Recommendations for 4 Piece Kitchen ~$3000-3500 Budget

9 years ago

We are redoing our kitchen and planning to replace all appliances and add a dishwasher which we did not have previously. We have done some looking around and were kind of leaning towards the Whirlpool line across the board for a consistent look. However, I've seen a number of recommendations on the forum of not getting matching to get the best performance of each. We are fine if they don't match exactly, but would like a similar look between them. Also, in general, my wife prefers the appliances that have more curves in the handles, fridge front, etc. vs those that have a more flat/blockly appearance (ex: she does not like the handle style that the Frigidaire Professional line uses).

What would be our best options if we are looking to stick to a $3000-3500 budget for the following appliances?

Refrigerator - Want to do French Door, non counter depth, max 36" wide, water and ice dispenser, prefer 25+ cu. ft

Range - We currently have free standing flat top electric, but want to go to gas, max 30" wide

Over-the-range Microwave - We really don't have anywhere else to put a micro, no real specifics we need in this other than to be able to vent to the roof

Dishwasher - 24" wide, again no real specifics

For reference, these are the appliances we were thinking of when looking at Whirlpool along with the price we were able to find for each.

(Whirlpool WRF757SDEM - $1900)

(Whirlpool WFG505M0BS - $450)

(Whirlpool WMH32519FS - $209)

(Whirlpool WDT720PADM - $430)

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Comments (3)

Sunnysmom
9 years ago
Those look like nice options, especially the 5 burners on the range.

I would try to find a dishwasher with a lower noise rating but overall it looks like a very nice package.
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faftris
9 years ago
I have that range. It was in our condo when we bought it, brand new. It works very well, but the outside gets unbelievably hot when the oven is used. I don't have small children, but if I did, I would be concerned. Since it is a manual-clean oven, I suspect that there is not much insulation.
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jlvhawk3
Original Author
9 years ago
faftris, thanks for that info. We ended up going with a slightly different but similar model with convection - Whirlpool WFG540H0ES. It has the same cleaning feature, so wonder if it may have the same lack of insulation. We do have a 15 month old on the move at home, so may be something we have to be careful of.

I guess I'll provide an update since we ended up purchasing last night. On the recommendation of our local appliance store and basing off brands they service, They do Frigidaire, GE, Whirlpool, LG and Samsung. We went through each item individually with them to get their best recommendation (regardless of brand) to fit our budget, and turned out we ended up with all Whirlpool for right about $3000. Had we gone to $3500 or a bit over, there was an LG range and micro that they would have recommended over the Whirlpool. They also price matched the best deals we could find on the items and then took an extra 5% off, SWEET!

Here's what we ended up with, in case it helps anyone else...

Fridge - Whirlpool WRF736SDAM

Range - Whirlpool WFG540H0ES

Micro - Whirlpool WMH32519FS

Dishwasher - Whirlpool WDT780SAEM