I have a smaller one, and I love it. It's my fifth burner when I have guests and I set it up on the porch when I'm canning or cooking lobster. Very useful.

I'll probably get an induction cooktop for my retirement home (sometime in the future) - I'm less likely to forget and burn the house down!!!

Thanks for the tip, Cj. How did you find McNichols Electric? Are you a Detroiter? I'm going to keep them in mind should we decide to augment our new rangetop with a portable induction burner.

Nope, I called Viking, and they referred me to them for more information.
c.

Run a search on: Burton Table Top Induction Cooktop Stove Top, 110 volts

I found one on Ebay.

Thanks, Jim. That looks like a great way to get one's feet wet (poor choice of words?) in induction cooking for a lot less than even a refurbished Viking.

Here is a link that might be useful: Max Burton 110V Induction Cooktop

Although I detest Viking's lack of customer and distributor support, bit and ordered one. I'm looking forward to using this at home and especially as an outdoor burner to cook fish w/o smelling up the house.

I just saw this portable induction burner for $150- does anyone know anything about it?

Here is a link that might be useful: BergHOFF portable induction burner

I've been enjoying my Viking. I realize that it can't compare to a 220V model but it has been fast, responsive, and fun to use. I'm an induction convert...

Daven, I'm a convert, too! No, it's not a 220V, but I figure that 1.8KW is about the size of the smallest burner on a "full size" cooktop, so it's a fair trial of the technology. And it beats the living daylights out of ANY burner on my 11 year old Jennair smoothtop electric range, even the 'biggest' one. Can't wait for the remodel now. I like that it's so quiet, too. You can hear the fan, but it's not at all loud.
Cj