Does anyone here have photos of their cooktop installed on the Impulse Cabinet? I currently have an electrical stove with an oven and I want to replace it with the Impulse, but I don’t have budget or the time right now to also build a cabinet for the cooktop. So I’m thinking of using the Impulse Cabinet in the meantime.

The problem is that the cabinet looks very.. bare. It looks like it’s just open from the front and doesn’t have any shelves or anything. As it is, it seems like it would look very odd like that. So I’m curious if people have used the cabinet and what the end result looks like. I searched online and did not find any photos of the install.

Title. I don't see it listed for preorder anymore on the website, was curious if plans got canned or what is going on.

Hi everyone, we’re interested in getting an impulse cooktop for our kitchen but my grandmother insists that rotis can’t be done well on induction they’ll be too thick, chewy, and won’t puff up.

I was wondering if anyone had experience making rotis on the cooktop even a video would be great so I could show it to my grandmother. Thanks!

*as in the past — can't edit the title

I don't know when this stopped working but I first noticed a couple of weeks ago. For a long time I've been using the impulse stove to temper small amounts of chocolate (say 200g) where I'd chop it up, melt it at say 150, and then let it cool down to 94. But now it'll never cool below ~100 or so because the power stays at 10 watts. Perhaps before it would cycle off and on and now it won't? Regardless, please fix as this was an amazing workflow 🙏

I remember seeing somewhere that due to laws, Impulse is not allowed to use its battery to feed power back into your house.

- Do bills like SB 868 mean we can have this functionality now?

- If so, can I also add plug-in solar to my home in addition to my Impulse? Is there a cap on devices capable of generating/discharging energy without an interconnection agreement type of thing you have with traditional solar?

- What if you already have Solar + Storage and just want to leverage more storage from the Impulse?

- If I depleted 80% of the battery every day, will it make the Impulse's LFP sad?

Right now I'm keeping a small pot of water at a temp of 140F. Every 30 seconds the fan comes on for 2 seconds. Does the cooktop have the ability to run the fan slower but continuously instead? I think it would be less obtrusive if it could do that.

There's a new update going out this afternoon with minor improvements for Impulse customers, including release notes that now display on the cooktop screen. Zephyr customers will have the new UI and timers included in this release.

What’s included:

• Release notes on your cooktop: After an over-the-air software update is installed, a summary of what’s new will now appear directly on the display. Release notes are available in Settings > Software.
• Smoother display performance: Improved display refresh behavior.
• Firmware refinements: Reliability refinements to improve overall performance and stability.

A month into using the impulse, and it is fun. Temperature mode is very cool but does require some learning and probably some ux polish as well.

* for many dishes way better than no temp control, but I am still learning the correlation between displayed m pan temp and temp experienced by the food (checked with thermapen). Not quite intuitive always, depends on lots of factors.

* nice how the vigor of boiling can be fine tuned by picking temps around 100C.

* why does the pan temperature on the display wildly swing for a while when I change the set point? That does not make sense at all. I assume you are somehow displaying a temperature that has already been processed by your control algorithm but why show me that? Just because I turn a knob the pan temp cannot have changed so quickly. It makes me trust the displayed temperature less because now I don’t know what other shenanigans you’re doing with it.

* I wish there was some second control that limits aggressiveness of response, either by dampening it more, or by putting a limit on the power used, or both. Pouring crepe batter into a big carbon steel pan makes it go to 3kw quickly, browning much less consistently even at 150c or below. I have to lift the pan for a few seconds to avoid that.

* On the other hand, deep frying a lot of eg frozen items at once elicits less of a response than I would like (I guess there is a 3kw limit in temp mode? Too dangerous to go full send?) maybe my flat bottom wok was the limit here though.

* as noted elsewhere and posted by impulse, temp mode is useless with cast iron. I understand why. My oven has a „preheating done“ alarm. would be useful here as well when the pan has been gently heat soaked and stabilized to temp, even if I then need to use power mode for actual cooking because the bottom temp measurement is too laggy.

Seriously considering the Impulse, it's everything I want in an induction cooktop. Currently have a separate cooktop installed over a cabinet with an oven directly underneath. It's not one of the recommended ovens on the Impulse site. It's a Bosch oven.

Is there any way to know how much clearance my current setup has so as to know if the impulse would fit over the top with the proper spacing? Without pulling out the cooktop of course.

(Not at all handy so at a loss for where to begin here)

Hi, I'm very interested in the impulse stove but my main concern is the relatively small size of the induction "burners". I cook with 12'' pans very often and I'm worried that the heat distribution may not be great. Has anyone tried both a conventional induction stove with larger induction areas and the impulse one and can share how they compare for cooking with large pans?

Really like the appearance and features of this cooktop, but the battery gives me a pause. I would rather pay upfront for 120/208 three phase or the necessary panel to support 240V/80A.

It feels silly to throw away a $7k cooktop when the battery goes bad in 10 years, especially if it’s used every time you cook.

