Induction cooktop came in and it came with a Chantal pan.
That was one of the vendors of cookware I was looking at
due to it's copper core center, sandwiched between stainless steel.
May I assume that nobody is interested in the induction cooktop, (due to the lack of responses)--or do we have a
"Clique" going here?

Gary

Gary... sometimes I can post a question on the appliance side and get few responses. The kitchens side seems to have more traffic. It's definitely not a "clique" thing.

I'm interested in induction but leaning toward Miele or Bosch due to several features. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply, remodelfla. I made a huge goof the first time and bought a relatively unknow ceramic cooktop.
I have to redo some of the granite because the other unit was a 36 inch semi circle, sooo trying to be a little more careful this time, alto I spent more than a year researching appliciances before the kitchen was built.
As you saw, both ovens are Electrolux and the wine cooler and all have been perfect.
We like the looks of them, and pretty easy to use.
So we hope the Electrolux Induction not only matches the looks of the ovens but it will match their performance too.
Will keep you posted
Gary

Hi Gary,
With certain brands, it's hard to get too much info. I find most people here are going higher end with their induction cooktops (Miele, Wolf, Gaggeneau, etc). I'm looking at a Thermador myself and have had a really hard time finding much user info. I know it's pretty much the same internals as the Bosch, but I love the silver mirrored finish. Admittedly, I mainly looked at cosmetics and not features. remodelfla, what features of the Bosch do you like? I'll assume Thermador has the same ones =)

I don't know...but I do know it's an attractive model.

See? I'm not very helpful either. Not many people have these things yet, of any brand. (I can opine on my 1983 Kenmore model, but it's not available anymore so I won't.)

All I can say is the technology is good; as long as you get a company with good customer service I think you're going to be fine. There just ain't that much difference!

I have the Kenmore labeled version of the Electrolux 5-hob induction cooktop. I think it is a great improvement over electric coil, and safer than gas. (Also, I suspect it is even faster than gas.) What do you want to know about it specifically?

kas

Thanks for the replies.I was just hoping somebody had one, and relate their experiences with same. But as you mentioned, Kas, the Kenmore is pretty much the same, so your input is helpful.I had seen a couple of reports where it had been necessary to turn off the circuit breaker to the cooktop, in order to reset it--due to error messages.
One user said, if you clean the cooktop but not dry it, that error can occur---alto I suspect they meant the control area of the cooktop.
One reason I went with the Electrolux, (besides having both their Speed Oven as well as Convection oven ), is that the controls are divided from the main cooktop and should stay cleaner, in the advent of a spill or whatever.
That is what totaled my older Ceramic Electric cooktop.
Even thou we never used it a lot, any grease or what-have-ya, on the touch controls, causes it to generate error msgs. It finally got the the point where there is noting I can do, cleaning , scraping---etc etc to get the controls to work again. I was talking to a guy in a granite shop and He said he can no longer turn off his cooktop (he has to use the timer and let it time out to turn the thing off.
I bet he has some kind of buildup or whatever on the off control. So beware and be sure to keep those touch controls clean. I have had no problems with the touch controls on the speed oven or the convection oven.
Again thanks for your inputs, The cooktop came in yesterday, now waiting for Granite guy, but as soon as she is installed we will give you all a report.
Thanks

Gary

Gary, I appreciate that tidbit of information about the controls. It's a problem I didn't think of but can sure picture happening in my household. I use my cooktop for all kinds of non-cooking activities and don't always clean it promptly. The controls are off to the side, safely out of the way. But most of the new ones have them in front (and without the little divider), right in the mess zone. And I'm not willing to pay Wolf $$$ just to have them at the side when that appears to be the only reason to go Wolf.

So, please get that thing hooked up and report back! Thanks.

OK Fori, the granite guys were here and finished, they even resealed my old granite for no xtra charge. The new induction cooktop is installed in the granite and looks fabulous the burners themselves are a reddish-brown that matches the granite. Tomorrow the Electrician will be here to wire it up----can't wait!!!!! sooooooo, maybe tomorrow nite we try cooking something creative on it(wife never cooks on Friday--She says that's her day off---so I will get the "Cullinary Duties" (LOL) Anybody here have any suggestions on what we try on it first¿
(I suspects that once wife sees it, I may be "Usurped" as far as being the first one to try it.
OK checks back later---off to a car show with the Flashie Red Convertible!!!
Later

Gary

Although "touch" generally describes the control type, I suspect from my own experience with them that they are capacitive sensing and not pressure sensing. If one wipes water over the control surface one can get changes in the state of the timer and sometimes other settings. I do not consider this a serious defect, as any control that is inadvertently turned on can be easily turned off.

