for putting a perfect sear on a roast and boiling a large pot of water lightening fast, plus all settings in between that are dead on accurate as well as a setting low enough to be used as a hot plate. And all this can be done anywhere, even outdoors. What a concept!


I highly recommend this Viking portable induction cooker if you are considering bringing induction into your home and would like a test drive a unit that is truly top notch and representative of the genre.


***Important to remember with all induction cooktops is your cookware must be ferrous or magnetic. You can test your pots and pan bottoms with an ordinary kitchen magnet. Cast iron and enameled steel work wonderfully on induction and now there are many cookware manufacturers producing lines of stainless steel that are induction capable.


- Kim

Reviewed By: Road Warrior (Vista, CA USA)


Great performance, convenient, versatile, efficient


This Viking Portable Induction Cooker has the highest power rating of any 120V unit I have found on the market. At 1.8kW, it claims to be the equivalent of a 15,000 BTU gas burner. I beg to differ. This induction cooker can boil 2 qt of cold water in 7:11; my Thermador professional cooktop with 15,000 BTU burners, takes 10:08 to boil that same pot of water! A cast iron skillet reaches a temperature of 400F in 0:57. Almost too quick, it throws off your cooking rhythm a bit. No time to turn around and grab something from the fridge.


The unit is of high quality construction, but easily portable. Styling makes it look like a commercial grade restaurant appliance. In more and more restaurants/hotels, induction is replacing butane burners for the exhibition omelette and pasta stations. They use 203/230V units, which have even more power. This unit is more appropriate for the home kitchen since you can power it from a standard outlet. At 15A, I wouldn’t put too much else on the same circuit, although I haven’t tripped a breaker yet.


The other unique feature of the Viking is that it has a large knob, instead of a touchpad to control the heat. For this function, I like knobs. As claimed, heat response is almost instantaneous. The ceramic surface stays very cool, only a bit of transfer heating right under the pan. Easy to wipe off spills, won’t burn the kids.


To cook on the Viking, I use a Lodge cast iron skillet, a Circulon Infinite omelette pan, a Farberware Millenium sauce pan, and a steel wok (with a flat spot on the bottom). All of these pieces work great. The cooker is smart. If you put an incompatible piece of cookware on the surface, it won’t turn on. The light just blinks.


Very happy with the purchase. Especially with Macys.com sale price offered on Amazon in late July. My cousin’s wife is into green, energy saving appliances so she’s making him buy one too. He’ll have to pay the current selling price because the sale is over and she won’t wait.


- Road Warrior

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