Kitchen & Bath

Range Suggestions

We are thinking of renovating our kitchen and want suggestions on ranges. We cook many evenings and will spend a bit. Our only spec is it must be 30″ as the kitchen is not that big. We have heard viking are good but break often and GE monogram are nice. Any tips out there?

by Rocketjen
07/13/2009

We are thinking of renovating our kitchen and want suggestions on ranges. We cook many evenings and will spend a bit. Our only spec is it must be 30″ as the kitchen is not that big. We have heard viking are good but break often and GE monogram are nice. Any tips out there?

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Comments

  1. I have had both the WOLF dual fuel (gas burner + electric oven) and VIKING professional (all gas). Both have serious fire power, but for small quality details I prefer the Wolf.

    The WOLF dual fuel oven has useful controls to do stuff like turn off the pot roast at 5pm & or when the temperature probe hits 170F. The WOLF standard stovetop trivets are also better shape for sliding pots around (the flatter nicer trivets are an upgrade accessory with Viking), and the sealed gas burners are a winner for keeping crumbs and spills out. In addition to their signature red knobs, the cobalt blue oven interior makes everything that comes out of it look more delicious, in my opinion.

    My best dishwasher ever was a Miele. Their sanitizing super-hot wash option for canning jars / baby bottles and ingenious top tray for cutlery are worth the extra expense for Miele alone, whereas my Viking DW doesn’t seem to dry thoroughly and is not as quiet. However, in the gas cooktop department, the Miele don’t seem to have enough BTU output unless you cook very lightly.

    There are a lot of opinions on appliances on gardenweb’s house forum, by the way.

    Happy cooking

  2. We have some crappy rental stove with a self cleaning oven. Cooks just as well as any other stove. The self cleaning oven is very convenient.

  3. If you’re considering a Viking, I’d look at the Wolf dual fuel instead. I think it’s a much more reliable range. I do not recommend the Wolf all gas, which is less expensive than the dual fuel. Our house came with one and I don’t think it is worth the money and lacks a lot of features I would want in a range that expensive. The Wolf All Gas has no sealed burners, no self cleaning oven, no ultra low simmer, all burners have the same BTUs AND no timer – a silly quibble but it annoys me on a daily basis. Even your basic GE apartment grade range has a timer!! I had a DCS in my last house – not a fan of that either. I really liked my Mongram range and I think it’s great value for the money. If you decide against a pro-style range, I like the Electrolux my friends just installed in their kitchen.

  4. we have a bosch convection. i’m pretty disappointed with it.

    the knobs are pretty crummy, 2 of them dont stay on the front anymore
    and kind of pop off although i can’t figure out why…theyre not broken or cracked.
    We’ve only had this range for 2 or 3 years….the knob porblem happened in the the 2nd year.
    As far as convection…i know people say it cooks fast but i’ve found that not to be the case. ours cooks evenly but not any faster. my 2 cents.

  6. I’m getting a mid-range Bosch hob and oven fitted in the next week or so – will let you know how it goes. Very good value and excellent reputation so I’ve got my fingers crossed.

    Beyond that, the Bosch dryer that I have is a real trooper.

  7. One more vote for the Bluestar RNB series. Can’t beat a 22,000 BTU burner with even heat distribution. Add in a convection oven, a great broiler, and good looks and you’ve got a winner.

  8. I love my Viking 36 inch dual fuel stove (and hood), as well as my 36 inch Viking built in fridge. People who see my kitchen also love how they look (i.e., very good for resale). I bought mine from a store in NJ that sells display models and got more than 50% off! Good luck…

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