Just powerful coil and integrated battery charged by conventional 110v outlet. The description of this cooking stove should be placed at "Over engineering" Wikipedia page.

Perhaps there will come a day that I give up my gas range, after all.

My biggest induction cooktop issue isn't heating speed, it's heating coverage. My 14" cast iron doesn't head edge to edge on my cheapo $60 induction unit, and that's really frustrating. Sometimes I turn on the gas stove to get the job done!

For all the marvels Impulse offers, it's still only a 9" 'burner'. This would be the top thing I'd like to see fixed.

I just got a nuwave eletric wok, and am really hoping that it can do much better on my stir fry.

> These models use the type of battery found in some electric cars ...

> On the Impulse Cooktop, that battery can also produce a whopping boost of heat by channeling 10,000 watts to a single element ...

Ignoring both the fire safety issues and how long it'd be 'till that kinda power destroyed your cookware...I don't think you'd want one of these installed in a kitchen that either kids or frailer seniors might frequent.