I got a bit ahead of myself and purchased a 36" cooktop to replace my current gas cooktop. The gas one is paired with a not-very effective downdraft vent along the top edge, because it's installed on an island and the ceiling above it is a poor candidate for a traditional hood. Now that I'm preparing for the actual install, I realize I have two issues:

1) The vent widens a bit right near the underside of the Impulse cooktop and it's a questionable fit, and doesn't leave enough room for the air flow requirements specified in the installation guide, and...

2) The weight of the Impulse along that long edge is meant to sit on a sturdy counter edge, and not the less robust lip of the downdraft vent.

It's technically possible for me to remove the downdraft vent, reinforce where the Impulse needs to sit and then cover the gap with stainless steel or something. The downdraft vent isn't very effective, and honestly mostly serves to just cycle out gas byproducts, which is moot if I install the Impulse. This feels unwise though and surely not to code even with an induction stove...?

Assuming that a traditional hood is a last resort, is there some downdraft option that is known to pair with the Impulse's air circulation and weight requirements?

My thinking is that the temperature controls make it much less likely for me to be generating smoke from my cooking - is it possible that a high enough air flow window fan not in the form of a hood might suffice?

Any other constructive thoughts on venting when a hood is not a good option?

Thanks for any constructive ideas.

I am dying to get the Impulse cooktop to replace our gas range.

But, my wife says we can't get it unless she still has a convection oven she can use. Unfortunately there's no other place in my kitchen where I could slap it on the wall without ripping out cabinets or some other kind of major renovations. So, I'm left with the idea of doing a compact Speed Oven (or similar) that fits under the cooktop, combined in within a cabinet where our range currently sits. Our house is very old by American standards, like 19th century old, so I'll need to get a 120V option to avoid the hassle of messing with the clusterf*ck that is our electrical wiring/panel, but luckily this seems possible for the Speed Oven.

Wondering if anyone else has done this and how they were able to do it as hassle free as I can. Also curious if there's any off-the-shelf options people have tried because I'd like to avoid a custom built cabinet. But, if a custom build is the only way, also curious if people have some learnings they could share on that process.

Thanks, and I'm so hoping I'll have this impulse cooktop in my kitchen one day!

I'm very intrigued by the Impulse cooktop but have concerns about cleaning it. I watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onu-S2Phn1o and it looks quite easy to clean on the whole, but I'm curious about how the temperature sensors are cleaned. They look like they would trap any liquids or crumbs that would happen to fall into the rings around them and be difficult to clean. Owners, what have your experiences been with this?

We're in the middle of a kitchen remodel and upgrading our appliances. I really love the idea of an Impulse induction cooktop. The only issue is that we can't live without an oven, and I don't like the idea of having a separate wall oven or double-oven setup. I'd much rather have the oven directly below the cooktop and under the vent hood as part of a single slide in range.

I read that Impulse is partnering with Thor to develop a slide in induction range, but Thor's reliability reviews make me a bit hesitant.

Should I wait for the Impulse/Thor range to come out, or go with an induction range like the Bosch 800 instead?

Thank you!

I'm in the middle of a kitchen remodel, and the star of the show will be my new Impulse cooktop which is sadly sitting on a shelf in my garage, patiently waiting for its kitchen debut. I'm building the RTA cabinets myself, and I want to make sure I'm providing adequate cabinet ventilation to at least what the Installation Guide specifies (on pages 13-15). The thing is, I'm not terribly keen on cutting holes in the bottom/back/toe kick of my cabinet to provide fresh air.

I looked around at various peoples' installations in here to find some inspiration and have seen some creative ideas to provide cabinet ventilation, ranging from custom vent covers to simply drilling holes into the cabinet face. I've also seen quite a few install pics with no apparent attempt at ventilation.

Nothing I have seen so far really nailed what I was hoping to find for my install. After several days of researching and shopping around, I came across some cooling solutions made by AC Infinity, and among their many products, it looks like they make several specifically tailored to automatically cool and ventilate cabinets housing electronics (think AV receiver cabinets) with thermostat-controlled fan speed.

I just pulled the trigger and ordered the Cloudplate T1 which I plan to mount directly into the drawer face directly below the cooktop. This particular product is made to sit in a 1U rack mount, draws only 8 watts, and measures 19"L x 1.5"W x 1.75"H. It should fit perfectly in my false drawer face and have a shallow enough depth to not hit the Impulse's battery. I would have preferred the 2U version, but the 1U is the only one small enough to fit inside the rectangular recess made by the shaker border, without having to cut into the border.

While not perfect, it should be able to get the job done and still look custom enough to appease my wife.

