Well, seeing that nobody has responded, I'll chime in and maybe that will attract some further responses.

Basically, if you are looking for pro-style gas ranges priced below $2400, I can't say that I know of any better current deals. Maybe you could score on an eBay auction if you don't mind gambling?

If this is not an "I need a stove pdq" situation, there are the $200-off sales that Costco occasionally runs on the NXRs. That would take the price down to $1799 on the 30" NXR. The timing of these sales is unpredictable, though. Also, depending on your Costco membership level and whether you use a Costco Amex card, there could be year-end rebates of up to 5%.

Have you actually seen the DCS? How dinged and dented is it? What do you know about the vendor and what kinds of guarantees would you be getting? Depending on the situation, a ding-n-dent can be a great deal or somebody unloading a disaster.

You say your brother has an NXR. If you can try out his stove, that will likely tell you a lot about whether getting one would be a good enough deal for you.

Besides that, I'm assuming that you already have been through the NXR discussions here and seen the pros and cons discussed. If you've got access to ConsumerReports.org, you can find my a detailed discussion of my NXR under CR's test results for the stove in the appliances section.

This post was edited by JWVideo on Sat, Oct 18, 14 at 11:38

Thank you for the response. After even more reading I am leaning towards the NXR unless a great deal happens on craigslist. I did see a Dacor, but still trying to find out the model number.

They have it listed at 1500, but it is used. I would offer less of course. I saw some good reviews on these also.