It seems like the successor to high-end gas stoves is pretty clearly induction. At the same time induction on some level is just an overpriced way of transmitting electrical power from the cooktop into the cookware (not unlike the old inductive-paddle-type electric car chargers).
I wonder if there might be an opening for (electric) "conduction" cooktops. It would basically be a dedicated heat-proof and ventilated spot on the countertop with some high-current electrical receptacles (standard voltage in most of the world, but maybe wired for the slightly less common 240V in North America).
They might include temperature feedback (something I'd love to see in induction cooktops too, maybe an IR thermometer hitting the cookware from below), possibly with controls built into the kitchen rather than the cookware.
Of course this would substantially raise the cost of cookware, and in many ways this already exists in the form of "a countertop with electrical outlets and plug-in cooking appliances", but maybe there's an opportunity here.
I wonder if there might be an opening for (electric) "conduction" cooktops. It would basically be a dedicated heat-proof and ventilated spot on the countertop with some high-current electrical receptacles (standard voltage in most of the world, but maybe wired for the slightly less common 240V in North America).
They might include temperature feedback (something I'd love to see in induction cooktops too, maybe an IR thermometer hitting the cookware from below), possibly with controls built into the kitchen rather than the cookware.
Of course this would substantially raise the cost of cookware, and in many ways this already exists in the form of "a countertop with electrical outlets and plug-in cooking appliances", but maybe there's an opportunity here.