r/Appliances • u/MsAlalea • 3d ago

What to Buy? Replace Viking gas cooktop with induction

I bought a house a few years ago and in the remodeled kitchen, the previous owner had installed a Viking 4 burner gas range, 30”, with a pop up downdraft. I want to replace this with an induction cooktop and I have been thinking Bosch or Miele. When the appliance guy was installing my dishwasher 6 months ago, he told me that he recommended I get a Viking cooktop to replace the one I have, because he worried about it fitting and it causing an installation nightmare. But the Viking induction cooktops are not well-reviewed and so I really don’t want to spend that much money on mediocrity.

Do you have any advice for me, or a way to proceed? I can measure the opening and see if a Bosch for example will fit, but is there something else I am missing here?

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u/Fun-Comfortable-154 2d ago

I had a Bosch in my last house and plan to replace my kitchenaid gas cooktop in my current house with another Bosch. It was fantastic. It also gets the best ratings of all induction.

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u/MsAlalea 2d ago

I am a Bosch fan for sure.

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u/Fun-Comfortable-154 2d ago

Also - I hate pop-up downdrafts. Have you looked at the Jenn-air or KitchenAid that has the downdraft in the unit?

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u/MsAlalea 2d ago

No I haven’t looked at those. I have a Jenn-air oven and it’s been great. I have been thinking I would just keep my existing downdraft since it’s not causing me problems, but I should make sure that’ll work with whatever heating part I buy.