Kitchenaid (whirlpool)sucks. I just replaced a membrane button on my friends range. Kitchenaid knew the buttons had a design flaw and were prone to failing. Instead of redesigning a button, they decided it was cheaper to write code (computer code) so the range would sense when the button was "stuck" (really broken), the range would say "Button Stuck" on the screen.

$900 oven, my friend already paid $300 to have the part replaced once. I was able to do it again for them for the cost of the part $140.

Have you seen and touched the KA yourself?

When I was hoping to have space for a 48" range in my new kitchen, I looked at the KA because the price was so much better than anything else. I was sorely disappointed when I actually got to see and put my hands on one IRL. It seemed cheap and flimsy. The knobs had incredible play, so much that I wondered how you could get the knob in the place you want. Plus, the second oven was too tiny for me.