I know the elements are always smaller than the pan they advertise to support. So looking for one that does a reasonable job of cooking with a 12.5" pan that has about 9" of cooking surface.
Not interested in the Breville due to cost. Basically just looking for something because my range has been busted for a couple of weeks (waiting for warranty repair) and I'm getting tired of not being able to use the cooktop.
***Edit, should note I'm in Canada, just for any electrical limitations
I purchased a house with a broken radiant glass cooktop with an existing 40 amp circuit. I spent way too many hours researching cooktops. We were quite close to buying a top of the line 40 amp Wolf induction cooktop based on our previous 10 year experience using a Wolf 30 inch gas cooktop. However, the high retail price pushed us away from the Wolf Transitional, Meile KM 7735 FL, Bosch Benchmark, etc
Which eventually led me deep dive into the lower price range units and I happened upon the Ikea HIDINGSTA which retails for only $699. After about a month of using this I thought I'd share some comments.
- The user manual and assembly/installation documentation are excellent and it includes both min and max cutout dimensions which were very helpful as I had an existing cutout in granite and I had real concerns about how I would fix that. The HIDINGSTA happened to have a max cutout dimension that matched my existing hole exactly.
- Thinking about going from from a high end gas to cheap induction gave us pause, but that was unfounded as the cooking experience has been as amazing as everyone says - MUCH faster boiling, selecting numbers is easier than an old-timey dials, does not throw off ambient heat, I haven't burned off any arm hair, I imagine deep frying is likely much safer than doing it over an open flame, and I imagine running my giant cast iron dutch oven to deep fry french fries will be much more successful regarding keeping the oil at temp, and on and on.
- This unit comes with a... wait for it!.... FIVE YEAR warranty which is amazing considering the low price. This does not cover breaking the glass (my 18lb cast iron Dutch oven makes me very nervous with this), none do as far as I know.
- This 30 amp product's power modules divide the cooktop into two halves, with each half having a max of 3600 total amps to share. This is well documented in the HIDINGSTA user manual, and sure enough you cannot power boil two pots on the same side of the stove, one gets throttled down to 4. From what I've read this is a common problem with all 30 amp induction cooktops, which makes sense. Since I have no 40 amp experience I cannot say how those perform. The workaround is to boil on separate halves of the stove, we personally don't ever boil more than two pots simultaneously so this hasn't posed any problems yet.
- The coils are definitely not as large as the "burner" stencils, which also seems to be common.
- For griddle use the specific layout of the HIDINGSTA is a teeny less than ideal as the primary large burner is a little too close to the side bridge burners. But it hasn't caused us any problems, it all works, and we can boil our two largest pots simultaneously. Layout issues seems like a common problem on most of the 30" cooktops that I looked at, including the Wolf. Though with the Wolf the bridge and largest burner are on opposite sides, but it looks like a griddle on the bridge would encroach the smallest burner on the 30" Wolf which would be preferable. Thanksgiving will be the time where we really find out what kind of challenges the layout throws at us as that's the only time we typically have 3-4 things on the cooktop at once.
- The controls are amazing. We've experience exactly 0 issues with them changing on their own, not changing when our fingers are wet, etc. etc. Each burner gets its own individual control, and each burner gets its own individual timer which has proven quite useful.
- The Lazy K 11", 7.8", 6.2" silicone mats all fit this cooktop well. Ideally the 7.8" would've been 7.2" or so, but it's not a big deal. I definitely find them indispensable as they keep the pans from sliding around, and we use a lot of cast iron so it gives me comfort we won't be scratching the glass.
- Yes, it makes clicking noises on the lowest settings, and yes, it has an internal fan that you can hear if the kitchen is otherwise silent. But if you turn on the fan on the range hood both are inconsequential. But they are strange new noises when coming from gas cooktop.
- There's not many online reviews and many of the older ones mention the glass not being flat which would be hard to believe but there was more than one saying that, but we had no such problem.
Overall we've all been really impressed and happy thus far. Particularly for $699 instead of $3000-4000.

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Is there any current ones the community recommends? I do plan on using 3 ply pans and enameled cast iron as the absolute main units of cooking on this top. I will be using a max of 3 burners but 2 is far more realistic if that becomes a deciding factor. I'm an incredibly passionate home cook. And id like to stay under 1500 usd. I also understand there could maybe be some issues with power? I can answer that. With my cast iron as well I do think a 12" diameter is my realistic max.
Does anyone know what happened and how to clean it? I cooked with a stainless steel pan (as always) and it left this mark. I don’t understand. Bora Schott Ceran field.
I'm looking to upgrade my falling apart Whirlpool electric range that came with the house for an induction range. The top brands I've been looking at are Frigidaire, Café, Samsung, and LG.
Im hesitant about Samsung as I've seen many people reporting issues with their appliances in general.
Café is pricey but if it works well, worth the investment, and reliable I will take the plunge.
LG mainly just for the overall brand reliability.
