Superheated Air Cooktop Assembly

A cooktop assembly comprising:

• a generally horizontal cooktop surface;
• one or more burners positioned on the cooktop surface, a first burner of the one or more burners having a first burner air inlet and a first burner air outlet;
• one or more electric flow heaters, a first flow heater of the one or more electric flow heaters having a first heater air inlet and a first heater air outlet with the first heater air outlet being operatively coupled with the first burner air inlet;
• one or more blowers, a first blower of the one or more blowers having a first blower air outlet and a first blower air inlet with the first blower outlet being operatively coupled with the first heater inlet;
• a controller, the controller being operatively coupled to each of the one or more flow heaters and the one or more blowers to control the operation thereof;
• one or more temperature sensors operatively coupled to the controller, a first temperature sensor of the one or more temperature sensors is positioned proximate the first burner;
• one or more heat output indicators operatively coupled to the controller, a first heat output indicator of the one or more heat output indicators configured to give a user a visual indication of the heat output level of the first burner;
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• at least one user interface, the at least one user interface being operatively coupled with the controller and being configured to vary the heat output of the burners.