Thank you for your very thorough review and help, jwvideo!

Actually, it's only been just over a year since I got mine, but I am very happy with it. I've not found anything it can't do, in the sense of me saying "I wish it had....." or "I wish I could.....". Yes, I have no issue with "only" 10 divisions of control of the burners. I cook a lot, but apparently I am not as subtle as others, LOL.

I did have a problem with 2 of the induction hobs failing to register that a saucepan was present and turned themselves off after a minute, but service was fast and he fixed the issue with the electronics within a couple of hours. I felt a little better when the service guy was temporarily stumped - it signaled to me it was a weird, random happening and not a common problem that might happen again. That was about 6 months ago, and it's been working perfectly since. The oven is doing a fine electric oven job -- nothing fancy, but nothing wrong either (are there electric ovens that are better than other electric ovens? What's special about them?) I use the convection frequently.

The only thing I wish was different is the burner placement - I wish the smaller ones in front. However, that's probably a personal thing, because I use more small pots than large ones.

Thank you for sharing your experience with the LG, TV. We are not gourmet cooks. We just moved into a house with a 19 year old Kenmore smooth top and miss the induction we had at our previous house, a $1300 Kenmore induction, not a slide in. I think the LG would suit us.

If you can wait until Costco gets stock you can get more warranty. With their Citi Visa you end up with 4 years. Regular Costco purchase is two years.

I have ordered an LG LSE4616 from Costco but it's on backorder so I have time to do some research on the pros and cons. This Range has an Induction cooktop with an electric oven combo with a storage drawer at the bottom. I've never had induction before but I have friends who love it. My hesitation is the induction burner sizes. There are 2-6", 1-8", and 1-11". When I cook, sometimes I have the need for 2 big pots: such as a big pot of ragu to simmer and a big pot of pasta to boil. How can I do this when the Manual says the 11" burner has a "minimum size" of 9.5". With the 8", the minimum size is 7.5" and the smaller burner's minimum size is 5.5". It does not say what the maximum size is. Does anyone out there have an LG Range. It's quite similar to the LSE4617 which has even more bells and whistles.

With Costco, you might check the SmartTrade (or whatever it is called) warranty they sell. I think they have a version that covers appliances.

" It does not say what the maximum size is. "

Maximum size really isn't a problem as long as you can keep it centered on the "burner" so things get heated relatively evenly. (Minimum pot size is more important, because if the pot is too small for the burner, it won't register and will turn itself off.) The only constriction will be the actual width of the stove top and whether two large pots will fit side by side. I can easily fit my two 10" saucepans on the two front burners; if I had a pair of 12" saucepans they'd fit too.

(I have the LSE4617, and I'm very happy with it. I LOVE cooking with induction.)

Thank you Toronto Veterinarian. You have answered my questions about pot size and burner size on the LG. I think from my research that not all induction cooking surfaces are the same. I want to be able to use 2 big 11"stockpots at the same time. Hopefully, from what you have said, that will work on the LG. How is the noise level on your LG? I think the only difference between yours and the one I'm getting, the LSE4616, Is the easy pull rack, the temperature probe, and the warming drawer. The 4616 does not have any of those features but it's less expensive. I wonder if I can get an easy pull track as an add on? Does Costco offer an extra warrantee beyond the 2 years?

Has anyone had a problem with the LG induction range not fitting flush against the backsplash?

when we installed our Miele induction range , we found that the plug in an "up/down" configuration didnt allow the range to sit flush against the wall. there was something on the range hitting the plug

once we rotated the plug 90 degrees it fit flush

Purchased the LG 4617 from Costco 6 months ago. Love it. One repair. One unexpected benefit. Purchased Square Trade 3 year extended warranty, and used Citi which gave me 2 extra years, so 7 years in all. Experience with Square Trade is excellent.

The repair. All the burner turn on dials are on steel rods underneath. The oven turn on dial is on a plastic rod. You turn the dial to the right to turn the convection oven on, as well as most oven functions, and the left for the non convection option. I didn’t notice that. I didn’t see the bake only function on the left side of the dial.

I turned the convection function on, then decided I wanted the non convection on a covered dutch oven, to reduce fan use. I kept turning the dial to the right to find the non convection option. It just kept turning, no stop feature. The somewhat flimsy plastic rod broke. Dial fell off. No oven for a week until it was repaired. Costco concierge made sure it was repaired quickly. Not a do it yourself job. Repairman got the plastic part in 2 days, and had to remove and take apart the oven control, to replace the plastic rod.

The unexpected benefit. Since paper towels won’t catch fire on an induction cooktop, I place a paper towel enough under my frypan to prevent any splatter from going on the harder to clean cooking controls. It also catches any drip when I crack an egg on the frypan. I also place a paper towel over the pan to catch any splatter. No need to clean a cooking guard after each use. If cooking a more likely to splatter item like bacon, I place paper towels over a larger area of the cooktop. In most cases, I can then reuse the paper towels after cooking. The cooktop looks brand new after over 6 months of daily use.

I developed this method after watching a You Tube video of someone placing a paper towel between the burner and a pot, and then boiling water, to demonstrate the safety aspect of the stove. I did the same. Placed a paper towel directly on the burner, placed a pot of water on the towel, boiled in 2 minutes without the towel catching fire,

You already may know this, but something for later readers to bear in mind is that using paper towels will be fine with pots of water even when using maximum burner power but care with power control is needed when using high heat settings for cooking tasks like searing and wokking.

The thing to bear in mind is that induction generates heat in the pan but the contents of the pan can mitigate how hot the pan gets. With a pot of water, the water absorbs and carries away heat energy as it boils which keeps the pan from getting much hotter than boiling temperatures. You can crank the burner to maximum boosted power and the paper will be fine. At least, up until you boil the pan dry. ;>)

However, do that with an empty wok or frying pan or anything that won't carry away heat the way water does (say, oil or sugar or meat & vegetables for your stir fry, etc.) and what happens? The pan's exterior temperature quickly shoots well above paper's ignition temperature, famously said to be 451°F. You avoid burning the paper by finding a power setting makes the pan hot enough for your cooking but not too hot for the paper, as you already have done with the egg-frying example you mentioned.

FWIW, the paper beneath an over heated pan usually can't get enough oxygen to actually burst into flame. Instead, it smolders and leaves a carbonized mess that may need a lot of elbow grease and some polishing with cooktop cleaning cream to remove from the glasstop.

For anybody interested, a search will turn up detailed past discussions that include information on figuring out the highest power settings to use with paper towels on your particular stove's burners. Also, the best kind of high temperature silicon mats to use, too, if you want to use that rather than paper, as some do. A couple of recent examples are [this thread from last fall [(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/induction-cooking-and-silicone-matts-and-cookware-dsvw-vd~5517462?n=14)and [this one from a year ago[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/where-can-i-find-a-silicone-mat-for-cooking-on-an-induction-cooktop-dsvw-vd~5211088).

Thank you JW. I didn’t know that. Didn’t think about silicon mats either. Some seem to be able to take much higher temperatures than paper.

Also. I usually use medium heat, which is very hot. I only use power boil to boil water rapidly.

I use a paper towel under my pan when I make popcorn, which is a great way to make it easier to shake.