Croma Chimney, Hob and Cooktop Deals August 2026: Rs. 1,749 Up

One thousand seven hundred and forty-nine rupees for 1800 watts works out at 97 paise a watt, the cheapest power on this shelf. It also carries a 2.0 average, which on five votes is not evidence of anything - but it is the sort of number worth reporting rather than hiding, because cheap induction plates fail in a specific way: the cooling fan and the touch panel go first, usually inside two years, and the plate itself keeps working. At this price that is arguably a fair trade.

• Price: Rs. 1,749 (stated MRP Rs. 3,195)
• Key detail: Rs. 1,749, 1800W, 7 preset menus - Rs. 0.97 per watt, the read's cheapest
• Discount: 45% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,446
• Rating: 2.0 from 5 ratings - too thin to rank on
• Role: Cheapest listing in the read
• Buying logic: Cheap induction fails at the fan and the touch panel, not the coil

Nineteen hundred and ninety-nine rupees, and against the Rs. 1,749 Pigeon above it the differences are one preset menu and a marginally better average across fourteen votes rather than five. Neither sample means much. What both listings establish is the floor of this category: around Rs. 1,750 to Rs. 2,000 buys 1800 watts of induction, and everything above that on this page is buying build quality, a warranty you can claim, or a name.

• Price: Rs. 1,999 (stated MRP Rs. 3,595)
• Key detail: Rs. 1,999, 1800W, 8 preset menus - 2.6 from 14 ratings
• Discount: 44% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,596
• Rating: 2.6 from 14 ratings - too thin to rank on
• Role: Same brand, Rs. 250 more
• Buying logic: Presets are software - they cook nothing a manual dial cannot

Two thousand four hundred and ninety-nine rupees at 52 per cent off a stated Rs. 5,190. Note the wattage: 1600W is the lowest in this chapter, and on induction the wattage is the boil time - a 1600W plate takes roughly 30 per cent longer to bring a litre to the boil than a 2100W one. The badge here is the biggest in the chapter and the specification is the weakest in it, which is a pairing worth noticing every time it appears on an electronics shelf.

• Price: Rs. 2,499 (stated MRP Rs. 5,190)
• Key detail: Rs. 2,499, 1600W, 9 preset menus - 52% off, no rating published
• Discount: 52% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 2,691
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Deepest cooktop badge
• Buying logic: Wattage is boil time - 1600W is noticeably slower than 2100W

Two thousand six hundred and ninety-nine rupees for thirteen hundred watts is Rs. 2.08 a watt - more than double the Pigeon's rate for a plate that will take noticeably longer to do everything. We are seating it as the counter-example rather than the recommendation: a well-known brand plate at the bottom of a range is often worse value than an unknown brand at the top of one, and on induction the wattage is not a spec you can compensate for later.

• Price: Rs. 2,699 (stated MRP Rs. 4,495)
• Key detail: Rs. 2,699, 1300W, 7 preset menus - Rs. 2.08 per watt, the read's dearest watt
• Discount: 40% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,796
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Lowest wattage on the page
• Buying logic: Rs. 2.08 a watt for 1300W - the worst power-per-rupee here

Three thousand four hundred and ninety-nine rupees for two thousand watts. Two kilowatts is roughly where an induction plate stops being an obviously slower substitute for a gas burner - it will bring a litre of water to a boil in about four minutes against six on a 1300W plate. Kent is better known for water purifiers, which is part of why the price is what it is. There is no rating published on this listing, which is true of 81 of the 115 rows we read.

• Price: Rs. 3,499 (stated MRP Rs. 4,950)
• Key detail: Rs. 3,499, 2000W, 8 preset menus - Rs. 1.75 per watt
• Discount: 29% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,451
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: 2000W under Rs. 3,500
• Buying logic: 2kW is the threshold where induction stops feeling slow

Three thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine rupees, and the listing shows a 1.0 average. That figure rests on exactly one rating. We are seating it because this shelf is full of averages built on one to five votes - a 5.0 four picks down rests on a single rating too - and the honest way to handle that is to print the count next to every average rather than to quietly drop the unflattering ones. On specification it is a 1900W plate at Rs. 2.05 a watt, which is poor value against the Kent above.

• Price: Rs. 3,899 (stated MRP Rs. 5,890)
• Key detail: Rs. 3,899, 1900W, 9 preset menus - a 1.0 average built on one vote
• Discount: 34% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,991
• Rating: 1.0 from 1 rating - too thin to rank on
• Role: The one-star listing
• Buying logic: One vote is not a rating - read the count, never the average

One hundred and forty-three ratings at 4.3. That is the only sample in our entire 115-row read that is large enough to mean anything - the next largest is fourteen. It is a 2100W plate at Rs. 1.90 a watt, which is mid-table on power-per-rupee, and the reason to buy it is precisely the thing this page keeps saying is missing everywhere else: a crowd of people have used this specific model and settled on 4.3. On a shelf this thinly reviewed, that is worth a few hundred rupees on its own.

