Ranges

[cmben]

I am in the planning stages of remodeling my kitchen from the ugly "L" tract home monster to a open plan "country" kitchen with all the bells & whistles to feed my hobby of preparing food for family & friends. To that end I have been researching stove/ranges. My last "pro" kitchen I had a restaurant Wolf. It was big, great heat, huge oven but no convection or broiler. I've looked at Viking, Wolf {home series} , Aga and Bertazzoni. The Bertazzoni is a new import from Italy. It looks great, has five burners, big oven w/ convection and best of all is about $1500. less then the home grown brands. You can buy a lot of toys for a kitchen with an extra $1500! The question is. does any of my egullet correspondents have any experience with the Bertazzoni stoves. Any other suggestions?

[jackal10]

I love my Aga...

[deltadoc]

My last "pro" kitchen I had a restaurant Wolf. Any other suggestions?

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My thought is that if you've been used to using a real commercial power restaurant range like Wolf, you'll never be happy with the "pro-style" residential ranges. They "look" great, but lack power.

I'm in the process of re-remodeling my kitchen cause I made the mistake to go with a Thermador "Professional" Gas Cooktop. THose 15k BTU burners/griddle/grill just don't cut it for me.

Looking at a 60" Wolf, American, or Superior. A little firebrick all around, a bigger gas pipe, a few adjustments to my Vent-a-Hood, and I should be there!

doc

[Bond Girl]

I am in the same process....unfortunately, I don't have a hood that vents out in a 450 square feet apartment, so supposedly, the pro-style ranges are out for me.

[Joe Blowe]

Be sure to check out Blue Star's RNB series of ranges -- 22,000 BTUs is probably the highest output burner you'll find in a "pro-style" range meant for residential use...

[rich]

I am in the same process....unfortunately, I don't have a hood that vents out in a 450 square feet apartment, so supposedly, the pro-style ranges are out for me.

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At 450 square feet I'm surprised you have room for a sink, never mind a stove. Good luck!!!

[cmben]

Be sure to check out Blue Star's RNB series of ranges -- 22,000 BTUs is probably the highest output burner you'll find in a "pro-style" range meant for residential use...

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Thank you! RNB looks perfect for my needs. I appreciate the tip.

[Hawthorne]

It's probably too late for me to get in on this - but I have a 48" viking, and though I swore I wouldn't give it up, we have retired and will have to sell our house. My initial reaction to this was 'where I go, that stove goes', but I've found a possible source for a commercial range, and I may succumb to that :-) I expect leaving it will make the otherwise dubious kitchen more attractive, and it would cost a fortune to move anyway. I won't mind trading up, but no way will I go back to basic residential.

The Viking has been great - it's certainly a thousand percent better than anything else I have cooked on, and the 24" grill has been a wonderful toy. I looked at other ranges, and might have gone elsewhere, but it was the only one I could find that we could fit through the door, and at that the clearance was about 1/16", we thought we'd have to take the knobs off!

We are building the new place, so will be able to put any fool thing in we can find, but if I can go commercial, I'll do it.

Having said all that - measure everything very carefully. Ultimately, our decision pn the Viking was made by the width of the narrowest door it had to pass through. I don't regret it, but after some measuring we found the options seriously limited.