Bluestar griddle thickness is 3/8th.

Thanks Trevor! Would you still recommend Bluestar over Wolf given that the Wolf griddle is 3/4"? Does the BS griddle perform just as well as the Wolf?

My first question would be... Which will you use the most on a daily basis ...Burners or Griddle ???

I'll chime in as a daily Bluestar griddle user for almost three years, I love it and it performs wonderfully!

Actually, I'm very curious if Wolf's is really 3/4" thick? That is one thick piece of cold rolled steel, and would take forever and a day to heat up....

I will be using the burners on a daily basis. I will use the griddle maybe 3x a week? But the griddle will get heavy use when we are hosting family/friends which will be once a week.

Cookncarpenter -- how long does it take to heat up your griddle? I'm planning on the 24" and I wonder if it will take forever....

IMO.. most if not all griddles take about 20 min - 25min to get EVENLY hot, the thermostat light may go off earlier but that does not mean the griddle plate will have even heat. Wolf has a 15k btu burner under the griddle as does the Bluestar so you would expect that the Wolf will take maybe 10 min even 15 mins longer at a guess.

As noted above griddles are controlled by thermostats, so once the thermostat kicks in to cycle the heat both griddles will be equally as good as or as bad as each other each other depending on peoples feelings. Look at it this way they are both made of the same cold rolled steel, both the same size and heated by the same fuel type. The thickness of the plate should not make much if any difference at all.

Personally I would not sacrifice daily use of the open burners on a BS for the sealed burners on a Wolf. The burners will make a much larger difference than the extra thickness of of the griddle plate.

Trevor, Isn't the double griddle on the Wolf a 30,000 BTU infrared griddle? Would that make a more even heat?

Trevor may correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the BS 24" griddle has two 15k burners under it? With both burners on, I would think it should take no longer to heat than the 12".

I turn mine on to about 325* when I come down for my first cup of coffee or glass of milk. Within 10 min. it's ready for eggs. If I'm cooking french toast or pancakes, I'll let it go through a couple cycles to even out, 15-20 mins. total. It doesn't take long to get a good seasoning on the griddle, (I never use soap on mine) and it becomes wonderfully non stick and a joy to cook on :)

As far as the open burners go, they are what sold me over the Wolf, and I know I made the right decision there, hands down.

According to Wolf's site it says this "6 Duel Stacked burners + 15,000 btu infrared griddle" so your correct that it will have 2 x 15k making 30K overall as does the BS.

Thank you everyone! This forum is AWESOME!!!! Bluestar it is....that is...if we are going gas. Dh is now considering induction after I told him that I was most definitely going Bluestar. The decisions never end! I will start another thread but now we are considering Bluestar 48 double griddle vs Thermador Freedom Induction or Gaggenau Zoneless Induction. Apples and oranges, I know!

Can anyone comment on whether or not the infrared burner of the Wolf is any better than the burners on the Bluestar? Would the Wolf heat up any faster than the Bluestar? Making a decision soon between a 48" Wolf and Bluestar with 24" griddle... Appreciate the input!

We've had a 36" AG Wolf w/ 12" griddle for about 17 years. Griddle has worked quite well, heats evenly, recovers fast. We use it for a variety of things from pancakes to plancha to french top for sauces. New kitchen will likely have a 48" w/ 24" griddle.

Has anyone used both Wolf and BS and can comment on the BS RNB integrated griddle? Lots of talk of specs, thickness, infrared and that it 'should' be as even and fast recovery as Wolf but has anyone used both and can comment?

Thanks,

I would love to know if you are still loving your BlueStar griddle. I'm debating between a 36" BlueStar or Wolf

Three of us, all in the market for new ranges, were talking about griddles this morning.

The Wolf griddle is fairly even within about 5-10° across it's surface and recovers quickly, seeming to stay within about +/- 5° of it's setting.

Bluestar looks worse with much higher temp differentials. The big question is if these much greater temp differences make a difference in cooking. I believe they do.

Given that the Wolf is IR vs tube and twice as thick, these results aren't too surprising.

We use our griddle a lot and this may be too poor of performance for us. The much better griddle on the Wolf may be more valuable than the better burners on the BS. We'll have go over to the showroom and do some cooking on the BS griddle to see how bad it is in reality.

Update. We recently verified the temps on a BS RNB griddle with a Thermoworks IR gun and the notes above from BS are fairly accurate except we were seeing in excess of 35°f difference across the surface side to side rather than 20-25°. The thermostat swing appears to be about 50°f for 400° set point.

So, better than a burner top griddle but not as good as a Wolf.

@opane i'm in the market for gas rangetop i'm deciding between 36" an older (open burner) Wolf with griddle or the newer sealed one with griddle vs the BS with built in griddle. which one would you recommend?

The burners on the BS RNB are worlds better than those on Wolf. For us the somewhat better griddle on the Wolf wasn't worth the much worse burners so we have a BS RNB w/ 24" griddle and overall happy.

@opane thank you so much for getting back to me, sincerely appreciate it :) what about the ventilation... we are switching from an electric range to a gas (most likely 36 BS RNB top) what would be an adequate one?

A LOT of detail here: https://bamasotan.us/range-exhaust-hood-faq/

I owned a 48" Bluestar rangetop with grill and griddle over the past 2 years. I loved the entire rangetop (burners are beasts) and was especailly pleased with the griddle. I found it very even in heat after letting it preheat about 20 minutes and having seasoned it per the instructions, loved how non-stick it was and super easy to clean. After using it, I would let it cool slightly then take a paper towel wet with warm water and a spatula and wipe it down, basically steam cleaning it. Then a thin swipe of oil after it was not too hot to wipe. Only gripe with the rangetop was even with the simmer burner, getting temp low enough for rice was a challenge.

I looked at BS, CC and thermador and ultimately decided on a AG Wolf 48inch range top with 24inch griddle with separate wall oven. Excellent customer service in my area, cast iron griddle and great simmer. Blue Star and CC are both nice but, are much too powerful for my house. I'm not running a restaurant or a catering biz. I'm cooking for 2-8 people. Also, I live in hot and humid city and having all those BTUs letting off all that heat in my kitchen was a no go!