Thanks. Because of dietary restrictions, we cook just about everything from scratch, and its very difficult to find anything to eat in restaurants, so I just can’t have a range or cooktop that’s unreliable.

What did you decide? We are in the same position. Reading reviews about burners not working after too short a time and they only offer a 1 year warranty. So, now looking at the Wolf 30" induction with which we can get a 3 year warranty. Then again, people tend to write reviews when they are upset. I wonder what the ratio of happy vs unhappy customers is for the GE Cafe.

Look at the Bosch 30" induction stove

anyfurg makes a good point. more of the people who have one that broke write a review. when an appliance is very popular, sales wise, you have to keep in mind that 10 people hating an appliance that sold 100,000 units is different than 2 people hating one that only sold 100.

a good place to get some perspective can be from the online version of consumer reports, which had a tremendous amount of info not in the print version. its very expensive to subscribe, but often times your local library will have an online subscription. noodle around your library's website or call them up and ask if they subscribe.

I had decided on the Bosch, but a local distributor had a close out on the Profile at half price. I jumped on it and bought that and saved about $1200. They didn’t have a floor model so I wasn’t able to see it.

What I like: there is a lip on both sides of the top that sit on the countertop like a cooktop would. It’s a sleek look and there’s no gap for foood to fall into. The range is very pretty. The control panel is in a very nice position at the top front, and the controls are very easy to use.

What I don’t like: although the brochure says the broiler is 8 pass, it’s not really. And that I am really unhappy about. I specifically wanted an 8 pass broiler. It’s some kind of mickey mouse design that they can call 8 pass but it’s not.

So, bottom line, I should have bought the Bosch.