Report on induction cooktop

18 years ago

After months of going back and forth, we finally put in a new induction cooktop. We dithered about getting either the GE or the Wolf, and, oddly enough, my husband (of all people) wanted the Wolf because he really liked how it looked. Me? I'd have been happy with either.

We've had it for about 6 weeks, and I'm happy to report that I just love it. Some of our pots and pans that wouldn't have worked were donated to a local church kitchen, and I had enough suitable All Clad cookware left so that all I needed to buy was a stockpot. I've learned to carry around a little magnet in my purse to check and see what's magnetic.

It's incredibly easy to clean because absolutely nothing burns on the surface; it's instantly responsive to any temperature adjustment; and it cooks evenly and perfectly. (If there's any problem, in our house, it's the cook!) We live in Arizona, and the lack of heat it produces was very important to us when considering what sort of cooktop to buy.

Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences and information about induction cooking. Ours is great.

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Comments (5)

teedup1
18 years ago
Be sure that the little magnet you carry in your purse does not get close to any of your credit cards! It will render the credit cards useless. Ask me how I know that.
tucgran
18 years ago
Hi Happygram, I too am in AZ and have been going back and forth with the GE until I met with my KD and decided that there is no way I can afford giving up 12 inches of storage below the cooktop. I am considering the Wolf so thank you for your feedback. Do you have a 36 or 30 inch model?
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chipshot
18 years ago
Why does an induction cooktop require so much space below? The portable units (Viking, Circulon, etc.) don't look anywhere near that deep.
pecanpie
18 years ago
The Brandt does not require inordinate clearance - we have a drawer immediately below the unit.

Brandt, DeDietrich, Diva and AEG (I think) are all essentially the same unit and should have similar (minimal) clearances.
happygram
Original Author
18 years ago
Tucgran:
We have a 30 inch because we were replacing a 30 inch cooktop in a granite countertop.

Regarding vent space underneath. . . Ours is in an island with a downdraft that had been installed because of our previous electric cooktop, and there are drawers and cabinets underneath the cooktop. To be on the safe side, we had the installer come to our house ahead of time to be sure we had enough venting room, and he said that there was plenty. We kept the downdraft, by the way.

I'm sure that there's no way to go wrong with any good induction cooktop, and, even though I'm not the most technically astute cook in a kitchen (a polite way of saying that moving parts of things scare me!), there really has been no difficulty adjusting to using the cooktop. There are really just a few controls that are kind of intuitive, and it's been a great addition to our kitchen.

Thanks for the magnet advice. I'm sure my husband would love it if the magnet ruined my credit cards!!! :)