New Bertazzoni MW finally installed
I do like the new MW better than the old one, and you really do not see the glass strip unless you view it from a certain angle, such as behind the peninsula. I like that the new MW does not have a handle on the door, giving it a sleeker look, and the number pad and most of the controls are hidden by the door. It is slightly smaller inside than the old one, but plenty large for my needs. Also, it is much quieter.
I haven't grouted the tile yet and will do that this week-end. I wasn't sure whether I should post this on the kitchen forum instead, but it seemed more like a design decision, despite the problem with the light bulb.
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My brother wanted the red stove, and he paid for it with one of the bonuses he got from work (Sony is very generous). The red color is done at the Ferrari plant down the street from Bertazzoni, and DB said that since he could not afford a Ferrari, at least we could have a Ferrari red stove. I think the upcharge for color was $1000, but he thought it was worth it. We now also have a new red Kitchenaid mixer, a red Kitchenaid soda maker (much better than the old Sodastream version), and a refurbished red Vitamix blender, which I bought recently and like very much.
Here's how the old stove looked, before we added the SS backsplash
As you can see, it had a semi-backsplash attached to it, but the new stove does not, and so we needed a quick backsplash for the new stove before it was installed, and so we decided just to put up a sheet of SS for something quick. I had considered tile, but that was going to take too long, and I thought it would be too busy. I'm happy with the choice I made. I considered doing SS tile between the backsplash and the new MW, but I wasn't sure how I would cut them, and the glass was easy to cut. Besides, it really does not show that much.
Woodie, it's true I haven't seen you much lately, and I do not post on the Cooking forum much any more - it's not what it used to be. But here is a pizza I made on Monday
to show that the oven does okay for pizza, even though it only gets up to 500°. The pizza did not get as crisp on the bottom as I would have liked, but it still tasted very good. I included this photo also because it shows the arrangement of the burners; the front left has two separate burners with separate controls, and so it can be very hot with both on or a very low simmer with just the center one.
I do like the Bertazzoni induction range, and if I were going to go with induction, that would have been my choice, but I've tried induction and did not like it that much. I have an induction hot plate, and I use it with my pressure cooker but not with anything else. I love the performance of the range - the oven somewhat less because it will not get to 600°, but I often make pizza outdoors in the Big Green Egg, which will get hot enough to melt aluminum, as I found out. When we have pizza parties, I parbake the pizza dough at 400° indoors for about 5-10 minutes and then finish them with them with toppings in the BGE. Fortunately, I have four pizza screens. I used to have five, but one was an aluminum screen, and I forgot to use the pizza stone in the BGE.
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9 years agoLars/J. Robert Scott thanked beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
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