Sherean; I've had the GE Induction Range for about 6 weeks. Switched over from a Sears Smooth top range, with which I despised greatly. I grew up cooking with gas. I LOVE LOVE LOVE (did I mention I love this range?) this range. I will be redoing my kitchen this summer, we bought this range early b/c Sears had a fabulous sale in October (I got it for $2159). I also decided against wall ovens as I have a convection micro: that and the range provide plenty of oven space. I love the responsiveness of the burners (the middle warming hob is radiant, not induction, btw -- not a problem). The Convection oven is large, has worked wonderfully. The warming drawer was fabulous at Christmas -- we had many people over 5 hours and it really worked well at staging the biscuits and meat. The rangetop is a joy and soooo easy to clean, compared to that #$^%%$# smoothtop that is sitting in my garage. My only complaint thus far is that fingertips show easily on the control panel - but disappear easily with a microfibre cloth. Oh, and the timer has a weenie beep, compared to the ^%$^&^%$%% old smoothtop. I bought a Circulon Infinite set and a Henckels International Classic Clad. I have been very pleased with both sets. One word of warning, it took 3 delivery dates to get the range, it was delievered 6 weeks after I bought it. Plan accordingly. Here's a link where I have 2 posts discussing more about the range. Good luck and Bon Appetit. Rita Here is a link that might be useful: more comments on GE Induction

I have the slide-in range (do a search here and in the kitchens forum if you want to see my other posts on it). I was a bit impulsive and bought it without ever going to see it so wasn't aware of the size issue. It's not a huge deal, though as with the convection, you can stack things on the shelves and they all bake fairly evenly. Today I baked two large batches of cookies for a party and I had three cookie sheets at a time in the oven. You do have to be aware of the size issue, though. My one largish thinsulate pan barely fits and it has to go in sideways. My two W-S jelly roll pans also only fit sideways. A really silly thing is that the Costco take and bake pizza winds up being squished a bit in back and bending over just a fraction in the front. One other thing I noticed last night when I was making dinner - the control panel in front means the back burners are a bit of a stretch to reach when you're stirring a sauce. Hubby was also not that impressed with the construction / materials on the side. Also, be aware that the slide-in fits quite differently than a standard free standing range. One thing to note is that there's a roughly 1/2 inch lip on either side that rests on the counter. The control panel bottom also has some kind of bump/lip on the bottom. Make sure you have it on site or at least have the detailed specs when your installers come to do your counters. Someone else on here noted that the oven in the slide in, while a bit smaller, may actually be more powerful. I don't know if that's true or not but it's something to check out. All that being said, I don't regret my decision. I prefer the looks of the slide in and with my aging eyes, having that control panel in front is very, very helpful. I've had it installed for about a month now and while I would rather have gas (which isn't really possible for me), I am enjoying cooking on it. As far as resale considerations, I don't think the difference between one or the other is that big of a deal. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Gary: the manual for the VIking Induction has no mention of any kind of timers at all. Andrew: this won't help you now, but use and care manuals are often available on line. Something to bear in mind the next time you go shopping for an appliance. When I went stove shopping last fall, my research confirmed what Gary said about induction ranges in the North American market not having control timers for cooktop burners. Those functions are available only on some cooktop units. This leads to a couple of questions. My recollection on the NE599 has Samsung's partionable oven which, as I understand it, allows you to divide the oven into separate compartments that bake at different temperatures. Have you tired this yet and can you report on it? When I was stove shopping last fall, I looked pretty hard at next model down, the NE597NOPBSR. (AFAIK, the NE599 is not available on this side of the border). As far as I could tell, the main difference between the NE599 and the NE597 is that the NE599 has the ability to split the oven into two separate compartments while the NE 597 has a three-convection fan arrangement. I believe that both the NE599 and NE597 have the same "flex zone" on the cooktop, which IIRC, allows you to link the two rectangular burners together as single large (some would say, bridged) element. Seemed like it would be useful for rectangular pancake griddles and maybe very large stockpots and canning kettles. So, have you tried the flex-zone with+ a griddle? Have you been able to find out how flex zone work with large pots, say a 12" or 13" diameter stockpot or canning kettle? Does a 12" stockpot cover enugh of the flex zone surface to activate it? This post was edited by JWVideo on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 2:17

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