This slide in range is highly recommended! It is a bit pricey but well worth it because of the great design, control interface ergonomics and simplicity, cooking features, and a high quality cook top. It represents an appreciated product niche on the market, although it was not a display item at the large appliance chain store from which it was purchased. The slide in type range looks almost built in, and offers full view of rear wall tiling or other treatment, such as bead board. The range replaced a top of the line range from another large appliance company, and outperforms it in every way. The baking and broiling are both even and temperature accurate. Again, the cook top needs to be mentioned as a much easier to clean surface which does not show normal cooking surface spots nearly as much as other shiny range top surfaces. It appears more resistant to having more stubborn and harder to remove spots that can appear under a pan after cooking. The range top temperature control is excellent on this range. It appears that the stainless steel quality is higher than my previous range, which is a bonus.
I like the stainless steel look and the fact that the control knobs are on the front. It will be easier to clean not having the knobs on the same surface as the burners.
Looks pretty awesome. I wipe it down after every use and so far everything just wiped right up. It's free standing so I don't like the little gaps on the sides. I have had a couple times forgot to turn a burner off after simmering, maybe because I previously had an electric range that had glowing red lights that helped remind me it was still on? Anyway that kind of scares me.
I have owned the GE Cafe Dual Fuel range for about 18 months. Not only does it look good, it performs very well. I love the flexibility of the 5 burners, the griddle option, and the quick boil. The oven is very spacious and the oven drawer is awesome for those few times that you need the extra oven space. Do keep in mind that the stainless steel cooktop scratches very easily especially if the cast iron grills touch the surface when you are gently cleaning the cooktop surface or you are changing out the center grill for the griddle or if a metal utensil brushes against the space in front of the burners. The second concern is that the left burner often stops flaming if turned all the way to the lowest setting. Finally the space between the counter and the slide in oven ends up being a great place for crumbs to gather and is hard to keep clean.