BlueStar makes the Big Chill Pro.

That's what I thought - I asked blue star rep and he bashed the product - said not same quality ... do they make them the same ? Or made Cheeper ? Or just paint them there ?

either way looking for advice from somebody who bought any of above ...did you ?

Try DCS they have great products

I think they were looking at the BS with sealed burners.

http://www.bluestarcooking.com/cooking/ranges/36-sealed-burner-series/

Yes looking at sealed ones in all 3

my understanding is BC is sister company of BS now and the old reviews of BC are not good but that was before this merger ...

looking for updated input

I was tempted by Bertazzoni a while back but shied away (reluctantly because they are so beautiful) when I found out that service in my area is almost non-existent and that getting parts can take months. It is still fairly new in NA and service is not yet widespread so inquire about that aspect before you consider it for too long.

Thanks there is a service person here but I was wondering about parts

is it like Italian cars where parts will be more $ / harder to find / longer to get

another reason I'm leaning towards American BC or BS

Thanks for clarifying.....sealed burners

I'm interested in the Big Chill Pro 48. Called Bluestar today and they confirmed that they do indeed build the BC Pro line and that the parts and sealed burners are all BS. Woman I spoke actually called Big Chill something like a "sister company" m to BlueStar. So that made me not worry about finding parts or service.

If you can afford the price difference, I'd strongly urge you to get open instead of sealed burners. I (almost) daily have to clean my RNB open burners, and it literally takes no more than a few seconds of wiping with a paper towel (and a few more seconds for cleaning the stainless steel parts). Two or three times a year, I clean out the drip tray.

I have also cleaned a Bluestar cooktop, which by virtue of being a cooktop can't have open burners. It is a lot more work. Not really an activity I look forward to whenever I use that kitchen.

It also feels, as if the open burners are more powerful. But that could be a bit of comparing apples to oranges. The open burner range is installed at sea level, whereas the cooktop is installed in the mountains.