Major Kitchen Appliances

[edmorel]

the capitol has a 19K BTU burner

, I want to burn $hit!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by edmorel

the capitol has a 19K BTU burner

, I want to burn $hit!!!!!!!!!!

Nice. I bet that would get you that wok char, so hard to get at home.

 

[antirabbit]

My particular Calder is 22K-25K center burner.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by antirabbit

My particular Calder is 22K-25K center burner.

My god!

 

[dopey]

We are renting, which means we don't have to worry about any of this stuff. I think that is good.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by dopey

We are renting, which means we don't have to worry about any of this stuff. I think that is good.

I think you are making the wisest move.

 

[antirabbit]

Yeah, these decisions actually suck to make.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by dopey

We are renting, which means we don't have to worry about any of this stuff. I think that is good.

We bought a place with all this stuff in it so we don't have to worry about any of it either.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by antirabbit

Yeah, these decisions actually suck to make.
And no matter how hard you try, you will screw up some of them...

 

[shoreman1782]

Bump--I have a small tax refund burning a hole in my pocket... thinking new range, maybe new fridge. Any recent experiences with the $1500-$2k range bosch models? Tried browsing gardenweb and chowhound but got a headache.

 

[Fred49]

Don't get a Subzero, Wolf, Jennaire or a Viking refer unless you want to meet your repairman 4 or 5 times.

 

[Christofuh]

What's wrong with Wolf ?

 

[Fred49]

They break down if you dont clean the filter which is busy sucking up dog and cat hair, dust and dirt. The technology is 20 years old. Try Liebherr they are quiet and dont have a filter plus they have LEDs

 

[Christofuh]

Liebherr is zee German from what I recall.
How is the pricing vis-Ã -vis Wolf ?

 

[shoreman1782]

If you read consumer reviews (which, as a rule, will always lean to the complain-y), you're going to find a rant about pretty much every high-end appliance brand. All that says to me is that I can only afford to spend $4k on a cooktop and oven if I can also afford to be disappointed. I'm sure there are a lot of people quite happy with their big timer appliances.

Since I'm just replacing, not remodeling, I'm considering this Bosch range. Sealed gas burners on a glass top, electric oven w/ convection. Other than the touchscreen, it seems to be relatively no frills, designwise, which I prefer over some of the overloaded, try-hard models in the price range.

There's also an outlet near me with pretty good prices on a couple of nice 30" "pro" models from kitchenaid, bertazzoni, dacor, and bluestar, in order of increasing price--any red flags on those brands?