The Induction Cooker- It's Hot!

The staid Indian kitchen has of late witnessed a hi-tech invasion of unprecedented scale. Electric induction cookers have all but replaced the gas and thermo-electric cookers in the households of most cities and towns. Though most of us take the induction cooker to be a new-fangled invention, patents (filed by Frigidaire, the 'fridge' people) for the technology date as far back as 1909. But the practical implementation of the technology had to wait till the 1970s when reliable high power solid-state devices became available for use in the power control circuits of induction cookers. Today's induction cooker is fast and highly energy efficient when compared to any traditional cooker, gas or electric.

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