I just got my new samsung model NE599 on wed. I had used the oven once, one flex 9" burner once, the rear burner twice. Was making a large pot of soup yesterday on the 11" front power boost burner and it tripped the 40 amp breaker. Went down and tripped the breaker back and an error 84 appeared. Looked at the manual in trouble shooting did what it said. (leave breaker off for 30-40 sec and turn back on) same thing er-84 tried 3 times. Called samsung they kept asking us to look for a button that was not there. There were 3 adults looking for this button there was no such button. After keying in "problems with samsung induction model NE599 " into google, I came across several posts were people have had problems with the unit, as well as their facebook page which had several posts about appliances breaking down and samsung taking a long time to send out a service tec and to get parts. I spent a week here on GW going through induction posts before making my decision, really didn't want to spend 3k on a range so samsung was within that range. This model had everything I wanted the boil alert, duo flex top, flex oven. But after reading these posts I'm hoping that my retailer will take it back and that samsung will reimburse them. Really am heart broken about this but I don't want to be without a range for 2 weeks or more while samsung tries to fix it.

Recently got to see a Bosch in person, as it were, and found it to be a pretty interesting range. There were a couple of things that kind-of, sort-of left me with questions because the stove wasn't hooked up. One of them is a kind of COFS thing (that's chronic old fart syndrome). I hadn't thought of this until I actually saw the range in person. Being a COF, I remember back in the 80s when my aunt first got her early induction range, that there were problems if you spilled anything near the the stovetop touchpad and potentially big issues if you took something out of the oven and set it on the stovetop. It prejudiced me against stove-top touch-pad burner controls. There's that COFS again :>) Anyway, after you've used the stove for a while, I'm sure others would be interested in getting your views on how vulnerable (or invulnerable) that Bosch's stove-top burner touch-pad is. (Maybe Dancingqueen will chime in on this as she's had her Bosch since last summer.)

Well, that puts a whole different cast on things. And, no need to apologize for being "long winded." Nobody ever accused me of being brief. Being explicit often helps get the information you need. If I were looking to sell and move in a couple of years, my own inclinations would come from working on my own houses and working with and for remodelers and renovators. (The video business sometimes gets pretty slow so I've had a checkered career over the last couple of decades.). Let me just say that I would be reluctant to spend any more on the kitchen renovation than I had to. It is very difficult to predict buyers' tastes, HGTV to the contrary notwithstanding. Simply put, some buyers will love what you do, some won't care one way or the other, and some will start gutting your kitchen the day after closing. I'll offer these thoughts for the things I'd consider for renovation for a near term sale. (a) wherever you put the new stove location, run both a 240v line and a gas line for maximum flexibility. You or anybody who comes after you can put in whatever kind of stove they like, gas, duel fuel, coil burner, radiant smoothtop or induction. Around here, that seems to matter more than the stove you leave behind. YMMV, of course. (This advice assumes that you do not have a slab-on grade house or major difficulties in running either new electrical or new gas plumbing.) (b) I'd skip the counter-depth fridge. As with slide-in ranges versus freestanding ranges, you may be paying a very large premium in price (and diminished storage capacity) for what may be mostly an aesthetic advantage. Again, YYMV, though. I don't know the specifics of your kitchen or the market for your house. There can be places where a CD fridge might be the only practical choice for the space and places where hardly any buyers care about refrigerator capacity. (c) Unless I were planning on taking the stove with me, I would skip consideration of any of the more expensive induction ranges. Actually, I would seriously consider that Samsung FTQ induction range simply because of the price. Assuming, of course, that the burner layout is not too weird for you. Like most induction ranges, It should be very easy to keep clean for showings. (Read the cleaning tips here, buy some microfiber towels, and get some cermic-glass cooktop cleaner/polish.) FWIW, Consumer Reports had the FTQ on its list of recommended induction ranges through the end of last year, two years after Samsung discontinued the model. As long as yours was made after 2010, it shouldn't have the cooling fan problems that generated most of the adverse comments. You might be using it only for next two years and it very likely will outlast that time. (It might last for decades. We just don't know.) At a clearance price, it should be far and away the least expensive choice, down there with coil burner ranges. It will likely beat the pants off any other inexpensive range you might put in there, both in terms of cooking capacity and ease of cleaning. Depending on your neighborhood and your real estate market, it could give you a bit of additional cachet -- "gourmet kitchen with induction range" and all that. Meanwhile, If "hubby" is doing his Mario imitations with Batali branded cookware, so much the better. The Batali enameled cast-iron (made, I think, by Dansk) works very, very well on induction. A final comment from a couple of posts back. You are in the NY area? Have a look at AJ Madison. The freestanding GE is currently $1709 there. If you can wait to the Labor Day sales, the least expensive Kenmore induction range will likely be under $1300. I've seen the current lower-end Samsung induction range, the NE595NOPBSR, down around $1200. (More conventional burner arrangement and pretty highly rated by CR, for what that is worth.) Since the Samsung FTQ has been discontinued for a couple of years, I'd offer $700 for it. Maybe have a look at what Sears is asking for ranges on the clearance pages.

Unfortunately, I only learn about new stove releases when I happen to stumble across the news. I do know what you mean about being "somewhat underwhelmed by current offerings." Regarding your interest in a bridging element, we are going a bit off topic here, but if you are looking for an induction capable burner spanning griddle, you might want to check out the Zwilling website's clearance of their DeMeyere branded Plancha/Griddle/Teppanyaki. Here is the link. For me, this multi-layered, induction capable Demeyere griddle pretty much solves the problem with most griddles I've used --- that of being much hotter over burners than over the area between them. I've had no trouble cooking pancakes on the middle space and having them done as soon as the outer ones. I like the plancha better than standalone electric griddles like the Broil King because the DeMeyere heats just as evenly, sotres more conveniently, and also doubles as a really great roasting pan. If you want to check it out further, see this much longer, very detailed discussion thread on chowhound. There also is a rather short thread here at houzz in the cookware forum (only gooster, suzi/desterdance, and myself commenting there.) FYI, the clearance price is currently $119 with free shipping but, according to the chowhounders, you can get another 20% off by using the coupon code "yearend16."