Ok, new stove is here, but not installed. Friday, the installers say. sheesh.
"It is always something" as Rosanna Rosannadana used to say.

New Stove is all stainless, even the top! it has a warming drawer! billions of BTU's on one burner and a teeny tiny burner that will slowly melt chocolat on its "melt" setting. Bells and whistles.

I troubled over the lack of black on the top which is why I picked the countertops that I did. (really!) but I think I will live. And I think that the best thing will be to have the Saga of the Stove completed and entered into the annals of HISTORY, not present tense. (Tense is right! )