I received an email from GE that stated the 18000btu burner would be reduced to 11000 and the rest of the burners would be reduced by a little more than 1/3. That is a huge reduction in output. it is as good as many regular gas ranges, but paying that much for reduced output seemed silly to me. there are a few ranges that are specifically made for porpane, but they are much more expensive. I am planing an induction cooktop. or just a regular old smooth top range again.
G

That's odd because the specifications on the GE Cafe website list the BTU values with LP gas as 15, 11, 8, 6, and 4,000. This is higher than they'd be if they lost 30%.

As I write this I'm realizing that the 6k and 4k burners will probably be useful only for low heat and simmering. The question, I guess, is what can the 8k burner do?

Anybody have an 8000 BTU burner?

We just received our GE Cafe Dual Fuel Range yesterday, and the right front, dual stacked burner does not work properly at all. We had the LP Gas conversion kit installed, and the other burners seem to work fairly well, though the flame in the center burner stays pretty small. The right front burner, which is one of the high output burners, and is dual stacked (dual flame), only lights with a tiny flame, barely low level, and does not adjust AT ALL. It does not go on high, or medium, or anything but just 'very tiny'!
Its sad that there seem to be so many quality problems so far, on this highly promoted, highly touted new GE Line. You call GE and they are like clerks in a hardware store...no idea what is wrong, and no one to refer you to. Huge GE Corp. has no technical assistance??? They WILL send a GE technician to look at the problem....in TWO weeks. So I spend tons of money on three major new GE Cafe appliances, take a big chance on this brand new line...and they could care less if you have big problems. We have not tested the ovens yet, and I am a little bit afraid to do so. I do not need more problems, and am angry enough already. Also the control knobs (cheap and lightweight) squeal like stuck pigs when you twist them. Very nice for a 'high end' appliance. Also our front left burner rocks slightly from side to side, and does not seat completely flat...and our installer is a pro, and tried every which way to keep it from rocking! YIKES!!!

I really do not feel like having another range carted in and assembled, so they better had be able to fix these problems! Any other issues similar out there???? Anyone using the dual fuel on LP Gas? Does anybody else have issues with these burners??? Thanks for any follow up!
Tom

It's not that hard to figure this out on your own with a little thought. If 15K BTU/hr is a decent burner on high and zero would be "off", then 8K BTU/hr is probably like a decent burner on "medium", right? So an 8K BTU/hr burner is going to be able to do all the thing you'd do with that kind of heat: you could certainly simmer, you could keep something boiling (at least covered or partially covered) that you'd started on a bigger burner, you could do a sauté that didn't require high heat. But it probably wouldn't be suitable for searing meat, at least not in a big pan, and you'd wait forever to boil a big pot of water for pasta.

I own this range and recommend AGAINST buying it. I've been very disappointed.

I know this thread is old, but I wanted to mention I have had a problem with my front right burner similar to the problem described by thomas_2008. Mine is not on LP. All the burners work fine, except for the front right burner. The front right one adjusts from high flame down to almost nothing as you turn the knob from Hi to about 7. Then from 7 down to low, there is virtually no adjustment at all --- just extremely low all the way. I had the valve replaced under warantee and it still works exactly the same way. Since then GE has insisted that this feature is "by design," although they can give no rationale for why it would have been designed this way. They refuse to do anything more. They told me if I call for another warrantee service call for this same porblem, they will not replace the valve, but instead they will charge me for the service call for "customer education." I've escalated the issue several levels and they all insist that this is "by design," so if that is true, and you decide to buy one of these ranges you can be guaranteed it will work exactly as I described --- no heat adjustment from Lo through 7, and then a big jump between 7 and Hi --- according to GE that ia how it works "by design," so presumably they all work the same way. If you could live with that feature, then otherwise the range is great and you might consider it; however, I have to warn you that my experience with the Warrantee Service department and Customer Relations department were horrible. For that reason I would recommend against any GE products at this point. I know I'm not going to buy any in the future unless this range issue gets resolved.