Plumberry - you have posted 5 times on this thread, and been asked several times to be more specific, but I STILL can't see anywhere where you've mentioned which fuel type you are interested in. I don't know what you meant by "5 burner". So, I figured maybe some of your older posts might have mentioned what you are looking for, and they indeed all said you want induction. If that's the case, the Thermador induction cooktop is nice; conversely I would never recommend a Thermador gas cooktop-- so do you see how it's important to mention the fuel type? The recommendations you are seeking will vary a lot depending upon what kind of cooktop you are looking for. Your criticism of Antss was unwarranted and unfair. Antss is a valued contributor to this forum. He has excellent insight. Each of his posts on this thread has been direct, to-the-point, and clear. Yours have not. If you want people to help you, you shouldn't make it so difficult for them to do so, and it is inappropriate to call people arrogant and unrefined (??) when they try to help you. From your posts on this thread, it sounds like you strongly believe Consumer Reports has the most expertise and valuable advice. Then, just go with what they say. As Mojavean pointed out, CR has reviewed the Wolf range, and you can just use that review for your cooktop choice, since you have indicated you don't need to be specific among the Wolf appliances.

Testing is one thing. Using day to day is another. As a former Bertazzoni owner, I didn't have any issues with the range. I didn't need a gigantic oven. The burners work as they work -- it is well known. If you don't like the way the burners work there are other ranges to buy. The double-tier 18K burner did an excellent job. The simmer was very good. The Berta doesn't try to compete with Wolf. It does what it does at a certain price point. It would be far more useful to compare ranges at the same price points to each other rather than to lump ranges together because they are Italian imports. And if a test lab is doing that where are Ilve and the others?

We moved into our new old house 18 months ago and had to have the line to the septic tank snaked out 3 times in the dead of winter. The rooter guys told us to only use Scott 1000, nothing else. We started using that and haven’t had a problem since. There’s something weird about our pipe to the tank that was clogging.

I was turned off to CR a few years ago when they did a kitchens issue, and criticized Blanco Silgranit sinks because they dropped a 5-pound weight from a height, and it chipped the Silgranit. They only did this test for Silgranit sinks. It's not at all difficult to find examples where CR does this. While they love showing a lot of data points in order to impress, their testing procedures and the relevance of the data is frequently dubious. What is more important to them, is that the data is easy to measure, not that it is meaningful in any way. It's about as ridiculous as the majority of sports statistics. That's OK. CR are in the business of selling their articles. Articles sell better, if they are entertaining. But producing relevant data is an expense. In fact, it can take reputable organizations many years to do a single study. CR simply doesn't have the time to do that. Unfortunately, not many other institutions have those resources either. So, it is very difficult to find studies that go beyond just being entertaining. Presumably, companies have this data internally. But it gives them a competitive advantage to know more precise numbers, so they won't publicly say anything about it. As a consumer, we are stuck with having to form a bigger picture from learning about appliances, collecting all the data available, and trying to weigh its relevance to our use case. Unfortunately, in many cases CR provides a disservice, as it causes people to discuss "sports statistics", things that are easy to measure and that won't tell you anything about the reliability, the functionality, or the overall user experience.