Induction cooktops cost $800 to $1,000

Jenn-Air is the last manufacturer to still make an induction cooktop. Their most popular induction model has two induction burners and two standard radiant burners.

The first radiant cooktops didn’t heat up quickly. In reaction, manufacturers came out with a cooktop with a halogen heating element. The powerful bulbs got very hot very fast but used a lot of energy. Now that radiants heat up faster than they used to, there isn’t as much need for halogen, which is less energy- efficient anyway. The premium you pay for halogen —between $100 and $150—is enough that it doesn’t really justify the scant few extra seconds it takes for the radiant burners to get hot.