From my experiece with a few different KA fridges, small exposure to GE fridge, and from my reading here, I would not buy a GE fridge. Mine had frustratingly inconsistent temps, frequently froze greens in the bin, and had cheap-ish interior parts. My KAs have always been solid performers and quality products that keep produce fresh with stable temps. Not knowing anything about either brand's 2012 fridges (are they new models?), I'd buy a KA over GE any day.

Not your models, but I had an early architect for which KA refunded me the purchase price and I currently have a ge profile. I'm critical by nature, so take that into account when reading the following. GE's grate design isn't the best or even second best. Where the tines open up between burners, small pots can drop through (the continous grates thing is lost on them). You can see the same sort of mistake on the Cafe. Their burner head design is awful. It actually takes LONGER to boil water on the 17k burner than the 12k because the diameter of the burner is so big it can't be used efficently for most pots. Conversely, the simmer burner runs too hot! KA's burners and grates are a better design and deliver more practical heat. However, the refund was because the burners kept melting the porcelain coating off the grates! Both the profile and ka have fairly low power, low efficency broilers. More expensive KA's have better broiling systems. The self-clean works well on both. My profile is two years old. The oven enamel has chipped off in places (naked and rusting are spots the size of quarters) where the racks go. I do not move the racks often. The bottom of the oven has other wierd defects including a 10" circle you can feel. After using both mfgr burners, I think you'd be best off with models that offered dual or triple ring burners. The cafe has at least one and a more powerful broiler. I would hesitate on the cafe because the ones I have seen in person look... well, they have fit and finish issues. Have you checked out the electrolux? It has much the same feature set as the cafe and just under $2k. Here is a link that might be useful: Electrolux

As I understand, it may be a spin-off and not outright sell but in either case, as has happened with their small appliance division years ago, whom ever would purchase could use the GE brand name for 10 or so years. Parts would be available and service would continue. Hotpoint sold years ago and lasted many years after as the same brand.

We and our daughter have GE Profile ovens and microwaves. Both have ceramic top electric cooktops. When family bought Whirlpool built ovens they seemed to have less interiou volume because they were shorter. But now my stepdaughter got Kitchenaid appliances in her recent remodel and they seem to be much larger. Be sure to check interior volumes. Also the Profile micrwaves we have (12 yeares old) are the fastest heating of any brand we have ever had. I hope more members respond because we are talking rather ancient history and in the last decade the appliance world has changed dramatically.