For Europeans - finally a quality cheap induction 3.5kw burner
Stumbled over this: https://www.ggmgastro.com/de-at-eur/kochgeraete/geraete/mobile-tischkochgeraete/mobile-induktionskochfelder/induktionsherde-ids
That's actually cheaper buying them from Germany Vs getting the Chinese original on AliExpress. 165 euros plus VAT vs around 180 on AliExpress plus vat for something very similar (and 2 months shipping on the slow lane - as it's cainao for heavy goods which means either rail or freightship)
165euros for an I think actual 3.5kw unit in the 165mm height bracket with knob power control is great. Those are restaurant/catering grade and the shop is pretty well known in catering..
Definitely a level over the cheap Bartscher unit... Too bad they don't sell a 5 or 6kw one - but this is about the very best Chinese 3.5kw burners you can get, and buying it locally means even some sort of warranty unlike AliExpress. Yeah they are just some branded Chinese ones I think, but this is the highest quality 3500w package you can get and I think they actually hit 3500w unlike the smaller ones that actually only have 2500w with horrible electronics... Or could they actually
Actually they have mobile flat induction plates too which likely blow any of the cheap ones with undersized coils out of the water.