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GE - 30" Built-In Gas Cooktop with 5 burners - Stainless Steel
Average customer rating
4.2
(261 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 261 reviews
5 Stars
161
4 Stars
50
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
14
1 Star
23
80%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for GE - 30" Built-In Gas Cooktop with 5 burners - Stainless Steel
Customer Rating
5
Great 30" Gas Cooktop-Cafe Series
on February 16, 2015
Posted by: Truss
from Fishers, IN, United States
We bought this cooktop about a year ago and writing this review in 2015. We read most of the reviews before we purchased the cooktop and was a bit skeptical, especially about the concerns over the "plastic knobs and stems", the grate height and taking a long time to boil water and subsequent escape of heat, and finally paint/writing coming off when cleaned.
First, we absolutely love this cooktop. For a 30 inch cooktop it has a lot of surface for pots/pans. Keep in mind that it is a 30 inch surface that GE has maximized; not all pots/pans will fit at once.
The lock/unlock feature is one of the reasons we bought it as we have little children who can be curous. When locked, their is a light that illuminates and if someone tries to turn on a burner there is a buzzer sound that activates and can easily heard throughout the house.
The up front controls is another reason we purchased this cooktop as most offer them in the middle or on the right or left side. The control placement on this cooktop let you control the heat with having to reach a across or near the heated grates.
We have not encourted any issues with knobs or stem and we have had this cooktop for about a year. The knobs snuggly fit the stem but with constant pressure straight up we are able to remove them for cleaning.
The cooktop is easily cleaned and cleans up well! I was very careful to read the entire owner's manual to ensure I maintained this cooktop properly. I did not want to scratch or ruin the surface by using an abrasive cleaner or an improper pad/rag/brush. We typically do not have any problems with cleaning the cooktop with using just a damp cloth. For tougher messes we use a damp cloth with dish soap.
The only issue we have with cooktop is does take a bit longer to boil water when using a burner other than the center burner. The center burner will boil water quickly! The solution to boil water on another burner is to first get the water boiling using the center burner and when the water starts to form bubbles, turn on an outside burner and put the pot over it.
The one thing we will do is remove the cabinet that over the cooktop. With the cooktop having commercial style grates, the cabinet over the cooktop looks like it is trying to suffocate it! It will look much nicer once the cabinet is removed and a hood is installed.
I hope this review helps out!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Quality
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
3
lower grates are needed
on July 8, 2015
Posted by: elaineCA
from Escondido, CA, United States
It looks good and the middle burner is great. The others are too high and it takes three times as long as my last cooktop for water to boil. One of the burners says "O" instead of "LO". It would probably be a fantastic cooktop if you offered us lower burners. The child lock feature is great and the fact that the burners light blue when on is wonderful - I actually did have a time when one of them got turned on accidentally and I spotted it before it was a problem.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
2
Quality
4
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
1
Gas Cooktop
on August 31, 2015
Posted by: LienBich
The cooktop is so good to cook my food and soup such as PHO
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
2
Performance
2
Quality
2
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
3
Plastic knobs are terrible
on October 21, 2015
Posted by: Tunie
from Loudon, TN, United States
Bought this for a new house that we were having built. I've had no problems with the operation of the cooktop except for the cheap knobs. Two of them have hairline cracks in the post and this causes them to wobble and fit loosely. I've had cheaper stoves with higher quality parts.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
Performance
5
Quality
2
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
2
Low Heat, Hard to Clean, Unreliable
on November 16, 2015
Posted by: Soahole
from Atlanta, GA, United States
The first thing we noticed was that the burners did not heat as much as our older (non-GE) product. Next, we found it is hard to clean. The grills have a lot of angled surfaces and take awhile to hit thoroughly with the scrub sponge. Also, to clean the cooktop you need to remove the knobs and burner covers. Quite a chore! Last, and least acceptable, we had to burners break after only two months. They became very hard to twist and one of the knobs broke (internally) while twisting. Don't buy!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
1
Quality
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
4
Very Attractive
on December 31, 2015
Posted by: pm1597
from Denver, CO, United States
We bought this cooktop because we wanted to update the appliances in the 10-year old home. I found it to be very attractive and find that the lighted controls to be an excellent safety feature since in our old home when the kitchen was very bright I left the burner on (low flame) because it was difficult to see that the burner was on. I love this cook top BUT...the grates are very high off the burners resulting in a longer wait for water to boil, etc. They're also very heavy. I would also suggest to GE that the stainless surrounding the burners be textured so that they don't scratch when being cleaned. Suggest GE offer lighter weight (and lower) grates that would actually fit in the dishwasher.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
3
Quality
5
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
1
My new cooktop
on January 17, 2016
Posted by: Karl Saleh
from Westford, MA, United States
When we bought it, we were impressed with the rich look ... But after using it few times ... We found out that it is not practical where the griddles are very high. Which in turns takes much longer to cook or boil water ... Which is so disappointing ... I wish the have a lower height griddles that can replace the ones come with the cooktop ... Worse is the fact we are stock with it and can't replace it ... Otherwise it's a waist of money and have to buy another one ..
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
Performance
1
Quality
5
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com
Customer Rating
2
frustrated
on February 21, 2016
Posted by: lpconverter
from Ohio, United States
I installed it two weeks ago converted to lp I do not have all the right parts and everybody is confused. I'm doing the leg work because nobody knows what I am talking about. I need the extended spud for the two front burners they cant find the right part NO.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
1
Quality
3
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting geappliances.com