There are roughly 500 owners' reviews of each of these ranges on the Home Depot website.

Yes, I realize that, but the majority of people who review are commenting on how satisfied they are with the aesthetic appearance of the range (because it is quite pretty) rather than on its performance. I am hoping that people on houzz will provide more in depth commentary about the performance of the oven specifically (perhaps what they cooked and how it turned out, etc).

Also, as many of the reviews populate from GE’s website itself, there is the additional issue of reviews being tailored or removed by GE.

"Also, as many of the reviews populate from GE’s website itself, there is the additional issue of reviews being tailored or removed by GE."

Is this speculation or do you know that this occurs?

Yes, actually. If you look at the reviews on Home Depot's website many of them will say to the right that the customer review is from cafe appliances (together with the logo for cafe). Having read through many of these reviews on Home Depot's site as well as Lowes, and on online retailers such as AJ Madison, Appliance Connection, etc. you will see the same reviews appear. From that point there are complaints by some that their reviews we removed for being negative. Review removal, either following a post or in the pre post approval process is a relatively well-known phenomenon by many businesses, and thus is not surprising. If you are asking whether I know the extent to which this practice is done by GE, I do not. If you are asking whether I know that the testifiers who claim that their reviews were removed are credible testifiers, I do not. If you are asking a deeper philosophical question about the nature of credible testimony, how much credence we should give to things and when, and whether I have can have epistemic access to the truth anything at all or whether to constantly remain skeptical, I would love to debate it further with you since I am a professional philosopher and my research focuses on such questions!

However, as regards the simple relatively banal question of range reviews and oven performance, I take myself to have sufficient reasons to ask individuals on Houzz to provide their opinions as to whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the baking performance of the relative oven types and to provide more specifics than are often present on the reviews at big box stores. I figure since this request is one that people can ignore, there are no perceptible harms to be concerned about in posing the questions and asking for feedback.

I like to cook and I like to hear about people's experiences, and the more information the better in my book.

"Review removal, either following a post or in the pre post approval process is a relatively well-known phenomenon by many businesses"

"If you are asking whether I know the extent to which this practice is done by GE, I do not."

The moon landing was fake and Elvis is still alive.

Im not sure I'm following what you're trying to say, wdccruise

Thank you for your input Sarah! That's very helpful :-)

"I’ve had a cafe gas range for 13 years and still love it."

"...That's very helpful"

Experience with a 13 year-old range tells you nothing about a current model.

"I'm not sure I'm following what you're trying to say, wdccruise"

That you don't operate on facts.

wdcrruise, you are, of course entitled to you opinion that I don’t operate on facts. At this point I will cease debating these things with you (I have my doubts that any kind of reasoned argument could convince you otherwise, particularly since I can’t discern a reason you would want to be so antagonist on a forum about cafe appliances...).

I'm interested in hearing about this brand of ranges as well. It is disappointing to me that the all-gas range with a baking/warming drawer is discontinued. It seemed like a good option for when you mostly use a large oven but need a small drawer for occasional events.