e4849. The fancieee cooktop was made my Caldera Corp out of Vermont. It was not induction but radiant, and everything stuck to the cooktop. The company went "Belly Up" a year ago--Alto I believe somebody took over the Gas cooktop part of the business. It was their intent to market a gas cooktop with touch controls, but I don't think that one was ever released. Ya know it's kinda funny, We "Specifically" bought the Icon Induction cooktop because the controls were (well we thought anyway) Isolated from the rest of the cooktop, and hence would receive no spills or other contamination---like what totalled the Caldera. Course after seeing no compalints with any touch controls on any of the induction units, cept the one posted about the Icon---kinda makes ya wonder. Not sure how many they sold (Icon Inductions) so cept for the post on GW haven't seen any other problems. Still Strange, their new (Electrolux) induction cooktop no longer has the stainless---yet I guess their new Drop ins, Ranges etc will have----Go figger? Gary

I'm not going to argue induction (though I do favor it), but I have to ask if your sister has a list of things she doesn't like about her existing Whirlpool and/or has a budget. Having that list or a budget range might make it easier to steer her to something. Without that, we're pretty much shooting in the dark. I can tell you that Consumer Reports recommends the Kenmore 92613 (IIRC, made for Sears by Electrolux-Frigidaire), the GE JB705STSS, the LG LRE3023S, and the GE Cafe CS980SNSS. In that order. There are other recommendations that follow in CR's list, but those are a start. Friends of mine have the GEJB705 and like it a lot. I have little first hand experience with it (and I'm prejudiced against radiant electrics). It does have a bridging element (useful if you like using rectangular pancake griddles). The convection oven oven seems to bake pretty evenly, judging from the pepparkakor (ginger snaps) they made on multiple cookie sheets. Standard bake turned out a very evenly browned julekage. The broiler seemed to work pretty well, as CR also concluded. My friends think it does a good job simmering and is reasonably quick at bring pots to boil. The one time I used it to boil water for pasta, though, I thought it was slow. (By slow, I mean ti took about 19 minuts to boil 6 quarts of water; my gas stove does it in 14 minutes and an induction stove will easily do it in 10 minutes.) The oven racks seemed to be the standard oven racks you find on almost every major brand stove. So, take them out of the oven before running the self clean cycle. IIRC, my friends paid around $900 for their GE. This post was edited by JWVideo on Sun, May 12, 13 at 23:33

Anyone with thoughts on the 4 appliances listed at bottom? Also in search of a 30" slide in induction for under $4k. One with an induction bridge between 2 burners on the cooktop and a warming drawer. After hitting 22 appliance manufacturers found 4 ranges of interest. Cafe, Kitchen Aid, Bosch Benchmark, and JennAir. Looked up the ranges reliability on Consumer Reports and Yale Appliance. Also, browsed consumer reviews on Google Shopping. At the same time looking at prices. Going into the process of viewing them in person in the following order going from one with most interest at the top. Notes: 1 yr warranty Cafe - 1st in reliability of these 4 on CR at very good and best in customer reviews of these 4 at 4.7 stars of 3 reviews. Sample size small since new product. Notes: 1 yr warranty. 5 cook top elements Bosch Benchmark - 2nd in reliability of these 4 on CR at good. 4th in customer reviews of these 4 with 4 stars 28 reviews. Notes: 1 yr warranty, 4 cook top elements KitchenAid - 3rd in reliability of these 4 on CR at good. 3rd in customer reviews of these 4 with 4.3 stars 747 reviews. Notes: 1 yr warranty, 4 cook top elements JennAir - 4th in reliability of these 4 on CR with poor. 2nd in customer reviews of these 4 with 4.6 stars 169 reviews. Notes: 2 yr warranty, 4 cook top elements Referenced: Pro range in Consumer Reports "Who makes the most reliable appliances." In regards to Cafe used GE Pro Customer reviews in Google Shopping Appliances of specific: https://www.cafeappliances.com/appliances/chs900p2ms1/overview https://www.jennair.com/ranges/electric-ranges/slide-in-electric-range/p.pro-style-30%E2%80%9D-induction-range.jis1450dp.html https://www.kitchenaid.com/major-appliances/ranges/electric-ranges/electric-slide-in-range/p.30-inch-4-element-induction-slide-in-convection-range-with-baking-drawer.ksib900ess.html https://www.bosch-home.com/us/productslist/cooking-baking/slide-in-ranges/induction-slide-in-ranges/HIIP055U?breadcrumb=freestandinginductioncooker

I have a 9 year old Electrolux induction range that was priced around $2800 when it was new. The touch controls recently stopped working and it beeps constantly and had to be unplugged. The repair tech recently came out and said their are 2 possible fixes. There is a board they can replace for $385 with labor that might fix it, but if that's not it, there is another major part that would cost around $1500. If the $385 repair does it, I will just fix it and try to keep it until it's at least 15 years old, but if it needs the $1500 repair, I will just replace it. Even if I spent the $1500 to fix it, that would not be any guarantee that another major repair of the same part or something unrelated wouldn't come up in few years. I liked the touch screen because, combined with the induction cooktop where nothing burns on it, cleaning this range couldn't be easier. Everything is smooth and wipeable with no nooks and crannies to collect splatter. However, this touch screen tech might have made it too expensive to repair. I don't want to spend $2800 every 9 or 10 years, so if I need to replace it, I either want something I can get for less than half the price I spent in 2010 and plan on replacing it every 10 years or else something I can get in the $2500 price range that I can really expect to last 20 years or more without expensive repairs. I have seen induction ranges listed for as low as $999 (Frigidaire Gallery on sale at Best Buy website). What are some recommendations if I do end up replacing this Electrolux?