Researching appliances certainly can drive us all crazy with overthinking, but let me suggest you try reading the stove's manual if you have not already done so. I think you will find that the AGA induction models all have knob controls to turn the various ovens and hobs on and off and set them to specific power or temperature levels for particular cooking tasks. Nothing like that on the original "always on" gas, coal and wood fired AGAs because each oven and hob was always on and there was no need to turn anything on or off, right?

Also, find out what the range is called in the UK and look at what people on Mumsnet have to say. I think it's a Falcon over there- and Falcons are really, really great. Very well built machines, though I don't have recent experience, so see what the Mums say.

The Aga name is only used in the US for that range- it bears no resemblance to a regular Aga. I would compare that range to a Lacanche.

Thanks, it has taken me hours to wade through the aga thread here and the threads on the Mumsnet site, have gone through the manual and looked a number of appliance store sites and still didn't get any definitive answers which is why I decided to stop spending so much time and just ask.

I have been looking at the Lacanche as well. What a beauty!

Just got a call back from my local appliance store. It does switch off which is important in our hot summers.

Waverly the only time induction would be on is if a pot is on the hob. There is absolutely no heat generated in the room with induction.

Well, there's no heat from the cooktop, but there is heat from the pot! And the pot does heat up the cooktop, so be careful right after use when it's hot enough to burn you.

The original AGA cooker was designed for the blind. No adjustments and dials. A range that works like a hearth. The ovens are different temperatures depending on how near or far from the fire, and the mass between them and it, and they're hotter nearer the fire, requiring turning. The hotplates have one hot (which if both have been closed for a long while can boil) and one lower. They're hotter in the middle like French tops, I think.

AGA also makes similar looking ranges which have proper burners and knobs for the sighted. :)

Induction uses magnets which run on electricity. The oven is probably electric as well. Did you find that in your research?

Thanks, Plllog, Islay, cpartist, Rita, jwvideo, for your answers. Verymuch appreciated. I know it seems intuitive that the induction top can not remain on when there is no cooking taking place. However, as I have always understood that the definitive feature of Aga is that it constantly puts out heat, I wanted to make sure that the ovens were not somehow configured like their gas counterparts. Not what one is looking for in a summer home.