This is a kitchen appliance I didn't know I needed until I used it. I wanted to get into sous vide cooking but the immersive heating elements seemed to me extravagant -both in usefulness and expense. The same with induction cooktops- would I really use it as much as I thought I would?This cooktop, though, is so versatile, so the answer is YES I will use this a lot. In fact, I have cooked at least one meal a day on it in the 10 days I've had it.There is an App you install on your phone that allows you to operate the cooktop in multiple modes, and it is very easy and intuitive to use.It comes with a probe. For sous vide, you plug in the probe that comes with it, choose the setting, immerse the probe in the water by hanging it on the side of the pot, and it keeps the temperature consistent and times the cooking for you. I also tested it out to maintain cooking temperature boiling corn on the cob, and again inserted into chicken breast, and that probe worked great and timed the cooking perfectly.And the App offers different recipes and step by step videos to walk you through. I made a sous vide salmon which was featured, with the same ingredients I typically use, and it turned out moist and flavorful and cooked to the doneness I prefer.I (of course know how to make them) also tried the scrambled egg recipe on the App, mostly because I wanted to get the hang of the induction top, and hubby declared them the fluffiest eggs I have ever made.And bonus- it takes the guess work out of the temperature control, because the cooktop matches up the temperature to the recipe. Yes, it does regular old school cooking through a manual setting. During big holiday events, I think this will also be useful because I never seem to have enough burners. This may also be a good option instead of a hotplate, because it really cooks well, and it big enough to handle even larger pots and is safer to operate.You do need induction compatible cookware (most of mine is anyway).