--- title: "Cooktops and rangetops" description: "Dacor cooktops and rangetops: two families under one heading. The cooktops are induction or gas at 30 and 36 inches — the induction ones frameless black…" url: "https://dacormiami.support/appliances/cooktop/" date_modified: "2026-09-12" Appliance type: "cooktop" --- # Dacor cooktops and rangetops ### Two machines, one word A frameless induction surface and a six-burner brass rangetop are both called cooktops and share almost nothing. One fails as electronics under glass, the other as gas and metal. Knowing which is in the worktop decides what the visit is, and it is the first thing we ask. ### Protection looks like failure An induction zone that works for five minutes and then stops is often defending itself against heat it cannot shed — a blocked vent, a cabinet packed tight underneath. It presents exactly as a dying zone and is frequently an installation problem with a simple answer. ### After the deep clean Burners that will not simmer, or will not light, very often date from the day the caps came off for cleaning and went back seated slightly wrong. It is worth saying because it turns an alarming symptom into a five-minute correction. Induction and gas at 30 and 36 inches · rangetops at 36 and 48 Cooktop repair Induction at 30 and 36 inches, frameless black glass with an in-surface display Gas cooktops at 30 and 36; rangetops at 36 and 48 with six brass burners The rangetop's griddle and wok ring replace grates — they are accessories, not fixtures Two machines, one word A frameless induction surface and a six-burner brass rangetop are both called cooktops and share almost nothing. One fails as electronics under glass, the other as gas and metal. Knowing which is in the worktop decides what the visit is, and it is the first thing we ask. Protection looks like failure An induction zone that works for five minutes and then stops is often defending itself against heat it cannot shed — a blocked vent, a cabinet packed tight underneath. It presents exactly as a dying zone and is frequently an installation problem with a simple answer. After the deep clean Burners that will not simmer, or will not light, very often date from the day the caps came off for cleaning and went back seated slightly wrong. It is worth saying because it turns an alarming symptom into a five-minute correction. ### One induction zone has stopped and the rest are fine. That is the good version of this problem. Each zone has its own coil and its own drive electronics under the glass, so one dead zone is usually local and does not mean the surface is finished. What we ask is whether it fails immediately or after a few minutes at high power, because a zone that works and then quits is often protecting itself — from a blocked vent, a hot cabinet below, or a pan it cannot read — rather than failing. ### The induction top does not recognize my pans. Induction needs a magnetic base, and the test is a fridge magnet: if it does not stick to the bottom of the pan, the cooktop cannot drive it. That is not a problem and no repair will change it. What is a problem is a pan that used to work and now does not, or a zone that reads some pans and not others it always read, and those are worth a call. ### A rangetop burner will not simmer low. The brass burners on the rangetops are built to run from a sear down to a genuine simmer, and losing the bottom of that range usually means the burner's low setting rather than the whole burner — a blocked port, a cap seated wrong after cleaning, or the simmer valve itself. It is one of the more satisfying repairs on these machines because the fix is often visible and lasting. We ask whether it started after a deep clean, which is the single most common trigger. ### Can the griddle be left in permanently? It can, and plenty of kitchens do, but it changes the surface underneath: a griddle left in place over months collects fat where the grates would normally allow it to fall, and that is a cleaning question that eventually becomes an ignition question. If burners nearest the griddle are the ones misbehaving, that is usually the reason, and it is a maintenance visit rather than a repair. --- **[Read full article: Cooktops and rangetops](https://dacormiami.support/appliances/cooktop/)**