GE - 30" Built-In Electric Cooktop - Black on Black

A stovetop in my price range wasn't on display so I was shown a black & white catalog which described the product and offered pictures. As you can imagine, a black stovetop does not show its details in a black and white picture. Basically, you're looking at a picture of a black rectangle and it's impossible to determine the size of the elements. However, since I was replacing a similar GE stovetop, I bought the product unseen. Everything works fine except the elements are too small to fit a larger pan. Other than that, it's a good value but if I were to do it again, I would pay a hundred dollars more to get one with larger elements.

This replaced a really old cooktop with exposed coils that were constantly getting messed up from spillover and burning out. SInce this new cooktop arrived, everything is neat and clean. My father is very impressed with how quickly the cooking surface heats up and my mom says she loves everything about cooking on it! Looks great, cooks beautifully. Fun and easy!

It looks nice when it is first mounted. Because of the black surface, it attracts dust easily but that's not a big problem. I had the unfortunate incident of water boiling over and that actually took quite a bit of effort to clean it back to its pristine state. That's probably the same problem with this kind of cook surface. Price-wise, i can't complain much - got it on sale for under $250

I just got the cooktop installed today, so my review is to say great install job, Alex. Fast, clean and on time. The power boil is very quick. Response of all burners will take some getting use to, because it replaces a cooktop that was original to the house, built in 1971. But I'm looking forward to using it.

I love the 2 larger power boils rings & the 2 melting options on this cooktop. It boils water for spaghetti quickly. It looks absolutely beautiful when its clean. The only thing I'm changing is the knobs to something a little more fancier. My kids know when it hot because the indicator light stays on until it is completely cool.

Easy cleaning flat surface, but have to do it quick right after finish cooking. The draw back to me is if not clean wuick, the stain left will be harder to remove, need to use the razor scraper and cleaning solution. Unlike my old stainless steel cook top which can be wiped easier.

Our old coil top died, but did not want to invest in what we really want to use when we redesign our kitchen. This GE has been great. Easy to install myself. The surface is kind of high maintenance, but it has been such a nice change from what we had. Great price too.

Glass top has too many restrictions according to the users manual. It is attractive and heats up and cools down reasonably quickly. Limitations on the type of cookware it can handle is a turn off. We would not have purchased this item had we been informed of all this at point of sale.