I love my new cooktop.  The stainless steel finish is brushed and beautiful.  The center hottest burner is reallly HOT!  Cooking up spagetti noodles is quick and easy with this burner.  All other burners have more BTU"s than most other cooktops also.  It is extremely easy to clean and Bosch sells some great products to help clean the cooktop grates.  What I like most about the grates is that they have rubber feet that do not mar the stainless steel finish when you remove them to clean the cooktop