Hey Johnny:

Had my BlueStar since 2007.
I've had pasta water boil over, a couple of unfortunate accidents with hot grease and one incident involving an electric kettle being put on the 22K burner and welding everything together with thermoplastic (didn't get on the ignitor or down the venturi tube).
Haven't had an ignitor crack yet.

Of course, I can't unscrew the glass cover on one of the two oven lights to replace the burnt out bulb. But I'm too cheap to buy a strap wrench.

Thanks Philly - good to know that there's someone who has a Blue Star and likes it! I often wonder if the people who have issues are way fewer in number than the people that don't - but are just more vocal about it.

Generally, on any forum, you'll find more negative reviews because people who are unhappy with a product want to vent. This forum is a bit more balanced with a lot of people posting positive reviews but we once had a woman who was so unhappy with her Viking that she posted the same complaint on a least a dozen threads.

By the way, I've had a DCS range for 9 years and I'm still very pleased with it and had very few problems all of which were promptly addressed under the original warranty.

I've had my Bluestar RNB 6 burner since October 2010. It gets used almost everyday and so far no complaints. It's the best part on my kitchen reno.
Though, according to your post, you'll be going for a RCS series which many people on this forum are pleased with.
From what I've learned on this forum, if you live in Canada, Costco seems to have a deal on the RCS ranges. So that might me worth a look.
Good luck.

Have you checked out the Bertazzoni range? I don't personally have one but was considering it when looking for a new range. I think there are several people here who have them that are very happy with them. If you do a search on the forum, you will be able to find some posts about them.

I doubt there is a stove made today where you wont see negative reviews on it somewhere for something.
More people are apt to write a review if their stove is pure crap than if they have absolutely no problems with it.

But you do have take negative reviews seriously especially if there are LOTS of them and most for many of the same reasons then you know there is a problem.

Blue Stars were just about $1000 over my preferred price range, they looked nice but when I was looking for stoves about 5 months ago and going back to over a year I saw a bit too many complaints on them for me to have been comfortable buying one.

I ended up with an NXR 30" stove for $1799 shipped to the door and have no regrets it at all.
when I was looking I only saw one single complaint on this stove and that one was clearly because of a "Shipping" problem, since then I have seen 2 other complaints that are actually about the stove itself and both have complained about the blue enamel chipping off inside the oven.

Mine has had no such problem yet so we will see.

But still just 2 complaints is all I have seen so not bad.

The NXR has the same burners as the Wolf, 4- 15,000BTU burners that are double stack so each one is also a very low simmer burner if needed which personally that is the only configuration I would ever buy.
I don't want one 18K burner, then one 12K then one 9K then one little simmer burner, I despise that.

Another good option would be to look for a nice old 1950's O'Keefe & Merritt that is probably about the most reliable stove you will find at any price.

we have a Wolf Rangetop and are VERY happy with it - No regrets. I believe you will hear more from people who are unhappy - they are looking for info on the forums etc.... We also like our miele ovens. Jury is out on the Bosch dishwashers though