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Glass ceramic cooktops

By fifi
August 16, 2004 in Cooking

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Sam Iam

Posted October 27, 2009

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Posted October 27, 2009

I recently upgraded from the Dacor 36" electric glass cooktop to the 36" Wolf induction glass cooktop, and am totally in love with it! Over the past two years, I've been upgrading my pots and pans to Viking stainless, and they are a perfect match, as are the LaCruset cast iron pots and skillets. Someone sells a flat cast iron adapter with a wire handle that will let you use non-magnetic pans, and I use that once in a while with a copper pan.

Note that not many pans are magnetic, and this can add up fast in an upgrade - 13 Vikings are $$$.

Full disclosure: I did break a Dacor cooktop by dropping a 1.75 l. bottle of Grey Goose about five feet onto it, and it caught the corner. It still works, and although the glass can be replaced, it was cheaper to buy another Dacor used on eBay. I have two Dacors for sale (g).

Repeat, we LOVE the Wolf induction. No heat from the cooktop :wub: at all.