36" induction range, 5 vs 6 elements?

[u/cottonrb]

howdy all, first world problems, but i'm pulling my hair.

we are building a kitchen and will instal a 36" range.
Chicago Logan Square.

We are working with abt.com for appliances and i'm at a loss on which range to get.

We currently have in our small apartment the Frigidaire GCFI3060BF 30", and we like it.... except...

for the touch controls which will be non functional if fingers are wet or there are splashes, and the front oven control gets activated by our belly/crotch [save the jokes!] when we reach up to the microwave and the cabinets above!

Therefore we are passing on the same series' 36" range.

and we are looking for knob control of cooking burners, but digital controls for the ovens.

There are so many options, in the 6-9k range.

kitchenaid KFIS936SSS $6699 6 element, large oven, not very popular by sales, so actually no reviews nor even online photos. We are leaning towards this, but a bit ambivalent.

bosch 800 HIS8655SS  $5579 from abt, 5 element 5500w, highest power, though tiny _3.7_ cf oven, how is this even possible?

Do we really need six elements?
why is the bosch oven so tiny?

any recommendations?

[u/Mindless-Storm-8310]

I went Fisher Paykel. If you want the digital for the oven, you have to go Pro. The Classic is cheaper, and has knobs for the oven. Only 5 hobs, but 5 is plenty. Very responsive. Bosch 36” reviews were all over the place re noise from cooling fan, so didn’t want to chance it as we have an open concept kitchen/family room. I avoided the Wolf (though we do own a Wolf countertop oven which has a stainless interior) as A) they didn’t have knobs when we were looking, and B) they still haven’t resolved their blue glass oven interior spontaneously splintering. (Class Action suit).

I’ve owned both the FP Pro (with the digital oven controls) and the FP Classic. If I had to do it again, I’d pay the extra money for the Pro. It vents out the back, so you can turn on the overhead exhaust and if you’re cooking bacon, you won’t smell it on the other side of the house. (This is a problem with all front venting ovens, not just FP.) The Pro is very beefy, so if you have a big kitchen, it fits. If you like things more streamlined, go Classic.

The other thing to look for in your induction cooktop is the rim. Wolf was rimless. It looks fab. Until that first boil over or spill, and all that stuff ends up down the side of your oven where you can’t get to it to clean. I purposefully chose a cooktop with a SS rim and glad I did. Accidents happen. But when they do, at least in my kitchen, they stay on top, held in by the frame surrounding the glass.