of the disclosure for example the respective sets of spill containing strips could be angled to one another or one or both of them could be curved or wavy the grid like pattern can also be disposed across the burner 12 the control knobs 14 a the control panel 14 b and or the fan region 16 alternatively as shown in fig2 a the burners 12 or other regions can remain uncovered by the grid like pattern or any other portion of the hydrophobic pattern 18 the grid like hydrophobic pattern 18 defines a plurality of non hydrophobic spill containment regions 20 a 1 to 20 a p where p is the number of non hydrophobic spill containment regions disposed on the top surface 10 in general each of the non hydrophobic spill containment regions 20 a 1 to 20 a p is completely bounded encircled and or enclosed by four of the spill containment strips and is therefore square rectangular and or box shaped in the case where the grid pattern is not continuously disposed over the burners 12 control knobs 14 a control panels 14 b or fan 16 regions the non hydrophobic spill containment regions disposed near those features may have a different shape and may be bounded by four spill containment strips with portions of other spill.