Range Cooker Recommendations - Ilve or Bertazzoni

15 years ago

Hi All

I am living in Australia and due to great forums like this one not available for us I thought I'd ask for your feedback...

We are looking at purchasing a range cooker. I do love the Wolf brand however our $$ don't extend to that. We've looked at Bertazzoni and Ilve so in that price point would be preferable.

Firstly any feedback on Bertazzoni or Ilve? The two we are comparing have gas cooktop and electric oven - Bertazzoni Professional Series X366MFEX and Ilve P80WMP or P90 6 burner. Bertazzoni is a self clean model.

Anything else we should consider in that price and quality range?

The salesperson I've spoken to is really pushing the Berta but I'm not sure if it's the better cooker or has the bigger kick back for him. Wish there was more transparency!

I often hear both brands compared to Italian cars - look great but something is always going wrong. I hope this isn't the case.

Many thanks in advance for your help!

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born_free
Original Author
15 years ago
Forgot to add that we are looking at 36" or 90cms (ish) for the metric folk!
luvhome
15 years ago
I don't have experience using either, but I saw the Bertazzoni Professional in an appliance showroom yesterday, and was considering it because it does look nice. You say you are looking at the dual-fuel models, and the one I saw was all gas so this may not be an issue, but I would caution you to look at the oven temperature control. On the Berta I saw, it just didn't give me confidence that it was sensitive enough to pick up where exactly the dial was turned to, 325, 350, etc., because there was so much play in the dial and there wasn't that much room between the numbers. If the dual-fuel has a temperature display, or if the dial "clicks" into each of the temperature settings, then it might be better. Good luck with your choice!
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born_free
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you so much luvhome.

I will try and research the temperature control and see if it's an issue.

... And yes they do look good!
mawrter
15 years ago
I have an ILVE 48" dual fuel range & it's the bomb. Installation was a little picky, but the performance is fabulous.