Do you love cooking, but are reluctant to make home cooked meals in fear of high electricity bills or simply because you just do not have the time? Is your family slowly but surely getting tired of those instant solutions that you serve up for dinner? Well don’t despair, we have found a quick and energy effective solution to all your cooking troubles. The new Snappy Chef Induction Cooker will cook meals in half the time and will save you loads of energy.
We asked the experts at Snappy Chef to tell us more about this interesting new innovation:
Q: Tell us more about your company and where it started?
A: “Catch innovations 22cc is a business that prides itself on finding the latest and most innovative products on the market to provide to their many clients. The company also gives people the opportunity to join them as sales executives to start their own lucrative businesses. The Snappy Chef Induction Cooker, the latest addition to the company’s range of innovative products, is without any doubt the new flagship of Catch Innovations 22cc and has done extremely well during recent shows. We expect to see great results and returns from this product.”
Q: What inspired the Snappy Chef induction cooker?
A: “Most people in Europe and Asia make use of Induction Cookers in their houses for cooking because of the high electricity rates. In South Africa people are not so familiar with Induction Cooking yet because in the past we got our electricity at relatively “cheap” rates, but now everything has changed. These days everybody is highly concerned about the high electricity bills we get every month. This inspired us to seek an energy efficient alternative for our clients to make their lives more affordable.”
Q: Tell us more about your product and how it works?
A: “The Snappy Chef saves you more than 50% on electricity and cooks 64% faster than a normal stove. The main component of any induction cooker is an electromagnet which is fitted under the cooking surface. An electric current is applied to the electromagnet, which produces an oscillating magnetic field. That magnetic field creates heat in the cooking vessel over it by inducing a current in the electrically conductive pot. The cooking surface itself does not get hot, only the pot that is placed on the surface.
The Snappy Chef stove is fitted with a glass top and has a touch screen that is easy to use. There are three settings:
- Power: Where the wattage amount used can be adjusted.
- Temperature: The temperature can be adjusted from 90°C to 270°C.
- Timer: Can be adjusted up to 3:59 minutes where after the stove will automatically switch off. Induction stoves will not work with glass, aluminium or copper cookware. It has to be an electrically conductive cookware like cast iron, stainless steel etc.
Note: As the stove needs a pot to be placed on the glass surface to be able to work, it will automatically switch off once the pot is removed.”
Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of this oven?
A: “There is no doubt that this wonderful GREEN product, the SNAPPY CHEF induction cooker, is the future of cooking in South Africa. This is definitely the CHEAPER-FASTER-SAFER way of cooking.
- Cheaper because it provides rapid heating, which means that a lot less energy, is lost during the cooking process.
- Faster because it provides instant heat and you don’t have to wait long for an oven to heat up before you can start cooking, thus also saving you time.
- Safer because the product does not create any heat of its own – it creates no heat itself.
It is even faster than a gas stove but has a greater degree of temperature control and it is also a lot safer than a gas stove because there are no open flames.
Once you’ve used the SNAPPY CHEF, you will never want to use your old stove again!”
Q: How and where can readers get hold of this cooker?
A: “The Snappy Chef Head office is in Pretoria. Readers that are interested in this economical product can contact them on (012) 997 1611/2 or e-mail them info@snappychef.co.za. To find out more about Snappy Chef, you can also visit their website.”
Q: What does the oven cost?
A: “This amazing GREEN product only costs R999.”
Try this recipe with your new Snappy Chef oven!
Spicy meaty curry
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 3 medium chopped onions
- 3 chopped garlic cloves
- 1,5kg mince
- 1 sachet Colombo Spice Hot
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 cubes chilli-beef stock
- 750ml boiling water
- 1 tin chopped tomato
- 3 potatoes
Method:
- Heat ¼ cup vegetable oil in a medium cast iron pot. Fry 3 medium chopped onions and 3 chopped garlic cloves together until golden brown.
- Add the 1,5kg mince and the sachet Colombo Spice and stir fry with the garlic and onions for a few minutes for the flavour to blend with the meat.
- Add two teaspoons of lemon juice and 2 cubes of chilli-beef stock to 750ml of boiling water and pour over the meat.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook until the meat is tender and the tomatoes soft.
- Add 3 potatoes and cook until soft.
- Serve with Tastic Rice, coconut, chutney and banana.
hi i have tried this product and it is fantastic.I recommend this product to anyone that wants to save electricty.
sushie on 24/08/2010
Sal graag Snappy Cef stove op SuidKoop tuin roete vanaf Mosselbaai tot Plettnbergbaai distrik wil bemarm Inligting asseblief
Pierre Bptha on 04/09/2010
wil verkoop tussen Mosselbaai en Plettenbergbaai distrikte
Pierre Bptha on 04/09/2010
Hey I`m Leon from Bloemfontein just started working with snappy chef and what an amazing product! The only thing I would like to know is how does watts compare to tempreture and viceseversa. Compared to the cooking time. As the manual dont supply surfficient information.
Leon Nothnagel on 07/10/2010
I want to purchase a snappychef. I live in Kleinmond. Where obtainable?
