Samsung - 30" Induction Cooktop with WiFi and Virtual Flame - Stainless Steel

I love its steady temperature--I had a big pot of lentil soup that I cooked on low overnight and there was no scorching! The glass surface is easy to clean and doesn't burn on food like my previous glass cooktop seemed to do. It is easily scratched, though. I've cooked on it only a few times (installed late August) and it has scratches ( see picture). There's a 'burn in' time where it gives off a weird smell, like a moldy sponge and melting electrical wire. I was assured this is normal for new cooktops. The circlular dials for setting temps are difficult to master, and are affected by any touch, such as wiping a spill. The super boil is amazing--rolling boil in less than 2 minutes! The big zone cooking area works great, but my smallest saucepan (2 cup, 5 inch diameter) is not acknowledged by the sensors, so it is unusable.

I’ve had this unit for almost a year now. The features on this piece are a great, the flex zone, the power boost, and melt mode. But if anybody is like me, you tend to make a little bit of a mess when you’re cooking, or a lot. For example if you’re boiling something and you pick up the lid to check and any condensation runs down off of the lid and drips onto the touch pad, it can activate a touch button or two or more, and then unit will shut itself off. It treats the liquid across the buttons as a fault and automatically shuts off the burners. So if you’re cooking more than one thing at varying temperatures, for example, you have to know where you left off because it just cleared all the settings you had. And if it doesn’t shut off, the water droplets can actually change the sitting on the keypad. So if you have it set at seven for example, and you pick up the lid and it drips onto the keypad somewhere, picking up the temperature or lower the temperature so changing from 7 to 12 or 4. I called Samsung to treat this as a warranty issue. They sent somebody out and replaced the board. It does the exact same thing. The technician took a video and send it to Samsung and said that’s just the way it works. I can re-create this problem anytime and every time. It is very frustrating to be in the middle of cooking and because you dropped condensation across the keypad it can completely shuts everything off. It seems to be almost too smart for Its own good and there’s no fix for it. Also the timer on the front is almost useless. The volume is so low you don’t even know when it went off. The picture attached is the air code that you would get during a “multi-button touch fault”. Also, the “Child lock” feature can be overridden by same method. If you lock the buttons, just put a few drops of water on the touchpad and viola, the “Safety” lock has been turned off. Again, i showed the tech representing Samsung, “nothing they can do about it”. I can trigger this fault by fluid on the pad, a finger that touches more than one button at a time, a metal utensil/object across multiple buttons. I trigger the fault everyone I clean it. It is way too sensitive for my liking. In the middle of Thanksgiving, multiple burners going, and to check my smashed-taters, condensation drips on the pad and shuts off the gravy on one burner, the green beans on another and the simmering honey butter. To turn the stove back on, you have to completely clean the touchpad. No other button will work if faulted. Whole lotta fancy for something like this to get by QC. Not cool Samsung.

I received compensation for this review, but the review is my own: I ordered this to replace an old Jenn Air that we had from the prior owners, one of the burners went out and we figured we'd move to induction due to the Samsung Cookware giveaway with purchase. Prior to purchasing I was reading a lot of reviews about the sensitivity to the cooktop and how the burner turns off with moisture, etc. In my testing, I have been unable to replicate this issue and in fact, the other day I was boiling water for pasta and dropped some water on the cooktop and it didn't turn off and I was able to wipe it and continue cooking. I'm not used to having the biggest burner in the middle of the cooktop but I will get used to that with some time. Things I love?I love that it has a built in timer, a pause button which is great for needing to walk away and the rapid boil and ability to not have the entire cooktop hot since it's only heating with the connection of the induction. Things I hated? Nothing really, the only thing I'd note is the analog magnetic is annoying and unreliable and I much prefer to use my fingers, so I keep it on the fridge in the event I'll ever wanna try it again.

15 year old Kenmore was better . Looks cool but the top had weird stains after one week of use that do not come off. The ‘glass’ cooktop has a weird greasy film that makes it never look it feel truly clean. I do not recommend this and Id replace it if it wasn’t in s custom hole in my new porcelain countertop. We are quite disappointed in it.

Can’t recommend this cooktop. Out of the box worked two days then would not turn on. Took 3 weeks for warranty repair. Once repair completed cooktop worked for two days and then again would not turn on. When it did work the knob was sketchy and doesn’t control temp well. Using finger is awkward and inconsistent. Have waited another 3 weeks for warranty repair service call. Repairman did not show up. Just a poor experience all around. Buy something else.