Browse Forums Kitchen Appliances Re: Induction cooktop feedback please 6Nov 18, 2014 9:31 pm We have gas and induction, and much prefer induction. Gas is good for the wok burner (there are induction wok cooktops, but you are restricted to their wok), but I find most of them cool in the centre (anyone know how to increase the flame strength of the centre ring with Natural Gas? I've seen quite a few, and the centre ring has poor heat), and heating with gas is not as even. With induction, the handles stay cool (with gas, the handles heat up with the waste heat, which I keep forgetting when I am using gas), you can set a timer for simmering, and the control is very good and precise (0 to 9 in half steps, plus boost), it's fast (with boost at 3600W, 1L of water takes a minute to boil) and easy to clean and keep clean. We have the Siemens which is now 5 years old; at the time, they were not expensive as induction cooktops were being discounted as they were not selling. Don't have any experience with the others, but Bosch, Neff and Siemens will be similar internally (all being part of BSH). They may be expensive up-front, but if they last, the cost of ownership is low. Personally we have used all 4 cooking positions at times, so would go with at least 3, if not 4. My daughter and son in law are about to start building, they are having a 600mm induction cook top and 900mm oven. It's personal preferance 5 10866 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17868 |