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- Continuous grates
- Large central burner
- Good value
- Safety features
- Poor simmering performance
- Knobs get hot during use
The mid-price 36-inch Bosch PGL985UC is a five-burner gas cooktop that receives excellent reviews from several owners posting to online retailers, along with a recommendation from ConsumerGuide.com. It has continuous cast-iron grates and five burners, including a high-powered, 15,500-BTU power burner. Owners compliment its safety features, including a mechanism that shuts off the gas if the flame goes out and child-resistant knobs. However, this cooktop, which performs excellently at high temperatures, has more trouble with low-heat cooking such as simmering. Several owners say it's hard to achieve a simmer, even on its small burners. If you can afford to spend a bit more, the top-rated GE Profile JGP975WEKWW (*Est. $1,150) is worth a look.
ConsumerReports.org provides the most reliable review for the Bosch PGL985UC. We also found a glowing recommendation for this cooktop at ConsumerGuide.com (though there's no indication that it has been tested) and several owner reviews at AJMadison.com, Amazon.com and Epinions.com.
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Our Sources
1. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
ConsumerReports.org editors review the Bosch PGL985UC along with 18 other gas cooktops. Each cooktop is thoroughly tested and rated on both low- and high-heating cooking. Several user reviews are also included.
Review: Cooktops and Wall Ovens, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, August 2009
ConsumerGuide.com editors give the Bosch PGL985UC a Best Buy award, but there's no indication that the cooktop has been tested, and the accompanying text reads more like a marketing pitch than a critical review. Still, editors of ConsumerGuide.com do a good job explaining the benefits of this cooktop's features in this older but still relevant review.
Review: Expert Review: Bosch 36-Inch Five-Burner Cooktop PGL985UC, Editors of ConsumerGuide.com, Sept. 11, 2006
The Bosch PGL985UC gas cooktop gets extremely positive reviews at AJMadison.com. Eight owners rave about the powerful burners, convenient continuous grates and stylish design. However, one owner notes that it can be hard to simmer, even on the low-power burner.
Review: Bosch PGL985UC, Contributors to AJMadison.com
4. Epinions.com
Three owners rate and review the Bosch cooktop at Epinions.com, giving it a 3.5-star rating. Two owners say it's easy to clean and cooks fast, but another finds the control knobs too small.
Review: Bosch PGL985UC 36 In. Gas Cooktop, Contributors to Epinions.com
5. Amazon.com
Only two users review the Bosch PGL985UC at Amazon.com, and opinions are spilt. One owner praises the roomy cooking surface, but another has problems with the control knobs due to the counter placement.
Review: Bosch: PGL985UC 36in Gas Cooktop 5 Burner Stainless, Contributors to Amazon.com
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