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Most ranges have one large, higher-wattage burner in front and one in back.
Smoothtop hot-surface lights. Some models put the hot-surface lights on the backsplash, where they're easier to see than on the cooktop. On many smoothtops, a small element within a larger one gives you additional flexibility. Expanded simmer range. Some models let you fine-tune the simmer setting on one burner for, say, melting chocolate or keeping a sauce from getting too hot.