I haven't yet caused a messy enough cooktop to observe any control interference, but I imagine that spillages could cause a problem, and a build-up might interfere with sensing in some designs. Touch control sensitivity can also vary from one design to another, so the Electrolux/Kenmore may prove to be relatively immune to control lockups due to surface build-up.

As for the other reported problem where "rebooting" by removing power was required, I haven't seen that yet either.

kas

The Electrolux Induction cooktop is installed. Boy it looks great. I tried it out with a small pot just to see how it worked. I took a 5" pot , put exactly one cup of water in it and placed it on the smallest burner (6").
It took 1 minute to get the water boiling, fairly vigourously too--I didnt consider the formation of tiny bubbles as "boiling" Then I turned it down and the boiling ceased "Straightaway". I then took a paper towel and placed it between pan and cooktop, water boiling away but paper doesn't get hot--Neat. Then I turned the unit off, removed the pan, and carefully at first, used hand to see how hot burner was, was not hot enough to burn but not sure I would leave hand there right after turning it off and of course were that grease in the pan rather than water, I would not have tried either of these "Stunts" as grease gets hotter so will pan and pan will heat the cooktop.One thing that they don't mention in their advertising is that you can remove the pan, the unit shows an "F" and the temp setting it was at, and if you put the pan back on within 3 minutes, it starts right back up with no button pokin"
Anyway, as the guy said, who jumped from the 20 story building and was now on his way down past the 10th floor,
"So Far So Good"
Anyway we will keep you posted as we get more experience with it---I gotta go get some more pots and pans only have 2 that pass the magnet test now---sniff sniff
OK back to studying up on pots and pans.

Gary

Electrolux Icon Induction Cooktop installed in new granite surround. Granite is Arandis Gold.
Since I can't figure out how to add pictures in this forum, click the URL below which will show you the picture.
The URL is part of the Gallery Section of this Web-site.

Gary

Here is a link that might be useful: Electrolux Icon Induction Cooktop

Slick! Now get it dirty!

Oh, Crap. What were the negative reviews of the Hybrid model? I have this sitting in my basement right now waiting for it to be installed. I actually searched out the hybrid model because I sometimes like to cook with my older pyrex pans. I didn't find any reviews when I bought it so I decided to give it a try.

dodge1959, how's it going with the new cooktop? I'm considering purchasing the 36'' model. Cooking going well? How is it to clean around that SS strip in the cooktop?

When I was picking cooktops for our new home (still being built), the Icon all induction was my 1st choice. The appliance expert was used to selling high-end gas units, so she priced out the Icon and later informed me an all induction model wasn't available. I told her I found info about it online, but she couldn't, so I went with the GE Profile all induction unit. It has a cool mirrored top like the Thermador.

Please post the model # of the Icon, as it's not too late for me to change my order!

Does the Icon strip between the controls really stop the spills? I've heard until you're used to the speed of induction cooking, boiling-over type spills are extremely common. Guess there's a learning curve!

OK we have the Electrolux Icon, (key word is Icon) to find that cooktop on the Electrolux web-site. Mine is the 30 inch model E301C75FSS4. We Absolutely Love it. Really fast, completely quiet (even thou it has a fan it has never come on--even with 3 burners going--alto not on high).
We just can't recommend it enough, alto keep in mind we have only been using it a week or 2.
Based on our other 3 Electrolux products that we have had for 3 years---we expect the cooktop to be as trouble free as those.
I Think some folks don't believe the Electrolux is a Premium brand as Sears now sells them. When we bought the other 3 Electrolux) appliances They were not sold by Sears.
When we bought the appliances for our kitchen, We completely ignored price Waited 30 years for this kitchen and figured waiting that long---we deserved what we wanted--(Ya Think?).So we are thrilled by all four Electrolux appliances now.

Gary

URL for Electrolux 30" Icon, Designer Series, Induction Cooktop

Here is a link that might be useful: URL for Electrolux 30 Inch Induction

Here is the URL for the 36 inch Electrolux Icon, Designer Series Fully Induction Cooktop

Here is a link that might be useful: Electrolux 36 inch Induction

I am replacing my induction cook top that was installed in 1985 with a Electrolux Icon induction. There is nothing wrong with the one that I removed so we are building it into our outdoor kitchen. Hope this new one last as long.