Thermador (part of the BSH Group)
General Thermador Information
Thermador is another component company of the Bosch Siemens Home Appliances (BSH) Group, so its induction units can be expected to share at least some qualities and features with those of
their sister brands: Bosch, Gaggenau, Neff, and Siemens. Unlike the Bosch and Siemens lines, for which North America is getting a single unit each in the 30- and the 36-inch widths,
Thermador is also providing a "domino" unit and some exotic style variations (shiny metallic surfaces); but the basics seem much the same.
(We couldn't resist including the image at the left, a remarkable conceit from the Mighty Minds at whoever directs Thermador's marketing efforts. Don't you wish you or
your lady--as appropriate--looked like that in the kitchen? No? Oh well . . . . Maybe you'd like the Whirlpool lady better.)
Besides the units we list, Thermador has two "hybrid" units, half induction and half radiant; our opinion of "hybrid" part-induction units is that if you don't know what you want,
roast your food on a stick over a campfire. Half radiant: yuck.
Thermador is joining a small but growing group of makers producing their products in an optional "metallic" look. We suppose that this is the next fad in kitchen styling, possibly in
time to replace today's thirst for "hi-etch" all-black, which replaced the "wheat" look which replaced the "coppertone" look which replaced&nbps;.&nbps;.&nbps;.&nbps;wll, who can remember,
and who cares? Anyway, if you like it enough to pay for it, it's there to be had.
As always in these listings, we give these standard general--
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Important notes on these data:
We have spent a lot of time hunting these data--often in several places for each individual unit--but we cannot and do not guarantee any datum to be correct
(indeed, we often found conflicting data at different sources). Caveat emptor! For those units we offer for sale, the prices shown are never over an hour old. For other items, the prices shown are the lowest we found with moderate but not fanatic
searching; moreover, they are not updated very often and are only intended as a rough guide to comparative unit values in cost/power terms. Most "Features" are not terribly important, and are nearly standard among roughly similar units, regardless of brand name. If some "feature"--shown or omitted--is especially
important to you, check on it, because we did not take great pains over the "Features" data. Dimensions given here are, as the makers themselves warn, only to be used as guidelines in planning--never do anything (such as cutting a countertop) till you have your
actual unit to hand. A very important unit datum is the "MaxPower" value. Many units show individual-element powers that add up to impressive totals that the unit cannot really supply.
That is not a defect or some form of cheating: it is "power sharing", a clever and
useful feature; but, unless the maker is unusually open about data, one can easily be misled into believeing that the unit as a whole is more powerful than it is. Your dollars are buying
cooking power, and you need to be well aware of just what you are paying for in actual cost/power terms for the unit as a whole. Similar to power sharing (though less flexible) is the "power boost" feature many
units have on some or all of their elements. (That feature allows a "boosted" element to temporarily, for some short period--rarely specified, but typically 10 minutes or so--run at some
set level well over its nominal power, to help with tasks like getting large pots of water to boiling.) As with true power sharing, if one is not careful, one can get an incorrect
impression of the true total power capability of the unit as a whole, which, as we just said, is basically what your dollars are buying.
(For much fuller information on power, read our page Kitchen Electricity
101.)
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Thermador Induction-Unit Data
Note that we can sell Thermador products only for delivery within California & northern Nevada!
(That is how Thermador chooses to do business; but you can consider the highly similar, but less expensive,
models from their sister company,
Bosch, whose sale is not regionally restricted.)
(Note that while both the 30-inch and the 36-inch units come in either black or metallic silver, the 36-inch also comes in a third variant, black with so-called "sensor domes" for
constant-pot-temperature cooking on certain elements.)
We found two Thermador all-induction-cooking induction-cooking models (each with trim variants):
Thermador CIT304GB/CIT304GM
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Thermador CIT304
(maker's product page, black)
(maker's product page, silver)
- Elements: 4
- Boosted: 4
- Powers:
(these power specs are tentative pending verification)
· 2.2 kW (boost to 2.5 kW) - left front, 9"
· 1.4 kW (boost to 2.5 kW) - left back, 6"
· 3.6 kW - center, 11"
(if pan size is 7" or under, element acts as 1.8 kW with "boost" to 2.4 kW )
· 1.4 kW (boost to 1.8 kW) - right, 6"
- Max Power: 7.2 kW = 84%
- Levels: 17
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 5 (4 element shutoff timers + "alarm clock" timer)
- Induction Elements Made By: Bosch Siemens
- Features:
· pot recognition
· anti-overflow switchoff
· residual-heat indicators
· keep-warm function
· childproof lockout
· "Blue Light" controls illumination
· installs flush to countertop
- Size: 31" wide x 21-1/4" deep
- Cutout: 28-3/4" wide" x 20" deep x 3-7/8" under
- Color: black or mirrored silver
- Trim: stainless steel w/black top, else n/a
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 40 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 1 year
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· Warranty
- Prices:
· US $2599.00 in black (CIT304GB)
· US $3099.00 in mirrored silver (CIT304GM)
- Cost/Kilowatt:
· black, US $361
· silver, US $430
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Thermador CIT365GB/CIT365GM/CIS365GB
Do we sell it? Yes! - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Thermador CIT365
(maker's product page, black)
(maker's product page, silver)
(maker's product page, black, "Sensor Domes")
- Elements: 5
- Boosted: 5
- Powers:
(these power specs are tentative pending verification)
· 1.8 kW (boost to 2.2 kW) - left front, 7"
· 1.8 kW (boost to 2.2 kW) - left back, 7"
· 3.3 kW (boost to 4.6 kW) - center, 13" at maximum
(has three annular zones: 2.2, 2.6, or 3.3 kW)
· 2.2 kW (boost to 2.6 kW) - right front, 9"
· 1.4 kW (boost to 1.8 kW) - right back, 6"
- Max Power: 10.8 kW = 100%
- Levels: 17
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 6 (5 element shutoff timers + "alarm clock" timer)
- Induction Elements Made By: Bosch Siemens
- Features:
· pot recognition
· anti-overflow switchoff
· residual-heat indicators
· keep-warm function
· childproof lockout
· "Blue Light" controls illumination
· CIT365GM installs flush to countertop
· CIS365GB has "Sensor Domes" to monitor and hold pot temperatures
- Size: 37" wide x 21-1/4" deep
- Cutout: 34-3/4" wide" x 19-7/8" deep x 4-3/8" under
- Color: black or mirrored silver
- Trim: stainless steel w/black top, else n/a
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 50 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 1 year
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· Warranty
- Prices:
· US $3099.00 in black (CIT365GB)
· US $3699.00 in mirrored silver (CIT365GM)
· US $4099.00 in black, with "Sensor Domes" (CIS365GB)
- Cost/Kilowatt:
· black, US $287
· silver, US $343
· black, US $380
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