Now I whip the Ego mower up and down a Los Angeles hillside that’s so steep it’s hardly safe to mow. And after mowing grass with every mainstream mulching machine of the past three decades, I’m sure that only the Ego mower could pull this one off. The power cord is detachable and the grinder can be easily stored in cupboards and drawers, a great partner for travel. A little brush is also included which helps clean the grinder. But forget my personal mowing memoirs. This is about your mowing needs, and I’m telling you that this mower is satisfying, even if the smell of a gas mower’s four-stroke is like noxious nostalgia in your nose.

I raced Toro TimeCutters across the parking lots of megachurches while working on a pro mowing crew. With my induction cooktop, only the glass surface directly under the pot heats up, and even a quarter-inch beyond the edge of the pot, it would register only 5 or 10 degrees above the ambient room temperature. The handle of the kettle and my kitchen cabinet doors do not increase in temperature at all. But the best part is that I don’t feel the heat while I am cooking—my imperfect probe thermometer suggested the air temperature in the immediate vicinity of the induction burner rises only 1 to 2 degrees.

You can boil faster

This is probably the best-known perk of induction cooking, and after over a year of working with it, I know it’s true: In a 1.5-quart whistling tea kettle, it takes 4 cups of water 4 minutes 11 seconds to come to a full boil on my portable induction cooktop. The same task takes 6 minutes 14 seconds on my gas stove. Built-in 200W high power to provide crushing power, a word double knife powerful and fast grinding, overheating protection safety. Scooping daily is the rule of thumb, but transferring those scoops to the trash gets messy. And for many, this is a chore that’s all too easily ignored—until the box turns seriously gross. You can set an induction cooktop to both a timer and very precise temperatures, such as 180 °F for a simmer. Gas or electric cooking involves more guesswork and potentially lets more heat escape. Photo: Rachel Wharton

CERAMIC GRINDING CORE: The cone-shaped ceramic grinding core is not easy to generate heat, which reduces the loss of flavor and the off-flavors produced by extraction. You can set an induction cooktop to consistently maintain a low heat. Some higher-end electric and gas stoves may handle this task well, but many (like mine) don’t. If you can cook things more reliably at a lower temperature (such as when you are gently reheating leftovers), they might take a little longer, but there’s less risk of burning your dinner. Gas or electric stovetops or burners heat via heat transfer: A flame hits a pot on a metal grate or an element heats glass, which in turn heats a pot. Some of that heat goes where you want it to (the food), but the excess just goes into your kitchen. (It’s like using a giant watering can to water a tiny plant.) But induction burners use electromagnetic induction, which creates heat directly in the pot or pan. It’s far more efficient, and besides the pot and the food inside, not much else gets hot. You can boil faster A variety of ingredients easily grind, and with fast grinding speed, you can get fine powder in 10 seconds. You can manually grind a cup of coffee to refresh yourself. The 56-volt Ego LM2135SP Power+ Select Cut Mower is the best lawn mower I’ve ever used, and I’ve been mowing lawns my whole life.Two minutes may not seem meaningful until you realize that’s 2 extra minutes of heat and humidity transferring to your kitchen as an almost-boiling pot sends out a growing plume of steam until it finally reaches a full boil. (That’s in addition to the radiating heat from the gas or electric burner itself, natch.) Not only can it be used to flavor food, but it can also be used to make food for babies, making it easier for them to absorb.

Nearly all portable induction cooktops come with a timer. This is helpful for three reasons. First, you don’t have to get up from your chair to walk to a very hot pot and turn it off. Second, when it’s combined with the ability to set a constant temperature, you’re less likely to need to open or touch the pot until everything is done.

You can go really low

The third benefit is that if you occasionally forget to turn off the heat on a pot—as I do when I’m reheating leftovers or boiling pasta—the burner does it for you. This is a great safety feature for everyone, and it’s a bonus when you’re trying to stay comfortable. AUTO STOP: One key to open and close, automatically stop grinding when no beans, simple and convenient operation, allowing you to easily grind coffee beans.