JU Rietmann on 02/10/2010
will sell in Middelburg Mapumalanga earia
Henk Voges on 04/10/2010
Just bought one
Jeanette on 09/10/2010
This is NOT an oven it is a cooker !!! Why call a spade a pick? IT IS NOT AN OVEN !!!
Tony on 09/10/2010
Wil be a rep in Gauteng area, have got a Snappy Chef, and it is wonderfull
Tienie on 12/10/2010
Recently bought snappy chef, and very pleased with it. One question, can I get it calibrated to start up at a lower temp setting, say 120, as I find it is set far too high at 180, and always have to set it down.
Great performance otherwise. Yr reply will be appreciated. Thanks
Jeanette on 18/10/2010
Interested in selling this product in Cape Town Northern Suburbs.
Japie Vollgraaff on 21/10/2010
Where can you buy these fantastic stove. Gauteng
Santa on 28/10/2010
where can you buy ?? Gauteng
Santa on 28/10/2010
Since when is copper and aluminium not electrically conductive? If this was true you would not have electricity in your home because all the power lines are either one of these.
C. Wilcocks on 23/11/2010
Availabil in Pretoria
Price
Johan Minnaar on 28/11/2010
can the timer be set for longer than 3:59 minutes?
EUGENE on 05/12/2010
I'd like to know if there is an induction cooker for Wok's available from the supplier.
I can see an enormous advantage in using it for this type of cooking - instant on, like gas. Temperature controllable & yet no dangerous flame.
Dick Trevor on 07/12/2010
I think the wording is incorrect / misleading.
The pot / pan probably does not need to be electrically conductive, but rather magnetically conductive. There are three common elements which are magnetic, Nickel, Iron & Cobalt. U can work out the prices on those.
Dick Trevor on 07/12/2010
Wil graag met iemand gesels oor die produk - woon in Mosselbaai. Waar Verkrygbaar?
L Olivier on 24/01/2011
Ek het 2 snappy chefs te koop woon in Klerksdorp kontak my asb. Dan sal ek ook graag baie meer resepte wil het vir die snappy chef.
Annetjie Claassens on 08/02/2011
Agent in Kempton Park asb
Sheila on 11/02/2011
Would like to buy a snappy chef in George or Mosselbay. Who can I contact?
Elise on 07/03/2011
Where can I buy? Live near Mosselbay?
Elise on 07/03/2011
Would like to get more info on becoming an agent (have furniture store )
Jan Potgieter on 10/04/2011
I am staying in Kroonstad - Free State - and would like to become an agent to sell the Snappy Chef. Please let me have some info where to start.
Kind regards
Annette
Annette on 24/05/2011
If you want an induction plate, homechoice.co.za have the same unit as Snappy Chef, but for R599, not R999...
User on 16/06/2011
Why does the fan stop running during cooking time?
Christa on 22/06/2011
Wat is die siize , kry jy een vir 4 potte , wat gelyk kan kook?
werner on 31/07/2011
I want to purchase a snappy chef with a set of pots and the Gaggenua S/S kettle as demoed in Mosselbay, can you send me the price list
Paul Jacobs on 18/08/2011
Snappy Chef amazing. Well worth the money. Good backup service
Jonathon on 26/08/2011
We need a four plate cooktop. Can you supply?
Wessel Strydom on 10/09/2011
I would like to become an agent for the east rand. Ideal for camping and the great outdoors. Await you reply.
Willie van der Merwe on 23/09/2011
This can only work with steel alloy/cast iron pots because the iron content is magnetically permeable which results in a strong eddy current being developed in the base of the pot which is the source of direct heat in the pot and not the coil below supplying the magnetic energy.
Induction cooking has been used in the canned food industry almost as long as canned food has been around!!
Induction heating has also been used in the smelting of lead, tin, zinc, aluminium & copper for a long time!!
Glass, ceramic, aluminium or copper can easily be used if a steel/iron flatplate is placed on the bottom of the pot/utensil, however not without water or oil to cover it!!
Cedric Hansen on 26/09/2011
How much do they sell for, and do you get one with 4 plates
nicolene on 12/10/2011
Please let me know when you have industrial induction plates
Johan Small on 20/10/2011
My snappychef het 2 krakies in die verf rondom die plaat gekry. Ek is regtig teleurgesteld omdat ek 'n baie versigtige gebruiker is en my snappy is nog nie 'n jaar in gebruik nie. Het die mense gaan sien waar dit aangekoop is, Pino Marie op Kleinmond en hul sou iemand uitstuur om te kom kyk, maar niemand daag op nie. Ek geniet my snappy baie en gebruik dit daagliks!
Hetta Strauss on 07/11/2011
Kom dit uit met n 4 plaat wat die bestaande hob kan vervang? Kan geen bestaande potte en panne gebruik word behalwe die wat deur Snappy Chef verkoop word?
Albertus on 29/10/2011
Waar kan ek 'n ketel en pan bestel
Cela du Plessis on 09/11/2011
Het Snappychef, uitstekend. Wilgraag agent word, Jeffreysbaai area.
manie vd merwe on 07/11/2011
I have just bought one in Meyerton Gauteng
Anne on 07/10/2011
How much are they and can you use any pots on them
ilse on 28/11/2011
I want to buy a kettle, live in JHB, where can I get one?
Vicky du Preez on 30/11/2011