Wolf. Without question.

Between the two I would go with the Wolf. But since you asked for recommendations on other brands as well, I would add Bluestar to the mix. Terrific gas ranges in the same price range as the Wolf you are looking at.

"Simmer control"

Look at the BTU rating on the low end to compare. You can email customer service to find out what it is I would not go by the oft quoted 140 degrees. There are too many variables to state a temperature.

"Looks smaller"

Look at the rack size for usable space. Look at the height as well but consider the rack placement for how much of that is usable.

"Steam bake"

I am not sure how this works, except you put a pan of water on the bottom. What am I missing? I think you can do this with any oven. If you use this "feature" a lot of the steam and heat will come into your kitchen because it is a gas oven.

"-no infrared broiler"

The infrared broiler is much smaller so take a look at that. If you are doing a couple of steaks, you might not mind. I need the width of an electric broiler because I tend to cook trays of appetizers more.

(do I need dual fuel or just gas?)"

How do you use your oven?

Other models?

i would have to know more about what you cook/ bake/ roast. What type of cookware do you have?

Wolf, made to last. Quality product.

"Wolf. Without question"

Oh there is a lot of question. Aside from quality issues, there are a lot of choices and different cooks have different requirements.

"Wolf, made to last. Quality product."

My Wolf DF was good for 4.5 years --- not for decades as they advertise. If you have to have repairs you are forced to use their people and they will not give you an estimate, so you are at their mercy. There is a minimal warranty on the new part. This is all with a known issue that is the subject of a lawsuit. We bought for their supposed quality and service. The laugh was on us.

W, I'm sorry to hear about the problems with your Wolf DF. We've had zero problems to date after 2 1/2 years. We cook a lot and it's the best range and oven we've ever had. Our experience has been phenomenal. We are planning for another Wolf in our new home. Best of luck!

I had a Wolf cooktop in my previous house and it was wonderful. I had a KA range in my lake home and the stainless finish corroded shortly after I purchased it. This was a second home and it hadn't even been used that much. Friends purchased same range and had same problem. After that I would not buy another KA product. Someone here has posted about year plus delays releasing their induction range. Something is screwed up at KitchenAid.

With any appliance there will be people who are happy with it and others who have had bad experiences. I would read the lawsuit that was filed in New York against Wolf along with Houzz/Chowhound posts. Someone posted a link to the case file on Houzz on a previous post about Wolf DF. I'll try to find it. It contains examples of several customers who have had the blue chipping issue like Wekick. It is good for the OP to hear from happy and unhappy customers to get a full picture of the performance of any appliance. Based on the OP's thorough research, he/she can decide whether to purchase the Wolf DF. If the porcelain begins to chip, then oh well. He/she knew there was a potential for it to happen. If it doesn't happen, then great!

Yes I LOVED my Wolf too for the 4.5 years that the oven was usable. I used to be a big fan on this forum. Function wise, it was great. That is what makes it SO disappointing. I would much rather be here saying how they stood behind their products. I would advise anyone who has the DF to wipe it out on the bottom with a damp white paper towel periodically to check for the blue shards. I noticed mine after running the self clean but others have had failure without using self clean. They do seem to fix it while under full warranty, which is usually the first two years. The wall ovens seem to fail more quickly and under warranty. The ranges, at least mine and the ones I've read about seem to fail later. They have on occasion fixed some out of full warranty but other times as in my case, they won't. You can get the Wolf gas range and it does not have the blue interior so no chipping, but if you are going all gas there are other brands to consider. I still have my range but I have a wall oven so the range oven is mostly used for storage. I will keep something warm in it if it is covered and no fan. One of these days when there is a DF that I have confidence in I might replace it. I won't pay to get it fixed because they won't tell me how much only that the bill would start at $800+ and only one year warranty on the replacement liner. Sort of no confidence in their own product considering that this has been an issue for years. The M series wall oven has been made to address this issue but they continue to sell the E series and DF range.