If you are looking to get a good gas cooktop you need to look at the
higher-end units, which are gonna cost more than most of us pay for our
cars. The good ones have wide-range outputs (very low to very high),
the burners are arranged to put the heat in the middle of the pot and
the edges (some are a star kind of pattern), some have wok burners
(which need to be REALLY hot), etc. The low-end of the high-end (the
medium end?) will be like $1500-$2k, and the nice end of the high end
will be like $3k-$4k. You will need a good vent, which will run at
least another $1k. But you will really like the unit.
I had a JennAir unit in my previous house, had a removable grill unit
and a center downdraft. We used the grill a lot and liked that (the
first time, like a week after we moved in, it set off the smoke alarms,
I blew on one to stop it, used the system panel to shut off the other
one, a few minutes later we hear sirens and my wife says, "Wow, someone
must have a fire" as the firemen knocked on our door...), the burners
were not very high output, the downdraft was very marginal, in general
it was a POS compared to a good unit. Looked to replace it, a new one
was like $1k at Lowes. A low-high-end Dacor, etc. was gonna be about
$2500 with a vent (which on an island, is a pop-up thing, which is
marginal too). I put a really nice Viking cooktop and overhead vent in
my neighbor's kitchen remodel, over an island install, that thing will
melt steel and the vent will suck your clothes off.
I like the idea of restaurant auctions, that would be an ideal solution.
--R
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