Experiences with modular cooktop? Want both gas and induction

[evident]

Kind of a stretch asking here, but Anyone have experience with modular cooktops in the kitchen, specifically the wolf modular ones? I'm ready to make the plunge to induction cooktop but my wife still wants to keep a burner or 2. Looks like wolf offers a 15 inch gas cooktop and a 30 inch induction one. We would be replacing a 36 inch gas cooktop with this. Any drawbacks I could be missing going this route? I know it's going to be $$$ but I really love not dumping a ton of heat in my kitchen with induction. Thanks!

 

[pete6032]

Kind of a stretch asking here, but Anyone have experience with modular cooktops in the kitchen, specifically the wolf modular ones? I'm ready to make the plunge to induction cooktop but my wife still wants to keep a burner or 2. Looks like wolf offers a 15 inch gas cooktop and a 30 inch induction one. We would be replacing a 36 inch gas cooktop with this. Any drawbacks I could be missing going this route? I know it's going to be $$$ but I really love not dumping a ton of heat in my kitchen with induction. Thanks!

I hate to be that poster who totally doesn't answer the question and just asks another question, but what does your wife want to keep a burner for? Unless you are talking about some very specific use cases (very high heat, using a wok), induction will almost always be better.

 

[evident]

I hate to be that poster who totally doesn't answer the question and just asks another question, but what does your wife want to keep a burner for? Unless you are talking about some very specific use cases (very high heat, using a wok), induction will almost always be better.

I 100% agree with you but she's used to it and doesn't want to give it up completely. we also have her mom who is old and used to things too. Ideally i would also want an induction with knobs. I hate the fact that they're almost impossible to find or get.

 

[Greenman]

Kind of a stretch asking here, but Anyone have experience with modular cooktops in the kitchen, specifically the wolf modular ones? I'm ready to make the plunge to induction cooktop but my wife still wants to keep a burner or 2. Looks like wolf offers a 15 inch gas cooktop and a 30 inch induction one. We would be replacing a 36 inch gas cooktop with this. Any drawbacks I could be missing going this route? I know it's going to be $$$ but I really love not dumping a ton of heat in my kitchen with induction. Thanks!

A proper hood would solve most of the heat issue. Beyond that, if a way cool range floats your boat, go for it.

 

[evident]

A proper hood would solve most of the heat issue. Beyond that, if a way cool range floats your boat, go for it.

Yep i have a pretty decent hood that exhausts outside. it's just one of the few reasons.

 

[Ken g6]

Maybe if you let her try an induction "hot plate" she'll like it enough that you won't need gas. Here's one with a knob:

Amazon.com

 

[evident]

Maybe if you let her try an induction "hot plate" she'll like it enough that you won't need gas. Here's one with a knob:

Amazon.com

We have one and have been using it extensively the last month. It's a best buy brand insignia one that works pretty well. Only thing is these hot plates ones don't keep water boiling as well as gas. At least mine doesn't. It also has a noticeable hot spot in the middle which is kind of annoying . Either way, we both like induction and are getting used to it, except the touch panels

 

[deadlyapp]

We have one and have been using it extensively the last month. It's a best buy brand insignia one that works pretty well. Only thing is these hot plates ones don't keep water boiling as well as gas. At least mine doesn't. It also has a noticeable hot spot in the middle which is kind of annoying . Either way, we both like induction and are getting used to it, except the touch panels

My biggest issue with induction, now that I've had it for a bit at our new house, is the way it manages the heat at lower range. It cycles it on and off which never really keeps a good simmer for me.

 

[adeymary92]

Induction is better unless you are literally a professional chef in a restaurant. Pros use gas still because they have lots of heavy cookware.

 

[evident]

Induction is better unless you are literally a professional chef in a restaurant. Pros use gas still because they have lots of heavy cookware.

we cook in our house alot. I can see some edge cases where i prefer gas but i'm done with cleaning my gas stove. I also have young kids and i remember all the times when i was a teenager when i left the gas stove on while cooking a bag of noodles after school and fell asleep or something. also, the kitchen stays ridiculously cool in the summer while cooking on my IH cooktop. that alone sold me. along w/ the fact that I have solar panels, and it's one less gas appliance that i'll be paying the bill for. I still have and probably will continue to keep a gas water heater and furnace though. gas furnace is pretty new and I dont have a place to put a heat pump water heater.

 

[adeymary92]

we cook in our house alot. I can see some edge cases where i prefer gas but i'm done with cleaning my gas stove. I also have young kids and i remember all the times when i was a teenager when i left the gas stove on while cooking a bag of noodles after school and fell asleep or something. also, the kitchen stays ridiculously cool in the summer while cooking on my IH cooktop. that alone sold me. along w/ the fact that I have solar panels, and it's one less gas appliance that i'll be paying the bill for. I still have and probably will continue to keep a gas water heater and furnace though. gas furnace is pretty new and I dont have a place to put a heat pump water heater.

I went from gas to induction. It cooks faster and it’s easier to clean. The only downside was having to switch our cookware to a compatible set.

 

[evident]

I went from gas to induction. It cooks faster and it’s easier to clean. The only downside was having to switch our cookware to a compatible set.

everything i have seems to be compatible to me. The hardest thingabout shopping for an induction is figuring out which models have the widest radius so i can fit 10 and 12 inch pans. it seems they are very expensive.

 

[deadlyapp]

everything i have seems to be compatible to me. The hardest thingabout shopping for an induction is figuring out which models have the widest radius so i can fit 10 and 12 inch pans. it seems they are very expensive.

I'd have to look to see what I have, but mine has the coils offset in a way to take up to the larger pans in the front right coil, medium in front left, and smaller pans in the back coils.