we were going back & forward between getting this model vs the 30" induction cooktop with the knob.  glad we went with this model as now i can go back to singeing my chicken wings, utilize the griddle, all while utilizing several burners at one time.  we had a regular electric cooktop that was approximately 10 years old & it suffered a major crack in the surface which left us to use a portable induction cooker's with x2 burner’s max.  i love how quickly they cooked & almost bought one but the features with this gas cooktop outweighed the best feature (cooking faster) of the induction one.  plus, the center burner on this cooktop can rival that of any induction cooktop imo.  the only down fall is that i cannot pair this cooktop with the app.  other than that, it's highly recommended!