does anyone have the new wolf contemporary 36" gas cooktop?
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Comments (28)It's not too loud most of the time, but is noticeable when the room is otherwise quiet. I am staring to get used to the sounds made by the cooktop. They are louder when the pan is cold or empty, and the sizzling or bubbling does effectively cover up the tick-buzz rhythm. It also varies depending on what utensil is being, used with cast iron being the quietest. My Calphalon Contemporary Stainless 10" skillet is the noisiest , but a similarly sized Scanpan non-stick makes only moderate noise as does the 3 qt. Calphalon saute' pan. I guess it has to do with resonant frequencies and the physics of the situation. Since I really like the cooking performance, layout, efficiency and easy cleaning of the stove I will learn to live with the sounds it generates. My only other complaint with the unit is the childproof lock. I have no need for a nanny looking over my shoulder making sure I don't do anything dangerous. The unit doesn't even turn on unless there's a appropriately sized magnetic object on top and shuts off if it gets too hot. There are no locks on other types of cooktops. It is annoying to have to wait for the controls to unlock, but I have found that if I put a wet sponge on the "key", it will enable the controls while I do other things. Is there a way to permanently disable the lock feature for us grown-ups?...See More36 inch gas (LP) cooktop - Wolf, Bluestar, or Miele?
Comments (22)Thanks for the links. Those are interesting. The Wolf burner is a different design from those videos, but I don't know if it is now better or worse (although it does seem to address some of the complaints). I also don't know how different the cooktop burner on the bluestar is from the range burner shown in the video, but my hunch is they are the same. The idea of an open burner being more even has always made sense to me and appealed and the videos seem to confirm one's intuition on this. As for the Capital on the website mentioned above, they do have a rangetop, but I don't think they have a high end cooktop in gas which would work better for our current kitchen (although their rangetops would look better here than the rivals rangetops from what I can tell because it seems to be a little more slim). In any event, we don't have a Capital vendor here and so even if it were the best product (and it sounds like many feel it is) and it matched, service would be enough to scare me off probably based on where I live. Thanks again to everyone for your input! ps for Miele reliability, it is only one datapoint, but my mother in law's works hard and is like new. She is going to be appalled that we bought something else. (And given how nice hers is, I thought that would be the direction we'd go, but my wife surprised me by picking the Wolf and I felt like given that each one had strengths and weaknesses I felt like this was a good choice, but I also felt any of the three she'd picked I'd have been able to say that about)....See More36' Wolf Gas Cooktop - do you really need a opening that is 35'
Comments (3)No I have not asked the dealer yet. I just did the math now. Until now I had been assuming that since the specs say 35 inches it needs to be 35 inches. I will ask them, or just head out to the nearest showroom and measure all dimensions. We love this cooktop, which is already one of the most expensive cooktops. I hate the idea of having to also shell out to have the opening widened....See More36" gas cooktop ~ Wolf or Monogram?
Comments (7)Are you talking about a cooktop or do you mean a rangetop. If you really mean cooktop, I think the burner is cut off on the Monogram(top) so the griddle might hang over the controls. Some of the overlays are wider. chef King is 12”. The Wolf if you use the 9K and 12K, you would still have 21K combined. If you turned the 12K down a little, it would compare with the 15K or less found on most built ins. One big advantage with an overlay is that you have a choice about what metal you use. You can get one that is rolled steel or heavy aluminum. The aluminum one comes bare or coated to be nonstick. http://www.dvorsons.com/ChefKing/Griddles.htm http://royalindustriesinc.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4_22_48 I have the bare aluminum . I like it because it heats more evenly than the steel and is a little lighter weight. I want it to be evenly heated when I make grilled sandwiches or toast buns. I season it like a steel griddle. I had a smaller one on my previous range but it was too small for the range I have now but it had seasoned very well over the years. The steel takes a seasoning a little easier and if there are hotter and cooler areas, some people utilize that to cook and hold. "As for using a griddle that spans 2 burners, it just doesn't work well. The heat isn't even-- the ends get very hot and the middle is warm." There might be a couple of things that influence this. The first is the metal used in the griddle.. The second is that the Monogram and Wolf both have a burner cap so compared to an uncapped burner, there is more flare on the highest heat. The amount of flare depends on how the burner is engineered. This can leave the middle without heat. If the griddle is steel, stainless or cast iron, the heat transfer properties aren’t that great so the middle can be cooler. Heavy aluminum and heavy copper, will even out the heat more. Thermador was mentioned as a star burner but it is capped so does not bring heat to the center as a BlueStar star burner does. The BSstar is uncapped so it truly brings heat in a more upward direction on high heat and to the middle if that is what you want. BlueStar star burner, top uncapped Thermador Star bottom, capped Capped ring burner Keep in mind too that medium heat might be all that is required with an overlay. Most two burner built in griddles have about 15K BTUs total. An overlay has the potential to have 2x whatever the burners are. If it is on high and it is difficult to see where the flame is on the pan, you might be loosing all of your heat around the pan. My griddle is heavy aluminum, 15x23” and it heats pretty evenly on medium -med high heat. Burners are Wolf dual stacked 15 K BTUs. If the griddle were only 11” wide and the burners were up high, that might be close to 30K and the flame is closer to the edges....See MoreMargo Margolis
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