• Price: Rs. 3,999 (stated MRP Rs. 5,495)
• Key detail: Rs. 3,999, 2100W, 8 power settings - 4.3 from 143 ratings, the read's only real sample
• Discount: 27% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,496
• Rating: 4.3 from 143 ratings
• Role: The only real sample on the shelf
• Buying logic: The one listing here where the reviews are actually a guide

Four thousand five hundred and ninety-nine rupees for 2200 watts, the most powerful single induction plate on this page. Prestige is the incumbent in Indian kitchen appliances and its service network is the practical argument - an induction plate is a repairable object and most people never repair one because there is nowhere to take it. Note that 2200W on a domestic circuit shares a 16A socket's headroom with very little else; do not run it off an extension board.

• Price: Rs. 4,599 (stated MRP Rs. 6,270)
• Key detail: Rs. 4,599, 2200W single plate, 8 preset menus - Rs. 2.09 per watt
• Discount: 27% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,671
• Rating: 5.0 from 1 rating - too thin to rank on
• Role: Highest wattage under Rs. 5,000
• Buying logic: 2200W needs a 16A socket of its own, not an extension board

Four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine rupees for the same 2100 watts as the Rs. 3,999 Philips four picks up, from the same brand, with six ratings instead of 143. The difference is the body finish and the control layout. This is a pattern worth carrying into any appliance aisle: within one brand at one specification, the step above the volume model is usually cosmetic, and the volume model is the one with the reviews precisely because it is the one people buy.

• Price: Rs. 4,999 (stated MRP Rs. 6,795)
• Key detail: Rs. 4,999, 2100W, 8 preset menus - 4.3 from 6 ratings, Rs. 1,000 above its sibling
• Discount: 26% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,796
• Rating: 4.3 from 6 ratings - too thin to rank on
• Role: The same watts, Rs. 1,000 more
• Buying logic: Within a brand, the model with the reviews is the volume model

Forty-seven thousand three hundred and ninety-nine rupees, and it belongs in a different conversation from the plates above it - this is a built-in hob that drops into a countertop cut-out, wires into a dedicated circuit and replaces a gas hob entirely. The pot sensor shuts the zone down when the pan is lifted. Two Electrolux listings appeared in our read at a median 10 per cent badge, the shallowest of any brand on this shelf. It needs an electrician and a carpenter before it needs a cook.

• Price: Rs. 47,399 (stated MRP Rs. 49,500)
• Key detail: Rs. 47,399, 3700W built-in double induction with pot sensor - a 4% badge
• Discount: 4% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 2,101
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Dearest listing in the read
• Buying logic: A built-in hob needs a counter cut-out and a dedicated circuit

Four thousand one hundred and ninety-nine rupees for 900 cubic metres an hour is Rs. 4.67 per unit of suction - the cheapest air on this shelf and roughly a third of what the Bosch at the end of this chapter charges. What you give up is auto-clean, a filterless motor and a baffle system, which means you will be removing and degreasing mesh filters by hand every few weeks. For a kitchen where someone will actually do that, it is the value listing of the whole read.

• Price: Rs. 4,199 (stated MRP Rs. 8,500)
• Key detail: Rs. 4,199, 60cm, 900 m3/hr ducted, push-button - Rs. 4.67 per m3/hr
• Discount: 51% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 4,301
• Rating: 3.0 from 4 ratings - too thin to rank on
• Role: Cheapest suction on the shelf
• Buying logic: No auto-clean means hand-degreasing the mesh every few weeks

Eleven thousand two hundred and ninety rupees. Against the Croma above it that is Rs. 7,091 more for an extra 200 cubic metres an hour - which on the arithmetic alone is a terrible trade, and is why the per-unit number matters. What the money actually buys is a three-speed motor, a better-sealed body and a brand with a service network. For an Indian kitchen doing daily tempering and deep frying, suction is the specification that decides whether the walls stay clean, and 900 is the practical minimum.

• Price: Rs. 11,290 (stated MRP Rs. 20,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 11,290, 60cm, 1100 m3/hr ducted, 3-speed - Rs. 10.26 per m3/hr
• Discount: 46% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 9,700
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: 1100 m3/hr, mid-market
• Buying logic: 900 m3/hr is the practical minimum for daily Indian cooking

Thirteen thousand three hundred and ninety rupees, and the words that matter are auto clean: a heated collector loosens the oil into a removable cup instead of letting it congeal in the motor housing. On the evidence of every chimney service call in India, the failure mode is grease, and a chimney that is never degreased loses most of its suction within two years. Twenty-six Faber listings appeared in our read at a median 32 per cent badge. This one is discounted well past that.

• Price: Rs. 13,390 (stated MRP Rs. 25,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 13,390, 60cm, 1200 m3/hr ducted auto-clean - Rs. 11.16 per m3/hr
• Discount: 48% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 12,600
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Auto-clean, at 48 per cent off
• Buying logic: Grease kills chimneys - auto-clean is the feature that matters

Seventeen thousand two hundred and ninety rupees for 1300 cubic metres an hour, which is Rs. 13.30 a unit against Rs. 4.67 on the Croma at the top of this chapter. Six Bosch listings appeared in our read at a median 25 per cent badge - a brand that discounts little and prices high. Gesture control is a convenience; the substantive differences are motor noise, which Bosch genuinely leads on, and a warranty backed by an actual service organisation.

