Here's a review for the GE Profile - which I believe is the same fridge with cosmetic changes for the Cafe model. This is a counter-depth model. It's been 2 years now & still happy. Some great Memorial Day deals at costco.com

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Purchased the PYE22KSKSS end of May, 2018. Thoughts after one month of ownership...

Pros:

I love this fridge.

Quiet. Hums a bit when "active" but perfectly fine. Surprised when I see 'noisy' in other reviews.

Lighting is great, can really see everything you have. Things got lost in my old side-by-side.

Front is magnetic

Well thought out layout. Drop-down tray a nice add as is the small shelf in freezer door.

Autofill tray slides out to 5-1/2" - should accomodate an 8" pot.

Made in USA - better support (at least in my area)

Cons:

Smudges but cleans up easily with a good stainless cleaner.

Top freezer drawer a bit wobbly. I read a few washers in the right-side gear can resolve this (untried). Not a problem for me.

Door alarm doesn't work if door only slightly ajar. Alarm is a bit soft even on high.

Other:

Do not block the square hole on left in the drawer in the fridge - this will cause freezing in the fridge. Blocking the hole confuses the evaporators.

My vegetables last much, much longer now.

After 6 months the water filter will not pass water or make ice unless replaced with a genuine GE replacement. Simply call GE and request a Water Filter Bypass (WR17X23645) free from GE (also on Amazon). There's also a hack to use the RFID chip from this bypass to allow use of 3rd-party filters (Google it).

The "TwinChill� Evaporators" are a nice feature. According to Consumer Reports (April 2018):

"Another feature we�ve seen more of in our labs is dual evaporators � one for the fresh food compartment and another for the freezer � instead of just one in the freezer that has to cool both sections. Our tests conirm that dual evaporators are better at maintaining optimal humidity in both sections. They also prevent odors from migrating between compartments, keeping ice cubes from tasting like fish and other smelly foods."

@valerie I don't have experience with the fridge, but I am curious to hear more about your experience with the double oven induction range. We are strongly considering this exact one (after I have come to the heartbreaking decision that the Bertazzoni is just not worth it's beauty). Does it stick out too far from the cabinets? That's one of my biggest fears. And also whether the oven handles (two of them!) are obtrusive if you're standing in front while cooking on the stove top. Which finish did you get? Any insight on the Matte Black, and whether or not it would scratch easily like is common with black stainless steel?

In any case, hope you find some good answers to the fridge question too! Sorry to hijack.

We had a GE Fridge with the water & ice in the door along with a hot water dispenser in the door. Can't think of the model number - purchased in 2016. The hot water dispenser in the door was pretty much useless. We also found that the water filter for GE is proprietary & expensive. When a new one is put in, it's on a timer for 6 months. When 6 months is up you have to change the filter. It will lock you out of the water dispenser. Even if you don't use it every day - ours was in a summer home. We bought the fridge again for another house & to circumvent that, we ran a filtered water line from the sink through the ceiling to the fridge so there's always filtered water.

Hello! Did you end up with the GE Cafe refrigerator? Thank you.

I have the Cafe refrigerator in matte white, 2 separate 30 inch wall ovens (decided to go for two placed next to each other so both would be at waist height), Cafe induction and Cafe dishwasher. So far, i like everything a lot. Even though the 30inch convection wall ovens are an upgrade from a standard pick - they did not have an air fry function, which was disappointing.

The induction makes a funny sound when you turn up the dial all the way, but its not so loud that it would bother you. The fridge works great, and keeps vegetables fresh for a really long time. Some vegetables that I receive through CSA weeks ago get buried in the back and when i discover them, they are completely fine -- which would not have happened if i had my old fridge. It has the dual compressor and great humidity control. The internal water dispenser is nice, but we opted to install a separate filtered water faucet on our island sink, since you have to open the fridge door (and let out all the cool air) each time. We did not find it very useful - since none of us like super cold water. But all in all, i am happy with full Cafe appliances. Good choice!

Opdos--

Just touching base to see if you are still happy with your Café double oven induction range. And, do you feel that the bottom oven is just down too low to the ground to be easily accessed? We're older and this is my primary concern. If you had it to do again, would you still buy the double oven, or would you go with a single oven?

thanks.

I have had this double oven convection range for just under a year now. I absolutely love it. We have had no issues with the cooktop or either of the ovens. I don’t feel like the bottom of it is too low down but I don’t have a problems bending over Funny thing my husband just mentioned the other day that he doesn't like bending over for the bottom oven. I had never though about it being any problem at all. We use the top oven 90% of the time and only need the bottom oven occasionally and the trade-off for having the bottom oven low is the top oven is higher which makes it even more convenient than a regular oven. Yes i would definitely buy it again! We got the stainless and the finish is great EXCEPT be careful with the about 2" wide stainless right across the front on the cooktop (in front of the glass where the burners are) It scratches easily and since we are pulling pots and pans around on there, it could be a problem. We are careful or if I think we are going to be doing a lot of cooking that might end up scratching it, I put painters tape on it until we are done, then just pull it off.

Julieste, I got an oven rack stick recently. It's great! The rack stick makes it easy to pull out a low oven rack. I think you could probably use it to give a low oven door a tug to raise the door high enough to shut it. There are inexpensive oven rack sticks on Amazon, but there are beautiful hand carved ones on Etsy for a little more. Google "Etsy oven rack stick" & see what comes up. Look for ones with long handles & a well defined hooks towards the end.

I think that your problems would be lowering & raising the very low door, & using low placed racks for large items like roasts. A rack stick would help. But you'd probably be using a middle rack mostly, & remember that pot or roaster handles are a few inches higher still. So you wouldn't be bending extremely low often, except to lower & raise the door.

I just tested raising an oven door with a rack stick. I can hook on to the door side to pull it up, & the door swings up easily to the point where I can reach the handle comfortably.

We have the GE Cafe 4 door refrigerator and absolutely LOVE it...have had it since early March...it is a dream...I lost a cubic square foot from my previous refrigerator but I swear this one holds more...and the foods stay fresher longer....no problems whatsoever... (and yes I have the double oven induction and matching microwave too....and dishwasher....all fantastic!)

I bought my GE Cafe Matte White counter depth refrigerator in April. Massive noise issue from the compressor in interval of 30 minutes every hour. It’s a vibrating whirring sound that reverberates throughout the house. Torture. Hopefully GE will fix this.

I wouldn't recommend GE Cafe or any of their products. Our fridge died after 74 days!!! 36 days of no fridge and still no resolution!