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If you want a sleek surface that's easy to clean, cooks well and has a mid-range price tag, then a ceramic cooktop is worth a look. We lab test and review the latest brands and models to help you find the best one for your kitchen. Our buying guide will help you decide which type of ceramic cooktop you need, and how we test explains our testing rigour.
This test covers 60cm ceramic cooktops. Our expert testers give every ceramic cooktop a thorough workout to help find the models that:
We also give you good and bad points for each product as well as their installation dimensions. And our Recommended list will help you see quickly which models come out on top.
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We recommend ceramic cooktops with an overall score of at least 80%.
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The overall score is made up of performance (60%) and ease of use (40%).
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We assess each cooktop's performance by cooking white sauce and chocolate on the simmer element, rice on the medium element and a stir-fry on the large element. The performance score is 60% of the overall score.
We assess the position, handling and setting of the controls, and the marking and labelling of the controls and burner areas. We also assess how easy each cooktop is to clean. The ease of use score is 40% of the overall score.
A Similar model is identical in most aspects except for a few. This means that a majority of its test results are identical so you can reasonably expect to get the same results from the model we tested, but for those aspects which aren't identical, we'll note these as "Not Tested" in the Compare tables.
A Tested model refers to a model that is still current and available in the Australian market. You should be able to order this model through your local retailer, or find it online.
These models can't be found in retailers or online or are no longer manufactured. You may still find these models on second hand websites, or in second hand dealers. Test methods may change over time, so criteria which can't be directly compared will contain an N/A.
An Identical model is exactly that. Performance characteristics will be identical and the only difference will be something trivial such as colour, which won't have an impact on performance.
These are models we haven't yet tested but that are available.
