Donna I had the same issue with the range being higher than the countertop. The countertop is exactly at the proper height of 36" but the lowest you can adjust the range down to is 36-3/16. My bet is this is a carry over from the older GE frame design where the slide in range top slightly overlapped the countertop. The minimum range height was designed so you could not go any lower and put strain on the range top. The best solution I have found is to use the optional GE stainless steel trim kit. I posted a pic of it in this thread back on Aug 5 , 2018. It's getting close to 2 years since I installed mine and still loving it.

@lynne3450 Which one did you ultimately get? If you go t the cafe, would you mind sharing your setup, I am curious as to how it looks in a non-showroom kitchen. I think the price difference is because of the material used and smaller production run. @katj461 There is a comprehensive thread on induction range if you search "induction range" that briefly talks about them. I've heard the kitchenaid takes 30 minutes to preheat because of the large oven size and has a weird control.

I'm not finding the long threads from a couple of years ago on the Cafe induction ranges where the OP's question was addressed. Hopefully, we will hear from current owners of the ranges. In the meantime, my recollection is that the Cafe ranges' knob controls are more or less infinitely variable and without digital read outs. (IIRC, the Viking induction ranges are the other residential induction ranges with seemingly infinitely variable burner controls and also lack digital readouts.) On the one floor-model Cafe induction range that I saw in person a year or two ago, the knobs had no perceptible detents. At least, none that I could feel when I twisted the knobs on a stove that was not connected to power.. So, no more "tactile feel" than with gas ranges and old-style electric ranges with full-turn knobs. There is an optional accessory called a "Precision Cooking Probe" which is an in-pot thermo probe that communicates via Bluetooth with the range to try to maintain +/- 1° in the ingredients in one pan over one burner. (Can't recall if that was one burner at a time or that only 1 burner could be designated to work wth a "precision cooking probe." Searching through a current manual/guide for a Cafe range might clear that up.) The probe only works for temps between 85°F and 200°F, however. So, no help with deep-frying or sugar-melting/candymaking tasks. ETA -- just found a Cafe manual which indicates that the Cafe ranges' burners are also able to communicate with the Hestan "Cue" pans, for whatever that ability might be worth to you.

@peanutmiracle I purchased a sheet of silicone and used various-size cans and a small bowl to make different-sized circular pads, which I then cut out. I place three or four pads down to support the edges of a pot, or I will use a single bigger pad for my tea kettle (because the single pad can be hidden underneath the kettle and left out on the cooktop full-time. Otherwise, the pads are placed on the stovetop only when I am using a hob. There is a theory that the pads could serve to lengthen the lifetime of a hob's performance, because the hot pot is not making direct contact with the stovetop, keeping the stovetop cooler. I mostly use the Hunts tomato sauce size. I use the biggest one for my tea kettle. Another advantage to using the pads is it helps you eyeball where to place the pot once the pads are in place. I see the link no longer offers the blue color--in case you are wondering. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZM2QDX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1