A:Answer We just had our oven delivered and hooked up. We ran the burn in and sure enough, the cooktop is pretty hot. I can touch it but I wouldn't leave my hand on it. Tried placing a plastic container on it to see if it melted bu it did not but it definitely seems too hot. I called Samsung tech support and they said, "It is normal for the cook top to get hot during baking with a glass top stove." I informed them that I have had several different glass cook top stoves over a period of 25 years and never had one that I couldn't touch if I was baking. The support tech was not phased, " Did you see the warnings in the manual about the cooktop getting hot"?
"Yes I did, after I bought and installed the oven. Are you saying too hot to touch is normal for this oven?", I asked.
"Yes sir, the glass cooktop does get hot when baking. That is a normal problem, I mean normal operation for this type of stove.", he tech replied again.
Anyway I certainly would not prepare anything on this stove top while baking at higher temps. It will probably start cooking before your done preparing it.