High End Stoves - Your Recommendations!!! (glass, lights, price, square)

[oregonwoodsmoke]

I've got a gas cook top that is easy to clean. Take off the heavy cast iron grates, throw them into the dishwasher, and the area under the burners just wipes up. Food doesn't get burned on. I suppose the burners are high enough above the base to not get that hot.



I don't see any brand name on it, but the rest of the appliances are GE Profile, so that is probably what it is.


The very best cook top for cleaning that I've ever used was in Britain and I've searched but never found anything like it. The burners were high up off the base so it didn't burn food onto the stove and then the area under the burners slid out to be washed (large drip tray.) It was a joy to cook on and really easy to clean. I don't know how you'd get one like that, but if you see one, grab it up.


Most stoves can be special ordered in white if you don't want stainless steel. I'm not a huge fan of stainless steel, but that's what came with the house, so I can live with it.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by nobodysbusiness

I have a slide in glass range, which includes an oven (also gas, of course, since it's the same unit).
I am not the one who said anything about a glass range, and I don't want a glass range.

1. I am confused.
You wrote glass.

2. Do you want a gas oven or would you consider electric?

[nobodysbusiness]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

1. I am confused.
You wrote glass.

2. Do you want a gas oven or would you consider electric?

Yes. I apparently did. That was a typo.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by nobodysbusiness

Yes. I apparently did. That was a typo.

And, an answer to my question about oven?

[Threerun]

Whatever you do stay the hell away from GE Cafe- it's JUNK. These are the 'power burners' from my range top after less than 2 years on each!



They warped until they were totally useless. I had to fight with GE to get them to replace them. We're on our third burner and it's starting to warp like the others. I told GE we use that power burner A LOT- we can a lot of food- make big batches of soups- WE COOK.

You know what the 'Customer Care Manager' said?- "It appears you're getting the stove too hot".

I became unglued! I said (and I quote)- "IT'S A FREKIN' STOVE!!!!!!"

Anyway- We are going backwards and picked up a nice Wedgewood stove built in the 1940's. Heavy as a tank, a woodburner on the left side too. I'm sending the burner assemblies out to be re-porcelained and need to get a new safety valve and pilot assembly. It works fine as is- but I figured I should update the important things. I'm going to rewire the clock and lights as well.





Right now I have it set up in my shop


These things are cool as hell. You turn the burner knob a quarter turn and only the center 'top hot' burners light up- precise simmer mode! Turn them all the way the whole assembly fires up and then you can regulate the heat down with all burners fired. All mechanical- no electronics, lol. We like the old school look and the craftsmanship from the era when US manufacturing was King of King's.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by Threerun

Whatever you do stay the hell away from GE Cafe.

GE Café is not "high end".
GE Monogram is "higher" and still not high end.
GE does not make a high-end line.

[nobodysbusiness]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

And, an answer to my question about oven?

I'm pretty sure I said my range is gas, and then again, said the stovetop and oven are gas. So gas.

[Threerun]

Originally Posted by davebarnes

GE Café is not "high end".
GE Monogram is "higher" and still not high end.
GE does not make a high-end line.

I don't care. I never said it was 'High End'. All I said is stay AWAY. I got that POS Cafe on rack clearance to replace a POS glass top electric crap cooker. 'High End' is subjective to the buyer, frankly. And 'high end' doesn't mean quality either. Some of the touted 'high end appliances' are crap. That's a fact.

Those Wedgewoods ran $400-$500 in the 40's. They were just under O'Keefe & Merrit on the scale of appliances.

And they still work.

[WRM20]

Wolf 6 burner gas range top and a separate Wolf electric convection oven is what we have in our kitchen. They are awesomely great. You can get them in a range, with gas on top, electric in the oven. Worth every penny.

[Nik4me]

Look into AGA range- different configurations, styles and colors.