Kitchen Aid KitchenAid 30" Black Smoothtop Electric Cooktop with Downdraft Ventilation

I have used the cooktop for a month now, and I have the following comments. The actual cooking is pretty good. I find it hard to place the pans over the heating elements, because they have no external markings. I have to wait until the red shows to know exactly where the place the pan.

The cooktop looks great on the island with the new quartz countertop. We have received many compliments even from teenagers. It is very sleek and contemporary looking. It cook well and evenly too. It is important to clean after every use or one will see the residue from the previous cooking.

I have been cooking on my new cooktop for about a month and I am very frustrated because the cooktop is horrible to clean! Every small splatter makes a stain that requires and a lot of time to cleanup. Wish I had not bought this type of finish.

We replaced our old JennAir electrical downdraft cooktop, which must be >30 years old, with this new one almost 10 days ago, and love it so far. Comparing to our old one, the exhaust fan is much quiet and powerful. The cooking elements heat up quickly and stay hot.

We bought this stove to replace an older JennAir that came with the house. Both have been my first experience with downdraft cooktops, which I do not prefer at all, but as it was explained, it would've been extremely costly to reroute ventilation.

down draft did'nt work after installed

It scratches too easy. Used it the first time and was very, very careful with the pans. Did not slide the pan, picked it up and laid it back on the burner, carefully. I would not purchase this.

Looks and works great.

It is just wonderful feature in the kitchen, it is so easy to clean

A very nice cooktop that is appealing, easy to clean and works great. I am satisfied with most aspects of this unit except for one thing: the burners are identified with VERY faint circle lines; it’s difficult to center the pan right on the burner until it actually lights up.