--- title: "Cooktops & rangetops" description: "Thermador cooktops & rangetops: freedom induction is this brand's own idea: one continuous glass surface that finds the pans rather than four printed…" url: "https://thermadormiami.support/appliances/cooktop/" date_modified: "2026-08-19" Appliance type: "Cooktops & rangetops" --- # Thermador cooktops & rangetops ### The pan is part of the appliance More induction call-outs end in a conversation about cookware than in a repair. That is worth saying before you book: it costs nothing to try two pans, and it settles the question either way. ### What actually goes wrong - **The surface will not find the pan.** Induction needs a base a magnet sticks to, flat and wide enough to be seen. A warped base or a heavy copper pan is ignored by a hob that is working perfectly. Try the same pan elsewhere on the glass and a different pan on the same spot — between those two the answer is usually plain. - **A zone switching itself off part-way through.** The electronics under the glass have got too hot and stopped that zone to protect themselves. The first question is what is running underneath: an oven below an induction hob is a Miami kitchen classic, and both appliances are behaving. - **Controls locked or answering by themselves.** A film of water reads to a touch surface as a hundred fingers at once. Drying the panel completely is a real fix rather than a workaround. - **A cracked or chipped surface.** That one is glass rather than electronics, and it is replaced rather than repaired. ### Freedom surfaces and printed zones are different appliances A Freedom induction surface has no rings on it at all — it finds the pans wherever they stand, and how many it will run at once depends on what else is on the glass. A Masterpiece cooktop has marked zones and behaves the way most people expect. Saying which you have saves a question, because the same complaint means different things on the two. Freedom Induction · Masterpiece · Star burner Cooktop repair A zone switching itself off mid-cook The surface not recognizing a pan Controls locked or answering a wet cloth The pan is part of the appliance More induction call-outs end in a conversation about cookware than in a repair. That is worth saying before you book: it costs nothing to try two pans, and it settles the question either way. What actually goes wrong The surface will not find the pan. Induction needs a base a magnet sticks to, flat and wide enough to be seen. A warped base or a heavy copper pan is ignored by a hob that is working perfectly. Try the same pan elsewhere on the glass and a different pan on the same spot — between those two the answer is usually plain. A zone switching itself off part-way through. The electronics under the glass have got too hot and stopped that zone to protect themselves. The first question is what is running underneath: an oven below an induction hob is a Miami kitchen classic, and both appliances are behaving. Controls locked or answering by themselves. A film of water reads to a touch surface as a hundred fingers at once. Drying the panel completely is a real fix rather than a workaround. A cracked or chipped surface. That one is glass rather than electronics, and it is replaced rather than repaired. Freedom surfaces and printed zones are different appliances A Freedom induction surface has no rings on it at all — it finds the pans wherever they stand, and how many it will run at once depends on what else is on the glass. A Masterpiece cooktop has marked zones and behaves the way most people expect. Saying which you have saves a question, because the same complaint means different things on the two. --- **[Read full article: Cooktops & rangetops](https://thermadormiami.support/appliances/cooktop/)**