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Bosch - Benchmark Series 30 in. Wide 4.6 cu. ft. Slide-In Electric Induction Range with Self-Cleaning and 4 Elements - Stainless Steel
Average customer rating
4.6
(205 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 205 reviews
5 Stars
142
4 Stars
47
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Star
3
92%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Bosch - Benchmark Series 30 in. Wide 4.6 cu. ft. Slide-In Electric Induction Range with Self-Cleaning and 4 Elements - Stainless Steel
Customer Rating
5
Range/stove top
on August 20, 2023
Posted by: alb81044
Overall impressive device. Disappointed in the user support for the induction stove.Better instruction videos should be provided as we are having to learn by trial and error. For example, you should tell your customer that the range works best with high end pans. Allegidly our range has some type of Auto function, but we have not figured out how it works as yet.
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Customer Rating
5
Bosch Benchmark
on August 9, 2023
Posted by: None
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Best range ever. Love that there are no knobs or push buttons to clean around. Love that I can use my iron skillets on this induction range.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bosch-home.com
Customer Rating
5
Benchmark induction
on July 31, 2023
Posted by: Bundy
Love the induction stove top easy to control cooking 🥘 . Living in fl only have electric available LOVE IT
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Customer Rating
2
Not quite a Benchmark
on July 28, 2023
Posted by: clarus
I have Benchmark induction cooktop and was very impressed by them. So when I'm in the market for a range, I didn't hesitate to get a Benchmark induciton range. Well, it was a let down. They have taken away essential features for no apparent reason. The cook timer was a useful feature in the cooktop. It is removed in the range. In 2023, you would expect a Benchmark range in this price point will have WiFi connectivity. They take that away too. The cooking performance was also underwhelming. The most powerful induction element (11") has even less actual cooking power than the flex element. Overall a disappointment. May be the Benchmark cooktop set my expectation too high. But at least it indicates what the Bosch team is capable of. This product seems to be an after thought and not worthy of the Benchmark name nor justify the price,
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from bosch-home.comBy CM, CS, July 31, 2023
Hi clarus, thanks for your review. At Bosch we strive to provide the high-level of quality and reliability our products are known for, and we're very sorry to hear this model has not met your expectations. Please know that your feedback is extremely valuable to us and will be shared with the appropriate teams for further review and consideration. For any product-related inquiries, feel free to call Customer Care at 800-944-2904 for real-time support. Thank you.
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Customer Rating
5
Excellent range
on July 15, 2023
Posted by: Patrick
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I don't have anything bad to say about this range. I replaced an aging gas range, and the difference in cook speed, waste heat and cleanliness is night and day. Most of my review is going to be comparative between the gas and electric/induction ranges, since this is my first induction and I don't have others to compare to.
The stove top is amazing to use, and while I initially had reservations about the touch interface, it works and only took a few minutes to start feeling familiar. It does NOT work if there's liquid on the control area, which is something to know if you make a mess on your cooktop and need to turn off a burner, for instance. I tested this with a significant amount of water (like you'd get if a pan boiled over, for instance), but haven't tested with smaller amounts to see what the tolerance is. A quick wipe with a towel fixes this though, and removing a pan from its burner shuts it down as well.
There is some induction buzz on the absolute highest settings (9 and Boost), and as I'm pretty sensitive to annoying noises, I expected this to bother me more than it actually does. The pitch sounds like the standard 60Hz hum, which was surprising since I thought induction stoves used a higher frequency. Regardless, it isn't very loud at all and quite tolerable. Since most cooking is going to happen on lower power settings and the time on Boost is generally pretty short, it shouldn't be a big deal.
All the raving on YouTube and such about how fast induction is at boiling water is absolutely true. It took approximately six minutes to bring about a gallon of water to a rolling boil, according to the built-in "count up" timer (great feature, by the way). Upon boiling, I turned the stove off and was able to grab the pan handles directly, as they were still cool. I'd had gotten 2nd or 3rd degree burns doing that on gas.
It doesn't look like multiple burners can be set on Boost at the same time, which sorta stinks, since the power budget should be there (40a power rating = 9600W) but I don't know how often I'd actually need to do that anyway.
The stovetop overhangs the countertop to either side, which prevents the constant deluge of crud down the inevitable gap on either side of a slide-in range. My old gas range had brown sticky stuff down both sides. Super gross. I'm considering adding very thin weatherstrip underneath, so liquids spilled on the counter or stove can't find their way around and under the edge, but I suspect with the way it's installed currently (per the manual), it'll never be a problem.
My wife has, so far, cooked a pie and some brownies in the oven. It is summertime here, and I told her to not bake during the day since the temperature in the kitchen would reach rediculous quite quickly with our old stove. Not an issue with this one! It seems practically all the heat generated stays in the oven. This logically makes sense, since there's no need for fresh air to get in there to support combustion.
A cooling fan runs after a while when the oven is in use, but I actually needed to stick my ear over the stove to hear it, since it's quite quiet. I haven't heard any fan run while the stovetop is in use, though I suspect that may be since I haven't used three or four burners at once yet.
Any excess heat is rejected through a stainless grille along the back edge of the range, which is elevated enough to prevent spills on the surface from flowing directly into the vent, but since it shoots the hot air straight up, the wall directly above and behind the stove vent got pretty hot during baking. Our old stove had the controls in this area (above it's vent, which made the oven controls get VERY hot during use) which prevented the air from impinging directly on the wall. This isn't a design issue with the range so much as a modification required to my kitchen, since I just had painted drywall there before.
We haven't used the convection function yet, so I can't speak on that. I haven't owned the range long enough to speak to its reliability, either, but Bosch is supposed to be at the top of the list there, according to appliance repair guys.
Overall, really solid range and I'm glad I got it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Our New Benchmark Induction Range - The Beast
on July 6, 2023
Posted by: Ted M
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We affectionately refer to our new Induction Range as the Beast. Once we climbed the initial learning curve and adjusted the time and range settings of our recipes to match induction capabilities, we found the Beast to be easier, faster, require less attention and efficient. The oven is light year ahead of the electric stove it replaced. Our only regret is we waited so long.
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I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bosch-home.com
Customer Rating
5
Bosch Range❤️❤️❤️
on July 4, 2023
Posted by: Chefinprogress
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I never knew cooking could be so simple! The heating speed! The settings! The the warming tray! The panel locks! I swear my cooking has improved! ❤️❤️❤️
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Takes some adjusting-acclimating
on July 3, 2023
Posted by: Vivian
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a beautiful range, no doubt. And I really like the warming oven, the slide out oven rack, that ease in cleaning oven and stovetop. The top burners do make that hum when on--something I didn't experience in my last induction stove of a different brand. And it's taken awhile to adjust to the stovetop controls (digital) more than I thought it would. However, it's worth it. Oven is accurate, has nice features that aid with cooking. So I'm a convert to Bosch.
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