Fagor (part of the FagorBrandt Group)
General Fagor Information
Fagor is the parent company for a number of induction lines, and makes the guts of yet more. Not surprisingly, then, they have an extensive line, almost three dozen models, under their
own name. If, however, one peels away minor variations, trim and other, there is a hard core comprising a rather smaller number of basic types, as the listings below will show.
Fagor distributes this cornucopia of models nation by nation in a pattern that no doubt makes excellent sense to their marketing department, but is quite cryptic to us. In the U.K.,
there seem to be only two models available (neither of which is the one and only listed on Fagor's U.K. web site). In North America, they have just entered the market with a pair of units
not quite like any of their others, but doubtless adapted from them; those two constitute the rapidly evolving standard pair of a 30-inch, 4-element unit and a 36-inch, 5 element unit. They
are of especial interest because they are not quite in the high-firepower league of many of the other offerings, and so will work better than most in replacement situations where the wiring
cannot be upgraded past 30 or 40 amps. (And they are not that much lower in wattage--for example, 7.2 kW, which they have, works on 30-amp lines, whereas 7.4 kW, which many others
need, a mere 3% more power, needs 40-amp lines because wiring only comes in multiples of 10 amps.)
The U.S. Fagor web site had some problems with data accuracy, at least in its early days. We have not monitored it closely of late, so don't know if those have been fixed. The data we
use were obtained by telephone from Fagor's U.S.A. headquarters (which is not necessarily a 100% guarantee of accuracy, either).
As always in these listings, we give these standard general--
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Important notes on these data:
We have spent a lot of time hunting these data--often in several places for each individual unit--but we cannot and do not guarantee any datum to be correct
(indeed, we often found conflicting data at different sources). Caveat emptor! For those units we offer for sale, the prices shown are never over an hour old. For other items, the prices shown are the lowest we found with moderate but not fanatic
searching; moreover, they are not updated very often and are only intended as a rough guide to comparative unit values in cost/power terms. Most "Features" are not terribly important, and are nearly standard among roughly similar units, regardless of brand name. If some "feature"--shown or omitted--is especially
important to you, check on it, because we did not take great pains over the "Features" data. Dimensions given here are, as the makers themselves warn, only to be used as guidelines in planning--never do anything till you have your actual unit to hand. A very important datum is the "MaxPower" value. Many units show individual-element powers that add up to impressive totals that the unit cannot really supply.
For example, a unit with 4 elements each listed as "2.4 kW" might have a true unit maximum power of 7.2 kW: that means that you could, in this example, run up to three elements at
their full power, but if you tried to run all four at full power, each would only be putting out 75% of its nominal maximum (7.2 kW divided 4 ways is 1.8 kW per element, which is 75%
of that nominal "2.4 kW"). That is not necessarily a flaw or defect or misrepresentation--there are good reasons for that approach--but you should be well aware of just what
you are paying for in actual cost/power terms for the unit as a whole. Many units nowadays offer a "power boost" feature for some or all of their elements; that feature allows a "boosted" element to temporarily, for some short period (rarely
specified, but typically 10 minutes or so), run at well over its nominal power, to help--for example--get large pots of water to boiling. There are no free lunches: if the unit as a
whole is running at its maximum, "boost" works by diverting power from the other elements. In the example above, if you were to "boost" one element to, for example, 3.2 kW, there
would be a maximum of 4.0 kW left (7.2 kW total maximum minus the 3.2 kW being used by the boosted element) for all the three other elements to use; you could run one other at full
power, or two others at 83% of nominal, or all three others each at 75% of nominal during the "boost" period--be aware, though, that different makers arrange their "thefts"
differently. (This, too, has valid reasons behind it, but--again--you need to know how much true, steady-state power you are really buying with your money.)
(For much fuller information on power, read our page Kitchen Electricity
101.)
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Fagor Induction-Unit Data
We found 33 Fagor models:
Unless expressly otherwise noted below, Fagor models have bevelled edges, for drop-in installation, and black-glass tops.
