Asked and answered, your honor. Use the search feature*, cottageandcreek, and you'll find several useful threads on Bertazzoni. You're not alone in your questions; I plan to get a X304GGV "Professional" when I save the money.

PS welcome to the forum.

*PPS: use the search feature at the bottom of the forum, which seems to work better than the 'main' search field in the banner. Hey, Gardenweb is free; it ain't perfect.

No decent cook needs an oven temperature gauge. They just need a learned relationship with their oven.

I agree with plinko if you use the oven everyday for a lot of cookin.

Otherwise for occasional use the temp indicator maybe useful.

I personally don't care and have external temp monitoring if temp accuracy is very important otherwise its not necessary.

Also i am not sure how the temp sensor works on bertazzoni, i.e how accurate is it.

It all boils down to what kind of cook are you.

Thanks for the advice. I've decided on the 30" Professional.

Congrats! What color? We bought a 30" pro a month ago. So far, it's a dream.

Plinko,

My berta was just installed but I notice that using more than one burner at a time really impacts their output. Do you experience the same issue? I was using the large front burner on high and when I turned on the back burner, the flames dropped significantly.

I wonder if my gas pressure is low.

I also turned the oven on for the first time and ran on high for an hour. According to my thermometer, it only got up to 450

motley -- not normal with the burners. The oven can be adjusted (per the manual).

I decided to go with the stainless steel and save the budget a bit. I just moved into the house in late August and the 16-year-old cherry cabinets were high quality and I couldn't justify tearing them out, though I've considered painting them, to everyone's horror! I may paint them eventually. The stainless seemed to be the best option against the cabinets. What color did you get? They're all great. I would've loved a Heritage in the soft cream color. That was way out of my budget however!

Thanks Rococogurl,

I will make my first (and hopefully last) service request to see if they can get it regulated correctly.

I believe the installer changed the gas valve on the wall as it was the wrong size. Could it be that there's not adequate gas coming in? This replaced a dual fuel cooktop/oven.

We have had a complete nightmare with our Bertazzoni oven. Four breakdowns in under five years. Don't be fooled by the appliance's good looks! In our experience, these are not reliable ovens.