Overall Good, not excellent. I cook a great deal, 1-3 meals everyday.I love to bake. I looked at lot of stoves. Other than major construction to my kitchen this seemed like the best bet to get more surface area on stove top and the extra cooking drawer. Great features about this stove, extra cooking drawer is a bonus-temp varies & usually need more time than normal but it's good for an apple crisp or pie while dinner is cooking-it's not perfect but it's a great addition- I love the double burners on the left hand side, it's great for a griddle-(NOT the griddle it comes with, that's useless!) and also a roasting pan. The disadvantage of the 2 burners on the side is using them individually, they don't have a lot of power to boil water, etc. My kids are teenagers but if they were younger I would be worried about the touchpad on the front, it's very sensitive and goes on and off very easily!even when you are reaching over to clean. The flat stove top is not as easy to clean as my last flat stove top. The oven bulb has burnt out twice. It's good, not great.
best features: dual fuel so my baking is consistent and even. the baking drawer I use all the time, and having the full sized oven is great when I'm doing a holiday dinner and have multiple dishes baking. Love the griddle for the center burner - I use it all the time for cooking eggs, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.
I am very happy with my purchase. The quality and ease of use have met my expectations, which were high given all of the research that I conducted. My only issue is with the griddle construction, food tends to stick, it is difficult to clean and easily scratches. The griddle should, without a doubt be cast iron. I have inquired with GE as to whether this is an option (which I would gladly pay for), but sadly it is not.
We purchased this to replace a 20 year old slide in range. The Cafe range has great features - we love the rapid boil setting, having 5 burners available, and the lower baking oven. It is also very easy to clean. I would note that we noticed in the first month several scratches on the stainless steel - I think that comes from using heavy cast iron skillets so take care not to drag the skillets over the front of the stove if you cook with cast iron.
This is a must have appliance especially if you like to cook like me. It looks fabulous in my kitchen. Cooks very well and to my expectations. I really like all the burners and the options they provide. The oven pre-heats very fast. I don't have anything negative to say about this appliance " just loving it !" We ordered the appliance January 13, 2015 but it wasn't delivered until February 13, 2015 still well worth the waiting.
I have had this range for five years, and I love it. We are planning to build a new home and I intend to use the Cafe series appliances in that home as well. The only thing I would change on this range is the top. The stainless cooktop is beautiful but we have ended up with a few scratches. Certainly not a deal breaker, but it would be nice if it was scratch-resistant.
We just installed this range a few days ago and we are really pleased with the professional look and feel of this range. The features operate perfectly and the burners are very accurate. We converted the range cooktop to LP gas and and all of the burners worked flawlessly with no additional adjustments. I would certainly recommend this range for anyone looking for a professional range in a standard 30" consumer model.