36" gas cooktop ~ Wolf or Monogram?
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Heather N
5 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (5)I have a Monogram, and use the simmer feature all the time. GE's claim of 140 degrees is reliable (I use a Raytek laser gun to confirm). (One reason I beat hubby down on his insistence on Viking is that Viking wouldn't commit to a specific simmer temp.) I frequently use 1-quart pots....See MoreGas cooktops 36' Wolf vs Dacor
Comments (5)I believe the Wolf range top comes with either sealed OR open burners, or just the open burners, while the cooktop comes with only sealed burners. The AG range comes with open burners, the DF range comes with sealed burners. If you go to the Wolf/SZ webstie, you can find out for sure (loads of info, pics, specs....on their site). FWIW, we recently got a Wolf AG range. The open burners have a very tight opening, so barring a spillover, it's not too likely that much is going to end up on the drip tray anyway (which you can just line with foil, and replace when needed--nobody sees it unless you slide out the tray). As for cleaning the black enamel burner pans/range top, you'd need to do that whether your burners were sealed or open. With open burners, you can lift out the pans themselves (3 of them), and bring to the sink to clean, or just spritz them with your preferred cleaner/de-greaser, and wipe clean (which is what I've done so far). I'm not too big on cleaning the burner rings (unless they're really messy from spills), and they are easy enough to lift up and then clean (burnt on stuff is probably just as difficult or easy to remove on most burners; open or sealed). Hope this helps!...See Moreselecting 36 inch range - GE Monogram dual fuel or Wolf gas
Comments (3)Why dual fuel? Get a GE Monogram gas range and call it a day. It will roast vegetables and meats like nobody's business--the infrared broiler works great! As Belaria has said, plenty of feedback on both in the discussions. I would think all gas would be a heck of a lot more reliable....See Morerisselfamilysc
5 years agowekick
5 years agoAre 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.
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