Wolf (components made by "Jaeger Hilite", presumably Jaeger Controls of France)
General Wolf Information
Wolf is positioned far upscale in the appliances market, though what one buys above the norm--especially in something as basic as an induction cooktop, with essentially no moving
parts--is less than clear (except, of course, bragging rights). Wolf is now owned by Sub-Zero, another very upscale brand (that specializes, obviously from the name, in refrigeration
equipment), and moved from a focus on profesional equipment to residential units.
Wolf is peculiar about its marketing: dealers are held to strict regions (meaning they cannot sell, even on the internet to ,em.anyone outside their territory), and are not allowed
to post prices--the customer has to expressly inquire to get a price. Presumably, that is to emphasize the concept that Wolf is for the "if you have to ask how much it costs, you can't
afford it" crowd, as perhaps it is. Equally presumed is that the regionality exclusiveness is to prevent--gasp!--competitive pricing.
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 till you have your actual unit to hand. A very important datum is the "MaxPower" value. Many units show individual-element powers that add up to impressive totals that the unit cannot really supply.
For example, a unit with 4 elements each listed as "2.4 kW" might have a true unit maximum power of 7.2 kW: that means that you could, in this example, run up to three elements at
their full power, but if you tried to run all four at full power, each would only be putting out 75% of its nominal maximum (7.2 kW divided 4 ways is 1.8 kW per element, which is 75%
of that nominal "2.4 kW"). That is not necessarily a flaw or defect or misrepresentation--there are good reasons for that approach--but you should be well aware of just what
you are paying for in actual cost/power terms for the unit as a whole. Many units nowadays offer a "power boost" feature for 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 well over its nominal power, to help--for example--get large pots of water to boiling. There are no free lunches: if the unit as a
whole is running at its maximum, "boost" works by diverting power from the other elements. In the example above, if you were to "boost" one element to, for example, 3.2 kW, there
would be a maximum of 4.0 kW left (7.2 kW total maximum minus the 3.2 kW being used by the boosted element) for all the three other elements to use; you could run one other at full
power, or two others at 83% of nominal, or all three others each at 75% of nominal during the "boost" period--be aware, though, that different makers arrange their "thefts"
differently. (This, too, has valid reasons behind it, but--again--you need to know how much true, steady-state power you are really buying with your money.)
(For much fuller information on power, read our page Kitchen Electricity
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Wolf Induction-Unit Data
We found three Wolf induction-cooking induction-cooking models:
Wolf CT15I/S
Do we sell it? Yes, though only within southern California and western Nevada - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Wolf CT15I/S
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 2 (front-to-back)
- Boosted: 1
- Powers:
· 1.8 kW - front, 6-inch diameter
· 1.8 kW (boost to 2.2 kW) - back, 8½-inch diameter
- Max Power: 3.6 kW = 100% [no power sharing except during "boost"]
- Levels: 15+
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 0?
- Induction Elements Made By: Jaeger Hiflux
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· pot recognition
· auto-safety switchoff
· "simmer" & "melt" settings
· residual-heat indicators
- Size: 15" wide x 21" deep
- Cutout: 13-3/8" wide x 19-1/4" deep x 6" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 20 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 2 years
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· Planning Guide (PDF file)
· Quick Reference (PDF file)
· Installation (PDF file)
· Use & Care (w/Warranty) (PDF file)
- Price: Wolf Appliance Company, LLC., does not allow posting of definite, known prices.
- Cost/Kilowatt: c. US $515
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Wolf CT30I/S
Do we sell it? Yes, though only within southern California and western Nevada - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Wolf CT30I/S
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 4
- Boosted: 2
- Powers:
· 1.8 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - left front, 8-3/4-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW - left rear, 5-1/2-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW - right front, 6-3/4-inch diameter
· 1.8 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - right rear, 8-3/4-inch diameter
- Max Power: 7.2 kW = 100%
[apparently can handle 1.2 kW of possible 2.4 kW boost w/o sharing]
- Levels: 15+
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 1 ("alarm clock" type)
- Induction Elements Made By: Jaeger Hiflux
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· pot recognition
· auto-safety switchoff
· "simmer" (2 elements) & "melt" (2 elements) settings
· residual-heat indicators
- Size: 30" wide x 21" deep
- Cutout: 28-3/8" wide x 19-1/4" deep x 3-1/2" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 40 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 2 years
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· Planning Guide (PDF file)
· Quick Reference (PDF file)
· Installation (PDF file)
· Use & Care (w/Warranty) (PDF file)
- Price: Wolf Appliance Company, LLC., does not allow posting of definite, known prices.
- Cost/Kilowatt: c. US $410
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Wolf CT36I/S
Do we sell it? Yes, though only within southern California and western Nevada - click on the unit name above for the "buy" page.
Wolf CT36I/S
(maker's product page)
- Elements: 5
- Boosted: 2
- Powers:
· 1.8 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - left front, 8-3/4-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW - left rear, 5-1/2-inch diameter
· 1.2 kW - center front, 6-3/4-inch diameter
· 1.8 kW (boost to 3.0 kW) - center rear, 8-3/4-inch diameter
· 3.0 kW (boost to 4.0 kW) - right, 11-inch diameter
- Max Power: 10.2 kW = 100%
[apparently can handle 1.2 kW of possible 3.4 kW boost w/o sharing]
- Levels: 15+
- Controls: touchpad
- Timer/s: 1 ("alarm clock" type)
- Induction Elements Made By: Jaeger Hiflux
- Features:
· childproof lockout
· pot recognition
· auto-safety switchoff
· "simmer" (3 elements) & "melt" (2 elements) settings
· residual-heat indicators
- Size: 36" wide x 21" deep
- Cutout: 34-3/8" wide x 19-1/4" deep x 4-1/2" under
- Color: black
- Trim: stainless steel
- Voltage: 240
- Load: 50 Amperes
- Maker's Warranty:
· labor - 2 years
· parts - 5 years
- Online documents:
· Planning Guide (PDF file)
· Quick Reference (PDF file)
· Installation (PDF file)
· Use & Care (w/Warranty) (PDF file)
- Price: Wolf Appliance Company, LLC., does not allow posting of definite, known prices.
- Cost/Kilowatt: c. US $365
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