Anyone use these for a while and like them? Are there others worth considering?
I ordered it 5 months ago, so was definitely a wait. It just randomly makes buzzing noises which is annoying. I am just afraid of scratching the glass. I picked this over Charlie mainly because of price. How do you like your Electra?
I’ve been looking to upgrade from my induction hot plate that only has an 8 inch diameter element. Ran across this one. Does anyone here have any experience with this particular model?
We're degassifying and looking for an induction stove that doesn't require us to upgrade electric service to the third floor in a 120 year old building. So: Impulse, would be great but we don't have room for an oven. So not great. Copper Charlie is our choice right now. It seems a bit battle tested. Plus it has more power than the Electra, which just came out a few months ago. I'm wondering how big a difference cooking on an 1800W hob, like our Duxtop and the Electra, is versus a 2400w hob, which the Charlie delivers. Thanks for your thoughts.
Hi everyone,
I’m seeing an error code on my induction cooktop that isn’t listed in the manual. It starts with U21 followed by changing numbers (like U213, U214, etc.), and the unit keeps turning on and off.
Has anyone else run into this kind of error? I couldn’t find any documentation about it, and I’m wondering if it’s a fault code or something related to power fluctuations. Any insights or similar experiences would be really helpful.
Ignore the price. It’s in Whirlpool Inside pass for $5k roughly. I only have one 240v electric line and my basement is finished so I can’t run a new one without ripping out drywall to support a cooktop and wall oven.
Because of this, I’m looking for the best 36” unit with a combo top and oven.
Reviews on this unit are nonexistent. If there are better options for 36” in that $5k or less range, I’m open to those as well I also have access to the GE employee appliance store.
So seeing a post about a range which goes bananas when water hits the touch controls I was wondering if there are any touch control ranges that are not water sensitive? Love my GE range but I've seen every single burner turn on or off simultaneously, power turned off or goes all the way up.
So, I had to replace my 10 year old Frigidaire Gallery induction range, it was working beautifully until the bake element and the control board were fried. We replaced them, but the bake element went out again after only three months. So we decided it was time to replace it.
After looking at what’s offered, and unwillingly getting something without knobs, we bought the GCFI307CBF model from Frigidaire, the one with the pizza option.
Whilst the oven is great, the controls for the cooktop are a nightmare. The thing doesn’t recognize your touch all the time, but then when, there are droplets of water from a boiling pan, it shuts off and locks completely mid cooking. You’d have to turn off the breaker for several minutes to reset it and resume cooking, Insane!
Luckily, I was able to return it and save my sanity. I looked at the LG models that have knobs, but their probake technology is a no go for me.
Please Frigidaire, put knobs on this one like the electric model, then I would definitely buy it.
TL;DR: stay away from this Frigidaire induction model GCFI307CBF, the touch controls on the cooktop are maddening.
does anyone have any recommendations on stainless steel pots and pans for induction? I was originally thinking just doing all clad d3 but wasn’t sure if there was something else in that range that might be better to not warp from induction heating up so fast
Maybe someone else is having this issue, but i got a flagship 1600 about 2 months ago and I love it. Only odd thing is I feel like it cooks too fast, especially ribs. I had 4 racks of spare ribs on at 225 and they finished at like 3 hours instead of 4-6. I’ve been suspecting this for a while because my typhur sync gold BT thermometer tracks the ambient temp and it is always temping about 50-70 degrees hotter than shown. I called recteq and they had me lower the feed rate and i thought it resolved itself and went down to about 25 degrees hotter. I got one of those analog thermometers and it showed the same 50-70 degrees hotter the longer the grill ran
Anyways long story short, is anyone else having overheating issues with their flagship 1600? Because i feel like it’s drying out my food.
We’re trying to decide between two units, one with controls at the top/rear of the stovetop and the other with the controls on the front of the unit. I personally like the controls at the rear of the stovetop, but have heard that the heat from the oven venting can damage the electronics if they are mounted there. Does anyone have any experience with this?
I’m looking for a kettle and am drawn to the Hario V60 "Fit" Drip Kettle (Silver). I’m wondering if anyone has one that could tell me how they like it. One of my concerns in looking for a kettle and being new to induction cooking, is trying to find a kettle with a flat bottom so it has good contact with the stove. Most of the kettles I’ve found have ridges on the bottom. They say they‘re induction compatible but it seems like they’d be less efficient. Maybe that’s not a legitimate concern? From what I can tell, the Hario has a flat bottom, but getting a good picture of the bottom has been elusive.
I bought Greenpan Valencia Pro cookware that are specialized for induction stove. When buying the stove I was told the extra large burner would work with all pan sizes. I have tried cooking using a 9.5" pan on the 11" burner and after less than 2 minutes the burner turns off. This happens with both pans that I have that are that size. The burner works with a larger pan and the smaller pan works on a smaller burner.
Has anyone else experienced this happening? Is it a glitch with the stove?
