New Capital Culinarian range models

11 years ago

I'm trying to decide whether to switch from a 30" American Range Performer LP range to one of the new Capital Culinarian manual clean models (which I would likely purchase from Trevor Lawson at Eurostoves). Any thoughts out there on:

1. Is the new 30" CC manual clean model as good or better than the old model?

2. Is there a better chance of Capital manufacturing a properly working unit than American Range?

3. Is there a better chance of Capital providing better service than AR if/when things go wrong?

4. Are there any issues with the CC LP design in being able to produce good performance?

Deeageux - do you still have your CC? Still like it?

Anyone else?

Thanks!

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Brandon Callison
11 years ago
what range if any did you choose if any?

i just had my MCOR486GL delivered a week ago.
foodiefrog
Original Author
11 years ago
I ended up getting the MCOR304LP (propane) from Eurostoves and it was delivered ~1.5 weeks ago. We're still getting to know it but so far it's great. The burners are incredible! They worked like a charm with essentially no adjustments needed after installation. The three 25K burners are super strong on hi, yet they turn down to an incredibly small flame on low. It's quite the range of temperature. We only used the oven a few times thus far, but it cooked those items well (trays of bacon, a batch of muffins). The thermostat seems to be set for using convection, and when we don't want to use convection we need to turn the setting to ~25 degrees higher than the temp we want. For example, if a recipe calls for 350 degrees no convection, we generally need to set it to 375. When first turning on the oven, the heatup seems to turn off well before the oven reaches the temp setting. We found that turning on convection during heatup helps the oven get to the temp setting more quickly. The fit and finish is great. No scratches and everything is put together well. We haven't used the broiler or the wok ring yet but look forward to using them. My best moment thus far is when the CC brought ~6 quarts of water to boil (for cooking pasta) in like 5-7 minutes. I was surprised and elated!

We are way, way happier with this CC than a similar-model American Range that did not work out for us at all.

How do you like your 48-incher?

Anyone else?
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Brandon Callison
11 years ago
I'm pretty happy so far we have some igniter clicking on certain burners. the oven doors are square to each other but not the body. I've only used the griddle to warm up some flower tortillas and thats mostly due to how well the burners heat my cheap non-stick aluminum pans (12.00 at ocean state job lot) my better pans are stainless (all-clad) but the cheap pans work so well they preheat in like 20sec! i haven't tried to roast anything since its summer but my wife has tried to make cookies a few time with mixed results, burnt bottoms on one batch. on a side note we opted for the 46" 600 cfm Vent-A-Hood insert due to an open box deal and i'm quite happy with the choice probable not strong enough to handle all six burners on high but lets be real you will never cook with all six at once on high! but i did make fried chicken in an 8qt pot last night using bacon rendering and my house doesn't remotely smell of fry oil or bacon so id say the hood is doing a fine job.