Bhat-Bhateni Departmental Store and Big Mart say the sale of induction stove have spiked in recent times. [break]
"In the past, its sales used to number around 30 units a day. Now, we are selling 50 units every day," said Ramesh Ghimire, store manager of Bhat-Bhateni at Koteshwor.
Different brands of induction stove such as Baltra, Yasuda, Zentrix and Trisa are available in the market and their cost range from Rs 2,900 to Rs 5,500 depending on features.
Induction stoves are available from 2,200 watt to 2,700 watt, and comes with touch panel and keyboard system. Key features of induction stoves are they are energy efficient and cook faster.
The technology enables the stove to directly pass heat to cooking utensils, as opposed to other electric heaters that transfer heat from electrical coils to pan. Hence, user will neither see the flames nor know from outside if the stove is hot. As a result, cooking vessel gets heated in half the time than what LPG stove takes.
“Customer would need to buy a special kind of a cooking vessel made of ferro-magnetic metal to cook food on the induction stove,” said Antim Ranjit, marketing and branding manager of Big Mart.
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