Another vote for the Thermador Freedom. You can set a pan down anywhere on the surface and not worry about rings or zones. You can move pans around and your temp settings will ‘follow’ them.

Anonymous wrote:Any concerns about pans “humming” or electromagnetic radiation (especially using the stove while pregnant)? How about ease of use?

Have you already removed or blocked the other all-day electromagnetic radiation sources from your house?
Lightbulbs, the sun, cell phone, etc?

Anonymous wrote:What induction stoves do y’all like??

Thermador Freedom.

We’ve had induction in three different houses in 13 years (we’ve had to move a lot for work). We love it. Never going back. We never had to buy special cookware because we’d gotten a nice set of all clad when we married a million years ago, and it was fully compatible. Nonstick is more of an issue but more and more options are out now and I don’t think we have the same limitations as 10 years ago.

We’ve always had the Bosch cooktop and nothing but good things to say. My parents last year got the LG range and dh and I do not love it. Overall, it is a much cheaper appliance (issues totally unrelated to the induction) and it does buzz noticeably, which the Bosch doesn’t do. Also, the induction pulses and only connects around a limited ring, so you can actually see a halo of bubbles pulse on and off when you’re cooking. I don’t like that feature for precise cooking, and dh (also a cook) separately complained about it. The Bosch cooks consistently and across the whole element.

We have the ge cafe cooktop 36” one for the past 2 years and I love it.

Separate kitchen aid wall oven.

What induction stoves do y’all like??

Anonymous wrote:Great for everything other than a wok. I can't get our "induction ready" wok to do anything other than gently steam the food.

I got an outdoor wok burner and it was a game changer.

Love, love, love my induction stove. Wish I had done it sooner! Never going back to gas. Also, my young teen used to be afraid to cook, now she has no problem. Also, while I'm not officially OCD, I used to check that the gas was off before going to bed every night. Now I only check to make sure doors are locked.

Great for everything other than a wok. I can't get our "induction ready" wok to do anything other than gently steam the food.

I had to replace some favorite pots and it took a little while to get used to not seeing the gas flame, but the auto off is a great safety feature.

The only drawback I had going to induction is I can't cook when the power is out like I could with gas.

We have a fairly new gas stove but I do wish I'd considered induction more carefully 4 years ago when we did our kitchen reno.

There are lots of health downsides to gas. Induction is safer with kids too.

I mourned the loss of my gas stove when we recently moved to an all-electric house. I was even considering propane when I visited a neighbor who has a Thermador freedom induction cooktop. I got the same and it’s amazing.

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to read the warning against using induction with a pacemaker. That condition is not applicable to anyone in our family and not something I had seen prior to "unboxing" the range.

To get the pacemaker close enough to matter, you'd have to lie bend over or lie down on the cooktop. My wife has a pacemaker and we have induction.

OP here - thank you for the responses!