Product review (4 stars): Striking appearance and function, tough to clean
Did a kitchen remodel and we needed a new gas cooktop. I did my research and found this Frigidaire 36" in black which matches all of our appliances and was highly rated not mention the striking appearance. It looks beautiful in our huge island surrounded by our dark "leather" look granite. The pluses: the pot boiler center burner will give you a boiling pot of water almost immediately and the spacious 5 burners are a must after having a 4 burner unit prior to this one and did I mention how great this unit looks?
 Now for the only (but big) downside, this is a pain in the a** to clean! the knobs are pretty close together and the grates are kind of heavy for my Wife to remove to clean the surface underneath the grates. I normally just use a soapy sponge to wipe it down and a towel to remove any streaking but now I have to follow-up with Windex and paper towels to give it that "clean" look. You may say, you knew what you were getting into when you purchased a black appliance, black is probably the toughest to keep clean but it is also very bold and looks great when it is clean. The biggest complaint would be the design of the burner knobs, they are too close together so it' hard to get to the tight space between them. So that's a poor design area and they may want to give the space about an inch between them to make it easier to clean.
 Overall, it's a very nice unit and it excels at what it's meant to do but it's a booger to keep clean easily. In spite of that inconvenience, I highly recommend this cooktop.