Our new Bluestar is here!

18 years ago

Yes, our new 48" was installed late Friday, and we're tickled pink. Actually, we're tickled pine green.

It was absloutely necessary to burn in the ovens while running the vent. The smoke was fearsome, but it all seemed to be gone long before the recommended shut-off time.

Thank you Dorcas and Corky for your kind assistance in making your own BS available for us to check out, and for referring us to Eurostoves. Hopefully, Trevor will never have a customer who bothers him less.

We installed the range according to the very limited manual, and everything seems to work perfectly. I'll probably need to make minor burner adjustments after we get some cooking time under our belts.

My wife cooked her usual gallon of humming bird sugar/water mix, and it reached a boil in short order. Our first meal of eggs and Canadian bacon were no trouble. However, I recall seeing tutorial-like information on some site, and now I cannot find it. Any ideas?? I'd like to explore more information before really jumping into the full cooking routine.

For the "how to move the thing into your home?" questions: we had it off-loaded by the shipper onto a loading dock, thus negating any tendency on the driver's part to not take care of "our baby." There, we kept it on its pallet and used a fork-lift to load it onto a pick-up truck for the drive to our house. There, six big guys helped set it down on a heavy-duty dolly, and then we used 5/8" thick plywood ramps supported by blocks to move it up two steps onto the front porch and up another step into the house, then rolling it into the kitchen. There we unpacked the thing, again requiring a lot of lifting power to get the pallet out from underneath. Then, after screwing in the feet, we set it on good glides and, after connecting the power and gas, we slid it into place. This kept the process under our control, so that nothing was damaged. There were three screws that had come loose and were rattling around in the grate area, and I expect to search out where these belong, if anywhere.

Anyway, we're tickled and will be happy to show our range to prospective buyers in our southern Illinois (Carbondale-Murphysboro) area.

Jim Henry

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Comments (3)

cpovey
18 years ago
Congrats on the new range. Sounds like you did an excellent job in installing it. Yes, let it age a few days, then go through the burner adjustments, both high and low.

If you think it's fun so far, try a simple stir fry with a decent wok. I recommend the Wok Shop. They have a starter kit with a 14" wok for about $60 that is good, but if I had to do it again, I would upgrade to a 16" wok. I think it would fit the BS burner better.

I also recommend the book "breath of a wok" by Grace Young before purchasing the wok. The wok shop carries them, as do standard places like Amazon. Excellent in helping to choose a wok. Just don't buy stainless or non-stick and you will be in excellent shape! If in doubt, give the Wok shop a call-they are excellent people to deal with and can put a starter kit together with any wok they sell.

Here is a link that might be useful: Wok Shop
breezy_2
18 years ago
Congrats on your new BS. I am not sure how your burn in was but mine was insignificant compared to my Wolf. As my BS came to about 375 degrees, it began smoking heavily but only about 10 minutes then quit. At 500 it started again but less and lasted about 5 minutes. I let it go for another hour or so but no more smoke then or in subsequent uses.

My previous Wolf, I was not familiar with the process and actually called Wolf in a panick. The impressive thing was they already knew (by my serial number) who I was, what I had and when it was installed (which was that day). At any rate, they explained the process and a solid 6 hours later the smoke finally subsided but we had residual burn in for several weeks after that before we were completely free of burn in related fumes. However, the Wolf performed quite well, I was just surprised at the difference b/t the 2 as to burn in. The Wolf was a 36/6 AG and the Bluestar is a 60 inch.

For installation, I purchased a neat item called a lift and roll dolley.It is a 2 piece dolley system that straps to either end of an appliance kind of like matching hsnd trucks. Once secured, the wheels are lowered by a simple hand pumped hydraulic jack system and lifts the unit about 3 inches and rolls with the push of a finger. Once off loaded in the driveway, the installer and I rolled the 1,000 pound unit inside the garage, over the 4 inch threshhold into the house and into its home by ourselves with little effort. It is great for moving any heavy items including furniture, appliances, even safes up to 1750 pounds.
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jerseygirl_2008
18 years ago
can we have a report on your vent? how is it working?