• Price: Rs. 17,290 (stated MRP Rs. 22,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 17,290, 60cm, 1300 m3/hr ducted auto-clean with gesture control - Rs. 13.30 per m3/hr
• Discount: 25% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 5,700
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Dearest air per unit
• Buying logic: Bosch's real advantage here is motor noise, not the gestures

Nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety rupees, which is Rs. 1,900 more than the 60cm Bosch for the identical 1300 m3/hr motor. The width is not about power, it is about capture area: a 90cm hood sits over a four-burner hob properly where a 60cm one leaves the outer burners partly uncovered. If your hob is 90cm wide, this is the correct listing and the Rs. 1,900 is not optional. If it is 60cm, the extra width does nothing at all.

• Price: Rs. 19,190 (stated MRP Rs. 25,490)
• Key detail: Rs. 19,190, 90cm, 1300 m3/hr - identical suction to the 60cm, Rs. 1,900 more
• Discount: 25% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 6,300
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: The 90cm question
• Buying logic: Match the hood width to the hob width - it is capture, not power

Three thousand two hundred and ninety-nine rupees, against a stated MRP of Rs. 29,990. That is an 89 per cent badge and it is the only listing above 66 per cent in our 115 rows. A two-burner manual gas stove with a toughened glass top is a Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000 product in every Indian shop, and Rs. 29,990 is not a number anyone has charged for one. We have seated it because Rs. 3,299 is a genuinely good price for the object; the Rs. 26,691 'saving' is a field, not money. Elica had 35 listings here at a median 45 per cent badge.

• Price: Rs. 3,299 (stated MRP Rs. 29,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 3,299 against a stated Rs. 29,990 - a two-burner manual glass-top gas stove
• Discount: 89% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 26,691
• Rating: 3.0 from 2 ratings - too thin to rank on
• Role: An 89 per cent badge on a gas stove
• Buying logic: Judge it at Rs. 3,299 - the stated Rs. 29,990 is not a real price

Eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine rupees for a four-burner built-in hob is the cheapest way into a fitted kitchen on this shelf. Automatic ignition means no lighter; the double drip tray means spills are catchable rather than running into the cut-out. What a Croma house-brand hob does not have is a flame-failure device on every burner, which is the safety feature the Bosch at the end of this chapter is largely charging for - it cuts the gas if a flame blows out.

• Price: Rs. 8,999 (stated MRP Rs. 19,000)
• Key detail: Rs. 8,999, 4 burner automatic glass-top hob, double drip tray - the read's cheapest hob
• Discount: 53% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 10,001
• Rating: 5.0 from 1 rating - too thin to rank on
• Role: Cheapest built-in hob
• Buying logic: Check for a flame-failure device - it cuts gas if a flame blows out

Fifteen thousand four hundred and ninety rupees. Against the Rs. 8,999 Croma the money buys dual-function burner heads, a heavier glass top and Prestige's service reach, which in a gas appliance matters: a hob is plumbed to an LPG line and is not a thing to fix yourself. Six Prestige listings appeared in our read at a median 22 per cent badge, the shallowest discounting of any Indian brand on this shelf, which usually indicates products that sell without needing a markdown.

• Price: Rs. 15,490 (stated MRP Rs. 22,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 15,490, 4 burner automatic glass-top hob, dual-function burners - 33% off
• Discount: 33% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 7,500
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Four burners, Indian brand
• Buying logic: A hob is plumbed to gas - service reach is a real specification

Twenty-two thousand one hundred and ninety-four rupees for three burners, against Rs. 15,490 for four from Prestige. That inversion is normal at this end of the market: above about Rs. 20,000 you are paying for burner engineering, glass thickness and the fit of the trim into a stone counter, not for the count. Glen is a specialist built-in kitchen brand. Confirm the cut-out dimensions against your counter before ordering, because a hob is not returnable once the stone is cut.

• Price: Rs. 22,194 (stated MRP Rs. 38,395)
• Key detail: Rs. 22,194, 3 burner automatic electric hob, vitreous glass top - 42% off
• Discount: 42% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 16,201
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Three burners, electric ignition
• Buying logic: Confirm the cut-out size first - stone is cut once

Forty-four thousand two hundred and ninety rupees, five times the Croma hob, and the specification that separates them is flame-failure safety on every burner - a thermocouple that shuts off the gas within seconds if a flame blows out or boils over. In a kitchen with children or a draught, that is not a luxury feature. The rest of the gap is build: cast-iron pan supports, thicker glass and a trim that sits flush in stone. Whether it is worth Rs. 35,000 is a household decision, not a specification one.

• Price: Rs. 44,290 (stated MRP Rs. 59,990)
• Key detail: Rs. 44,290, 3 burner automatic hob, flame-failure safety device - a 26% badge
• Discount: 26% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 15,700
• Rating: Croma publishes no rating on this listing
• Role: Dearest hob, flame-failure on every burner
• Buying logic: Flame-failure cut-off on every burner is the real difference