I don't have the Liberty but have the mirrored finish Thermador Masterpiece induction cooktop. The mirror finish does look somewhat dark at times but I think the surroundings play some role in the way it looks since it does reflect the surroundings (i.e. dark cabinets versus light cabinets, etc would change the look). Overall we like the look.

Are there no Thermador dealers in your area where you can go look at it?

I am about to purchase the grey which is really nice looking, seen in a Spencers appliance store in Phoenix, AZ.

Naz J Funny we were just at Spencers and that induction cooktop is gorgous. I can't wait to start cooking on it. We are in the beginning stages so it will be awilei

if anyone who purchased the liberty cooktop previously would post photos it would be greatly appreciated

Will post image in a few

We love ours too. Easy to clean. It was a little bit of a learning curve to use.

wonderful, thank you both!

@Lindacottonwood
Is that the titanium gray?

Yes. I still love it.

We have one in titanium grey. We had induction Miele before, so the following are some thoughts based on comparison: looks great, but hard to read lettering (dark grey on light grey), linear power scale is also hard to read due to all of the settings are being lit up and the actual ones showing current power are only slightly brighter. Only one control for all burners (not a biggy). Overall I would say that Miele is better thought through, but if you want appliance by BSH specifically go for Bosch Benchmark (cheaper, but same functionality). We settled on Thermador Liberty since we bought it from a demo house (i.e. "used" but new) insanely cheap.

We have a new Liberty and it seems like it just heats middle of the pan. I’ve tried different pans. Anyone else have this issue? Love the look and easy clean up!

We’ve been using our new Liberty for five months now. It looks great with its silver mirrored finish.

As far as cooking with it goes, it’s been a bit of a mixed bag. The power boost setting is certainly impressive and can boil a pot of water insanely fast. But when you look at the bottom of the pot of water, you can see that the heat is not applied evenly. There are localized spots where the heat is obviously intense and other areas where it is much less so.

I also noticed uneven heating when cooking pancakes, both in a circular frying pan, as well as on a rectangular griddle. When I use the griddle, I turn on adjacent burners so the heat can reach as far as possible across the griddle. Still, some pancakes cook much faster than others, depending on where they are on the griddle.

Also, settings, one through four are almost indistinguishable. They apply very minimal heat to the pot. If I had a small sauce pan with a couple of cups of warm soup, I would have to set it at least on three to maintain, reasonable warmth. The settings one and two are too low to be of any real use. If I wanted to slowly fry an egg, I would have to use setting number six at least. So most of our cooking uses settings,seven thru nine (the highest setting, except for power boost).

All in all, I enjoy using our new cooktop, but I think Thermador should have designed it better, so that the cooktop heats more evenly, and that the lower settings are more useful.

Everything that is written here, goes ditto for me. My my first induction was a GE Monogram, which was bought in 2007. I loved it. The Liberty not so much. I really wanted the Freedom, but was not available when I needed to buy one, for our new house.

The 36" Bosch Benchmark NITP668UC induction cooktop may be a better choice than the Thermador CIT367YMS as it includes a 12" round center element instead of a 11-1/4" x 9-1/2" center element. Both have 5 induction elements that are roughly the same size and have the same power. Features are similar. The Bosch Benchmark NITP668UC is $2600, roughly half the price of the Thermador CIT367YMS at $4950. Bosch, Thermador, and Gaggenau are all BSH brands which is why products are often similar.