yes:fingerprints on frig handles become manageable, but cooking spatters, liquids, grease, spills, etc on the top cooking surface will take maintenance to a whole different level. The stainless front will be okay, you'll wipe that for fingerprints and to buff here and there...but the top would be easier in a different material. We have a white slidein-maytag-and it looks quite cozy in there even with a stainless frig and dishwasher. Get a counter with white particles with cool or other colors and a white range seems to work. On the same principle-you could do all black-tho shiny....whereas the white is matte-but either might be easier than stainless. You have options certainly.

How about gas on glass????

I have gas on glass and it's easy to keep clean. Every once in a while, something gets cooked on and I have to let a little vinegar sit on it and then it wipes away.

In my old kitchen I had a gas Kenmore stainless cooktop. In spite of being a stainless top, it was pretty easy to keep clean. In my new kitchen I have a stainless Kenmore slide-in range with a black finish on the cooktop. It shows every speck of dust and is a total PIA to keep looking clean. If I had it to do over again, I would get a slide-in that has a stainless cooktop.

Mcmjilly......can you explain what gas on glass is? What "color" is the glass? I have only seen black or SS tops.....what brand do you have? Thanks!

The glass is black. I have a Bosch. Kitchenaid also has gas on black glass.

I wouldn't recommend the Bosch because of the cheap "stainless finish" knobs which are really just white plastic painted with metallic paint. When oil gets on the knobs, the paint peels off. I've gotten a replacement set from Bosch and now they are starting to peel. (Bosch, I hope you're reading this!) I've had the range for

Thanks mcmjilly...I will be careful to check the knobs before I buy....We're not really into cooking, so just want a basic slide in that looks nice and is easy to clean....

We have the Kenmore Elite Induction Slide-in-which I LOVE. I don't think it is hard to clean the front at all. In fact I think it is much easier than the fridge.

Just to clarify im not talking about the front of the range but the part under the grates where the burners are being stainless.also I am new to the gas on glass thing someone mentioned it to me at Lowes, I guess its ceramic coated glass with gas burners,so it looks like a electric cooktop but with gas burners.I have yet to see one in person yet, so not sure about the whole thing