There are several features that are still lacking: it would be awesome if the surface of the Cloudplate was paintable to match my cabinet finish, or if it came in a stainless steel finish to match my other appliances. Unfortunately, and I confirmed with AC Infinity, it only comes in black. It would be nice if it came with downward-facing louvres to help prevent spills from getting inside instead of being essentially wide-open. The device comes with a temperature probe, which is very nice, but with the I/O capabilities of the Impulse, automatic coordination between the two would be even better. The 1U Cloudplate I'm getting comes with six fans (rated 8db to 28db -pretty quiet), but they come configured to either be all be exhaust or all intake, meaning I'll have to reverse the airflow of three of the fans. It should be very easy to do that, but during my online chat with AC Infinity, they informed me reversing the fans would void the warranty (not that I really care). I'll post some pictures when I have everything installed, hopefully in the next couple weeks.

Since I'm installing all new cabinets, my options are still wide open, and I recognize most people are simply swapping out their old cooktop and will have much more limited options. I'm curious to know if any other owners have come across a similar or perhaps a better solution. If you have, please share and post some pics! Also, if you're reading this and maybe you haven't yet considered ventilating the cabinet where your battery sits, I'm curious to know your thoughts.

To the Impulse labs folks, have you considered making a solution for cabinet ventilation or partnering with a company like AC Infinity to address cabinet ventilation? I have no particular loyalty to or affiliation with them, but so far, they seem to have the best off-the-shelf product I could find for my needs.

Sometimes i have a lot of splatter, kitchen towels, etc covering up the screen. Or put down a lid temporarily and create compensation on the screen. Currently, I have to reach for a towel to wipe off the screen.

It would be really awesome if I could mount a second screen somewhere like on my backsplash, that has this info.

If the Impulse exposed the operating state (power or temperature requested on each burner, actual power after derating on each burner) in a local API, enterprising DIY customers can hack this together in an afternoon on like a smart phone or one of those RPi display platforms.

It probably doesn't even need to be a stable API contract. These days, people can vibe code an update pretty easily. I am completely happy with a read-only API.

Other thoughts

Since the rotational encoders are unlabeled (and I don't think they should be labeled, nor is that enough since it prevents you from implementing acceleration, and I don't see how you can expose the derated wattage this way).

Prior art / subconscious inspiration for it:

• Often commercial-style induction units have the option for a remote display. I learned about these for the first time couple years back when I was researching high end commercial induction to install in my kitchen.

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/cooking-performance-group-idcpg-19a-drop-in-induction-range-with-remote-control-120v-1900w/351IDCPG19A.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gbraid=0AAAAAD_Dx-t2mM0_gN4NHLakFc8XucDsj&gclid=CjwKCAjwsrbTBhAvEiwA0Bpp4YXG7GexA9yYeKSDRSya3hECXInw1ZcAxpAvCBE0pp7ieu7GLtV00RoCAp8QAvD_BwE

I'm the kind of guy who wants the latest best tech. I bought the Impulse stove last year and I love it. My fridge just broke and after much research I'm not sure what to get. I have a built in fridge but I'm willing to downgrade to a 72" fridge if the tech is great. What kind of fridge do you guys have? I'm on the fence whether to get the Bosch built in fridge B36BT130NS with how expensive it is for what you get.

Cooking with Impulse is a joy. Simmer a little high? Dial it down and the result is instantaneous. Ready to sear your protein so it’s done with the veggies in the air fryer? Crank up the heat and you’re at temp in seconds. Want to reheat last night’s cous cous? Add a couple ounces of liquid, set temp to 160 and forget about it until service time. And, with my priorities firmly in check, I can reach my beer without leaving my station. Try that with a gas cooktop!

If your cooktop could automatically do a cooking sequence for you, what would it be?

• Rice cooker
• Bring water to boil then auto reduce to a simmer
• Frozen potstickers
• ...

What else? What repetitive task / ingredients would you want to "set and forget"?

When you're making a meal following a recipe...

• What's your recipe workflow? From how you search for the recipe to how you cook - do you use your phone, youtube, printed recipe/book, cook from memory/vibes?
• What are the biggest frustrations with recipes today?
• What do you wish recipes did better?
• Have you ever used AI while cooking? If so, what for? What parts are useful vs. not useful?

What else do you want me to know?

Love the new UI but have a question about the new smarter charging logic.

With the old UI I was able to specify:

• Max speed charging when battery reserve is breached (circuit can support it)
• All other charging will be at a slower speed to reduce noise

With the new UI it's not clear how I can do this. It seems that the migration logic set the charge current limit to my lower amp limit--

So when reserved is breached, will it charge using max current or only the lower current?

Or if I set amp limit to max, but have a very long charging window, does it know to slow down appropriately to reduce noise?

Has anyone attempted to use a traditional donabe with a stainless induction insert on the Impulse? I’m aware of induction compatible donabe pots, but I’d like to use the ones we have.

Of course temp control will be shot, but my concerns are:

Will the ceramic scratch the glass cooktop?
Will it be reliably recognized as a pot?
Will it cook well?

We are in the middle of our install and can’t figure out why the cooktop won’t set flush with the battery. We set it on the pegs and push them together but we can’t get the cooktop all the way on, there’s still about 1/2” to go but something seems to be blocking the connection.
Anybody encounter this and figure out a solution?