U.S. availability:
Fagor IFA-80 AL
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor IFA-80 AL
(maker's product page - note: data there may be
inaccurate)
- Elements: 4
- Boosted: 0
- Powers:
· 2.8 kW - left, 8-11/16"
· 2.2 kW - center front, 6-5/16"
· 2.8 kW - center back, 7-1/16"
· 2.8 kW - right, 8-11/16"
- Max Power: 7.2 kW = 68% [uses "power sharing"]
- Levels: 12
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 0
- Induction Elements Made By: FagorBrandt
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· pot recognition
· auto-safety switchoff
· residual-heat indicators
· overheating detector
· pan-size recognition
· overflow detection
· "diamond"-pattern element arrangement
- Size: 31-1/8" wide x 20-3/8 deep
- Cutout: 29-1/2" wide x 19-1/2" deep x 5-5/8" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 30 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· parts and labor: 1 year
· trim: 60 days
- Online documents:
· Specifications
(PDF file)
· Installation (PDF file)
· User Manual (PDF file)
· Warranty
(PDF file)
- Price: US $1899.00 [that price includes a 10-piece Fagor cookware set]
- Cost/Kilowatt: US $264 (not considering value of cookware set)
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Fagor IFA-90 AL
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor IFA-90 AL
(maker's product page - note: data there may be
inaccurate)
- Elements: 5
- Boosted: 0?
- Powers:
· 2.8 kW - left front, 8-5/8"
· 2.2 kW - left back, 6-1/4"
· 3.6 kW - center, 11 inches
· 2.2 kW - right front, 6-1/4"
· 2.8 kW - right back, 8-5/8"
- Max Power: 9.6 kW = 71% [uses "power sharing"]
- Levels: 12
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 0
- Induction Elements Made By: FagorBrandt
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· pot recognition
· auto-safety switchoff
· residual-heat indicators
· overheating detector
· overflow detection
- Size: 36-15/16" wide x 20-3/8 deep
- Cutout: 35-7/16" wide x 19-1/2" deep x 6-1/4" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 40 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· parts and labor: 1 year
· trim: 60 days
- Online documents:
· Specifications
(PDF file)
· Installation (PDF file)
· User Manual (PDF file)
· Warranty
(PDF file)
- Price: US $2399.00 [that price includes a 10-piece Fagor cookware set]
- Cost/Kilowatt: US $250 (not considering value of cookware set)
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Fagor portable
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor 670040240 Portable
(Fagor's product page)
- Power: 1.3 kW
- Levels: 6
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer: Yes
- Features:
· pot recognition
· overheat switchoff
· temperature settings from 190°F - 430°F
· diagnostic-message system
· "keep-warm" setting
- Size: 14" wide x 12" deep x 2-3/4" high
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 120
- Load: 15 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 1 year
· parts - 1 year
- Online documents:
· ?
- Price: US $225.00
- Cost/Kilowatt: $173
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U.K. availability:
Or so they say, but we can't seem to actually find the one Fagor lists available at retail. On the other hand, some that Fagor's site doesn't list are to be found, so
we include them as well.
- 5IFT-4 S (4 elements, 5.6 kW, 590 mm, listed by Fagor)
- IFF-4 R (4 elements, 5.6 kW, 576 mm, rounded corners)
- IF-900 S (5 elements, 10.8 kW, 930 mm)
World availability:
These units are available in various nations in a pattern too complex to deal with here--check the by-nation listings at Fagor's main site.
- 2MF-2IS (2 elements, 3.6 kW,
288 mm)
- 3MF-2IS (2 elements, 3.6 kW, 288 mm)
- IFF-3 R (3 elements, 5.6 kW, 576 mm, rounded corners)
- IFF-3 X (3 elements, 5.6 kW, 576 mm, stainless-steel frame)
- IFT-3 S (3 elements, 5.6 kW, 580 mm)
- 6IFT-3 X (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 576 mm)
- 6IFT-3 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 580 mm)
- IF-3 X (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 580 mm, stainless-steel frame)
- IF-3 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 580 mm)
- 5IFT-30 S NET (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 590 mm)
- IF-330 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 600 mm)
- IF-330 X (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 600 mm)
- IF-30 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 630 mm)
- IF-30 SLX (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 630 mm, white)
- IF-700 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 700 mm)
- 5IFT-700 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 700 mm)
- IF-THIN90 S (3 elements, 7.2 kW, 930 mm)
- IFF-4 X (4 elements, 5.6 kW, 576 mm, stainless-steel frame)
- 6IFT-4 X (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 576 mm)
- IF-4 X (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 580 mm, stainless-steel frame)
- 6IFT-4 S (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 580 mm)
- IF-4 S (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 590 mm)
- IF-40 S (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 630 mm)
- IF-40 SLX (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 630 mm, white)
- IF-800 S (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 770 mm)
- 5IFT-800 S (4 elements, 7.2 kW, 780 mm)
- 5IFT-900 S (5 elements, 10.8 kW, 930 mm)
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Residential-Use Products Available in the U.K.:
