Don't buy a Wolf or Electrolux! I haven't hear of other brands having flaking interiors recently.

Miele make a nice oven. So does Gaggenau if you really like the blue interior.

Antss, I had the same problem with my Fisher & Paykel oven. Well, maybe not exactly the same, because I didn't have loose pieces flying around like Rockmanor and the Electrolux owner, but whenever I did self-clean, there were more pits and bare spots where it seems to have bubbled and chipped off. I am currently waiting for my new F&P oven, which has a gray-black interior, I believe. Does that color not flake or chip, or is it just not noticeable as with blue, because the metal underneath is the same color?

Okay, so add F&P to Wolf and Electrolux. Sigh...that was one dh liked.

I don't care if the interior is blue, grey, black, or pink - I just don't want it to flake off. I also never again want to see little strands of fiberglass floating around during a convection or cleaning cycle. It seems that would all be worrisome enough for anyone, but it's even more so when you don't know whether the symptoms a family member is experiencing are due to ingesting foreign objects from the oven's interior or to a flare up of serious IBD.

So, do *all* ovens have some sort of porcelain lining?

Rockmanor

In the pas ti have had Bluestar make stainless steel oven interiors as a special order, so it is possible to get what you are looking for.

Rockmanor, which F&P were you looking at? The F&P with the blue interior is no longer being made, and the new ones have the black/gray. Like I said, I don't know if the color is the problem, or if others aren't noticing, but it seems like all of us with complaints have blue.

Shoot...Just realized you were talking about ranges and I was talking about the change in oven models.

The F&P dh saw is the OR48DDPWGX1 (48 in. dual fuel.) It's on Lowe's website for about $6K. I think he figured on banking the difference against future repair costs.

I'm too tired to care right now. We're having more water intrusion issues with the house and the builder is dodging his responsibility (and on other problems, too.) We've had just one week without a sub or svc. tech here since we moved in, and that was because I insisted on a respite for Christmas. This morning I bought the materials to build a work surface to fit the gap and will use the space to set up an electric griddle, countertop convection oven, rice cooker and crockpot. At least this way they'll be beneath the vent hood. The way I feel now, I may put off buying a new range until we're ready to sell this house - whether that's in two years or ten.

Your own 'custom' modular cook center! :-) Really, though, I hope you find a range to suit. I have to add, that mine is the only F&P oven I've heard of with this problem, and several people on the forums have them...So maybe the F&P range would be OK.