Induction is great for cooking, but the controls on every hob I've used drive me mad. Can anyone find/recommend an induction hob with zero touch controls?

Siemens Disccontrol. I own one, it’s great. Cooking with touch controls is nuts. Especially those with a modal toggle (select burner, then increase/decrease intensity, crazy). Sadly discontinued.

https://www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/nl/productoverzicht/E...

We have this Gorenje, specifically bought as non-touch. Looks like it's still on the market. We're very happy with ours, only gripe is the biggest zone should've been a little bigger to work perfectly with a 12 inch cast iron skillet.

https://www.gorenje.co.uk/products/cooking/models/hobs/ic634...

Rangemaster is just one example (might be called differently depending on country sold in) http://www.rangemaster.co.uk/products/range-cookers/inductio...

Gaggenau Twistpad. Expensive, but works great.

https://youtu.be/F7KVtrm44fA

Miele, if you combine it with an oven, has no touch-controls.

Well, Italy + Coffee = serious business! :) They really know their industrial design here on earth as well.

The legendary:

http://www.faema.com/products/traditional-machines/e61

or more affordable:

http://www.bezzera.it/?p=articoli&id=11&lang=en

Elektra Belle Epoque or GTFO:

http://www.elektrasrl.com/en/espresso-machines/belle-epoque/

I know one place in London which has one; the coffee is first-rate, and has that certain non so che that comes from being prepared in a steampunk dalek:

https://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/218/what-machine-...

LOL - I had the model in mind but refrained from posting it for being too...in your face. :)

Steampunk indeed - especially as the limited Riforma and Origine editions :)

http://www.elektrasrl.com/en/espresso-machines/belle-epoque-... http://www.elektrasrl.com/en/espresso-machines/belle-epoque-...

But joking aside, the nice thing with many Italian machines is that you get the industrial design even in lower price regions - hell, even a Rancilio Silvia or formerly the Gaggia Classic (before they butchered it) are quite nice when it comes to haptics, materials and controls/UI.

And just to add memes one on top of another, who knew there is an Arduino brand of coffee machines?

http://www.victoriaarduino.com/venus-family/

I think those kinds of controls aren't used because they're expensive, at least relative to the usual soft buttons incorporated into circuit boards, buttons constructed almost entirely by a pick and place machine. They're probably close to $1 apiece, and can't be mounted without additional (and probably manual) effort.

I'm not sure such a "buy it for life" machine would be viewed as a viable product by most manufacturers.