Cooktop

Abstract

A six-burner cooktop has front and rear heat sources on a left side, front and rear heat sources on a right side, and front and rear heat sources in a middle between the left side and the right side. A maximum power output of the rear middle heat source is greater than maximum power outputs of the left side and right side heat sources, and a maximum power output of the front middle heat source is less than the maximum power outputs of the left side and right side heat sources.

1 . A six-heat-source cooktop, comprising:
 front and rear heat sources on a left side;   front and rear heat sources on a right side; and   front and rear heat sources in a middle between the left side and the right side;   wherein a maximum power output of the rear middle heat source is greater than maximum power outputs of the left side and right side heat sources, and a maximum power output of the front middle heat source is less than the maximum power outputs of the left side and right side heat sources.   
     
     
         2 . The cooktop according to  claim 1 , further comprising controls for sonic or all of the six heat sources at a front of the cooktop. 
     
     
         3 . The cooktop according to  claim 1 , wherein centers of the front and rear left side heat sources and the front and rear right side heat sources are positioned at corners of a rectangle. 
     
     
         4 . The cooktop according to  claim 3 , wherein a center of the front middle heat source is positioned forward of the centers of the front left and front right heat sources. 
     
     
         5 . The cooktop according to  claim 3 , wherein a center of the rear middle heat source is positioned forward of the centers of the rear left and rear right heat sources. 
     
     
         6 . The cooktop according to  claim 1 , wherein the front and rear left side heat sources and the front and rear right side heat sources each have a maximum power output in the range of from about 15,500 to about 20,000 BTU/hr., the middle rear heat source has a maximum power output in the range of from about 30,000 to about 33,000 BTU/hr., and the middle front heat source has a maximum power output in the range of from about 2,500 to about 4,000 BTU/hr. 
     
     
         7 . The cooktop according to  claim 1 , wherein the middle rear heat source is in a well recessed below a general surface of the cooktop on which other ones of the heat sources are placed. 
     
     
         8 . The cooktop according to  claim 7 , wherein the well is surrounded by a raised ridge, 
     
     
         9 . A stove comprising a cooktop according to  claim 1 .