I have the electrolux induction slide in range. I've had it for about 1 year. I'm very happy with it's performance. The cooktop is excellent. Extremely responsive. I find that there is plenty of steps to control the heat. Disclaimer: I'm gluten free and cook almost all meals, but I do not cook pasta.

I'm right handed and I love the burner configuration. The biggest burner is on the right front. The burner layout is such that I can use all 4 burners if needed and I can do that while using my biggest pan (11" demeyer fry pan). I chose this unit because: 1.) I could not justify the cost of a cooktop and a wall oven because I knew I was moving soon and 2.) because of all the induction units I could lay eyes on this was the only one that would accommodate my large and medium fry pan on the appropriately sized burners. IE - be able to cook a weekend breakfast of bacon and pancakes. Gotta have your priorities straight. :) The only thing I wish I had was timers on the burners - where after the elapsed time the burners turn off. But when I was buying only cooktops had that option.

Prior to this range I had a 5 burner n all gas DCS pro range - just to put it into perspective. I'm a gas to induction convert. If you are used to gas it will take a while to get used to induction.

From an installation perspective you may need an additional trim kit that fits along the back of the range if you have a normal range cut out. HTH.

Oops - one more thing. I have had no problems using smaller pans on a larger burner. I know that question comes up quite a bit. Personally I prefer to use the correctly sized burner, but for example I might scramble 2 eggs in a small fry pan on the front left burner (2nd largest burner) and the burner works perfectly.

There have been a few threads asking this same question of the past few months, so you might want to read those to get some good comparison info.

The GE Profile slide in induction has been highly rated and with very little issues. The Bosch has had some issues reported in its own thread in here. No real reports on the Samsung yet, it looks nice, but not sure how reliable Samsung appliances are. Kitchen Aid has a new model, but it hasn't really come out yet.

Jenn-Air now finally has a listings which is probably similar to the Kitchaid. Miele has one now with steam in the oven.

I've replied on several induction range queries recently but will put my two cents in again. I've had a GE Profile slide in induction range for close to 2 years now and love it. Nothing to complain about at all. I really like how the hobs accept different size pots and it is so responsive. Some people complain of some of the newer ones induction ranges where you have to keep pressing the touch pad to get to the desired power. Mine turns on at 5 (mid power) and then you go up or down from there. But you can just hold the pad down (barely touching it) and it zooms thru the choices within seconds so it is not a fussy thing at all. My friend has had her Kitchen Aid freestanding induction range replaced about a year ago for a Samsung. I would think the working parts are the same as a slide in. She really likes it. The Kitchen Aid had a lot of problems and Whirlpool who make KA said they knew they had a problem but couldn't resolve it. She thinks her Samsung is better quality look and feel wise than the KA was.

I also have a GE Profile induction slide-in, which we've been using for about three months. The convection oven works great as does the induction range. We have been very happy with this choice so far. This was our first induction and the learning curve was very easy.