Look for cookers with high-BTU burners that offer rapid heating and even heat distribution. For everyday cooking, such as sautéeing and frying, look for burners with a BTU range of 2,000 to 10,000.

What does it look like? If you described a surface full of continuous high BTU gas burners, you might be wrong. More professional chefs – and serious home chefs – are turning to induction cooking.