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 (such as cutting a countertop) till you have your
actual unit to hand. A very important unit datum is the "MaxPower" value. Many units show individual-element powers that add up to impressive totals that the unit cannot really supply.
That is not a defect or some form of cheating: it is "power sharing", a clever and
useful feature; but, unless the maker is unusually open about data, one can easily be misled into believeing that the unit as a whole is more powerful than it is. Your dollars are buying
cooking power, and you need to be well aware of just what you are paying for in actual cost/power terms for the unit as a whole. Similar to power sharing (though less flexible) is the "power boost" feature many
units have on 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 some
set level well over its nominal power, to help with tasks like getting large pots of water to boiling.) As with true power sharing, if one is not careful, one can get an incorrect
impression of the true total power capability of the unit as a whole, which, as we just said, is basically what your dollars are buying.
(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-30 AL
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor IFA-30 AL
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 2
- Boosted: 0
- Powers:
· 2.2 kW - front, 6-1/4"
· 2.8 kW - back, 8-1/2"
- Max Power: 3.6 kW = 72% [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
- Size: 12-3/16" wide x 20-3/8 deep
- Cutout: 10-5/8" wide x 19-1/2" deep x 3-5/8" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 20 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 $1099.00
- Cost/Kilowatt: US $305
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Fagor IFA-80
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor IFA-80 AL and IFA-80 BF
(maker's product page, BF: bevelled)
(maker's product page, AL: steel trim)
- 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:
· bevelled edges (IFA-80 BF) or
· stainless steel (IFA-80 AL)
- 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)
- Prices:
· bevelled edges, US $1799.00
· steel trim, US $1899.00
- Cost/Kilowatt:
· bevelled edges, US $250
· steel trim, US $264
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Beveled edges: IFA-80 BF
Stainless-steel trimmed: IFA-80 AL
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Fagor IFA-90
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Fagor IFA-90 AL and IFA-90 BF
(maker's product page, BF: bevelled)
(maker's product page, AL: steel trim)
- 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:
· bevelled edges (IFA-90 BF) or
· stainless steel (IFA-90 AL)
- 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)
- Prices:
· bevelled edges, US $2299.00
· steel trim, US $2399.00
- Cost/Kilowatt:
· bevelled edges, US $239
· steel trim, US $250
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Beveled edges: IFA-90 BF
Stainless-steel trimmed: IFA-90 AL
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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:
· User Manual (PDF file)
- Price: US $150.00
- Cost/Kilowatt: $115
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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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