The difficult to clean bit was promoted by Wolf — according to our local Wolf sales folks. Background: The least expensive manufacturing situation is to make the exact same thing over and over and over. E.G., all sealed or all open for instance. It's more expensive to try to build both as it requires additional design work, more parts to be stocked, increased manufacturing time and machines, double the QA effort, increased effort writing user and technician manuals, more training for CS folks, more marketing effort, etc. Over time Wolf chose to focus on pro-look aesthetics over functionality. They chose to go after the consumers for whom looks was more important than functionality. From a sales revenue standpoint this was a very good choice as the 'Wolf Look' was/is very popular and the number of people who wanted the look is greater than those who want actual functionality to cook on. Offering sealed burners rather than open provided valuable marketing blurbs - 'easier to clean' and 'as easy to clean'. This was pumped out to sales folks all over. What they didn't want is DCS or Thermador telling the people that their ranges were easier to clean than Wolf. In reality, for people who want a spic-and-span-always-looks-brand-new-never-been-used kitchen then sealed burners are better. They are a bit easier to keep new looking. But only a bit, not the huge FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) difference that's been promoted. It's similar to FUD spread by Ford about electric cars and how awful they are or the FUD spread by Monster Cable about how much better stuff sounded over their cables. FUD is an extremely powerful marketing tool. Wolf still makes good stuff but as has been discussed, their sealed burners are not a cooks best friend. They waste a lot of heat/gas, they are hotter for the cook to cook on vs an open burner due to much of the heat going around the pan rather than under, often do not heat as evenly, etc. What's interesting is that Blue Star are supposedly going after more serious cooks but then have an inferior (vs Wolf) thermostatic griddle (flat top) on the RNB, only offer their higher BTU burners paired with an even more inferior burner-top griddle, have rack ladders that are too narrow for many pro pans, etc. They got the burner shape right but then miss on so much else and for no good reason. Interestingly, they also missed on their hood offering by putting out the exact same thing with the same problems as is available from every other consumer pro-look option rather than offering a hood with actual better functionality. Their product marketing decisions seem amazingly bad. There's a gob of people who want a really good range, a really good range hood and are willing to pay but BS doesn't want to take advantage but instead wants to try to partially compete with Wolf.

We are waiting on our delivery of our Cluny 1400 in a few weeks. We ordered the Classique top and the induction hob. I could never only cook on induction, there is something sexy and fun about cooking with gas. That being said, I love how quickly it will bring water to boil and how steady it will hold the heat especially when you need something to simmer or cook slowly (lentils, grains, reductions, etc). I did have the opportunity to cook on a Chagny 1400 before ordering my Cluny and it was wonderful! The owner had the Classique top with the induction hob and she was gracious and lovely and showed me how quickly water boiled and then cooked rice for us in her warming cupboard. The whole experience sealed the deal for me. Good luck in whatever you choose!

Hello @MeiLun Lau ! Thank you for considering Lacanche for your new home. As you may already know, Lacanche is not yet available with a full induction top in North America. The R&D and UL-approval process are well underway but of course like most of everything else, have been delayed this past year. For the time being, all Lacanche ranges 44" and above come with at least 3 gas burners that can be complemented by 1 or more 2-burner induction module. If you are looking for an all-induction top now, I'm afraid Lacanche is out of the running. In terms of service, we are the Canadian distributor for Lacanche and we work with local technicians across the country, including Western Canada. We have many clients in larger cities like Calgary and Vancouver, and quite a few as well in more remote areas in between. All service requests come to us first, then we can put you in contact with the closest technician. If you haven't yet, please feel free to reach out directly to our Sales Manager Tom at sales @ french-barn . com . All the best, Patrick

Did you ever get your range, or a new ETA? We ordered about 10 months ago, and it's been pretty quiet so just wondering how backed up they are. We have a bit of time until we need it, so I don't mind a little delay but just curious where things are at with them now.