Bosch 800 Series

Bosch 800 Series : NGM8054UC 30 5 Burner Gas Cooktop ...

In ‘chocolate warming mode’ the small 5500 BTU burners can be turned down so low that I can’t even see that the flame is on (I’m tall), so it’s a good thing there’s a light on the front panel that lets you know when the burner is on. Automatic... Bosch 500 Series : NGM5054UC 30in Gas Cooktop with 4 Sealed Burners – Stainless Steel. For installation I’d give this unit a 3 1/2 out of 5 It does fit into a standard 30 inch cutout (good) but the gas inlet is in the far right rear corner of the unit and that interferes with cabinet installation if the unit is offset from the... This was caused by moving a hot pan from the center burner to the front corner burner just to get it out of the way. the 5 burners give you more flexibility than the 4-burner competitors. What I like about the five burner setup was unexpected: Most nights we only use 1 burner. Only gripe: The control knobs stick up above the level of the grates by about a half inch, so you can bump the knob as you take a heavy pot off the cooktop if you don’t lift it up. Fortunately the knobs are metal and not plastic. We bought this over the 500 series because of the 5th burner and because I thought it had nice metal knobs. The burners are raised from the stainless top, keeping the burners free of overspills. The previous reviewer “Nice Guy” just had never worked with a gas cooktop before, indeed the very things he complained about are discussed in the user’s manual (“Don’t use a rounded WOK” and “Don’t make the flame larger than the pot being used. (A lady in the store when we looked at this unit had to replace her melted platic knobs on a different make because of this problem) With the metal knobs this shouldn’t be a big problem. Our furthest left knob has a slight melt spot in it after 3 days of use (the knobs are NOT metal – just have a metal film on them). The pans in the back corners seemed a little close to the wall, but probably still OK. The front two small burners are the small ones, which makes sense considering they are the closest to the knobs. 2) Burner flame size The unit fits into your typical opening for a 30″ cooktop. The grates are very stable, much more so than the unit it replaced, a 22 year-old Kenmore that had grates that slipped out of position when the pot/pan was tilted for stirring or extracting grease. There’s more effective cooking area workspace with the Bosch. That’s the advantage of gas–you have INSTANT  INFINITE control of your cooking and don’t have to wait for burners to cool down as on electric cooktops. Cooking: this unit gets a 5 out of 5 in my book. BUT it is about an inch deeper than my old cooktop which caused me some grief with the shelves below my cooktop. With the Bosch I worry no more. The three sizes of burners let you do everything from large pots to warming chocolate and everything in between. It looks almost as nice (stupid black plastic knobs though) and the burner spacing would have been better. We have survived all right for the last 30 years with 4 burners. Cleanup: I give it 5 out of 5....