Kitchen & Bath: Cooktop Choices

The choices clients have in cooktops these days are a little staggering. The last half dozen years have been innovative ones for this very popular appliance —in materials, burner design, and style. It was surprising how many questions I had to ask when I started focusing on cooktops a few weeks ago. Like a lot of contractors, I end up sending my clients to the appliance dealer I work with to make their product selections, and I'm always too busy to get down there for my own education. Then I lull myself into a false sense of security by leafing through the ads in a few magazines each month. I know from having had a showroom in the