When we purchased our house this year, we did not realize that the gas cooktop was in poor condition and would need to be replaced.  Since all the appliances were high-end GE, we decided to replace with similar GE cooktop in large 42" size and were pleased to find this model as replacement. Thus far (two months) the cooktop has functioned well without any complications.  My wife appreciates the lightup (LED) knobs located in front, and only concerns are the difficulties in cleaning the heavy iron grills.