bump, anyone??

I called Thermador and they said no but the appliance guy who has used it said yes!! WHAT????

You can find the "use and care" manual on this page (scroll down).

My Gaggenau from last year lets you lift the pot for a short time. Longer than I thought it would. I wouldn't be surprised if the current Thermador did as well. The other answers should be in the use manual.

I'm going to make a guess.

1. Pretty much all of them let you do this.
2. no, not apparent. You would have to use the KeepWarm on each element separately.
3a. Only one timer value shows at a time, the element currently selected.
3b. No. And I've never seen this anywhere.

Thx plllog and Weeds (have you seen that show on HBO??)

I couldn't find it in the manual...I read it more than once and all the literature I could get my hands on. I'm going with the assumption I can lift the pot.

I did finally find that I could time each burner and use the keep warm on FACEBOOK! Purcell-Murray had a blog posting i was able to trace back to that gave me that answer.

I appreciate both of you trying to help me. I have decided on the Thermador because I think it is more intuitive than the Meile....

Here's hoping I love it!!

Thanks again,
Robin

Robin, that's a thought! Call Purcell Murray! They'll be able to tell you for sure.

Re 3b., my Gaggenau does that. It's called programming. I'm pretty sure Miele does too. Okay, I just looked at the Thermador 36" book. It doesn't seem to do that. Here's what it says about not having a pan on the element, and the countdown timers:

If no pan is placed on the selected element, or it is not of a suitable size, the cooking element shown on the element indicator will flash. It will stop flashing once a suitable pan is placed on the element. If you take longer than 90 seconds to place a suitable pan on the element, it will automatically turn off.

If the pan is removed but the element is not switched off, the indicator h/H will flash, showing the temperature level selected.

Timer:
The last programmed cooking time will appear in the display. [That is, shows on the timer display. Implies but doesn't say, that if you select an element its timer will show on the timer display, at least for a short time. Maybe until you select another.]

The last element adjusted remains selected. You can change it so that it only stays selected for 5 seconds.