Hi Alice! Sorry, you're having trouble with your range too. Omg, that's terrible about your cabinets. I have white cabinets too so I can just imagine how frustrated and angry you must be about that.

Yes, the fan is loud and it rattles everything on the range. Airplane engines seem quieter compared to that noise! lol

I think Prizer-Painter has serious quality control issues I have also recently heard of a brand new just installed BS range that was incorrectly wired and needed to be rewired by service technicians! That's just insane! I really wish I had purchased another brand. I did a lot of research before deciding on this brand. I did read about the issues in previous renditions of this range but really got the feeling that BS had worked to correct them and continued to improve their product over the years. Guess not!

Crossing my fingers that the gas leak on my BS range was a fluke and won't affect you or anyone else who owns one.

And...I've heard it doesn't even pay well ;-) Business must slow.

Nice. Definitely a case of the pot meeting the kettle.

Hey! Miss Manners...When you contribute as much as Patricia Colwell has, you can have an opinion.

And Patricia was right. The thin-skinned adrainaxoxo. posted an off-topic screed about an appliance in a forum that is clearly labeled Design Dilemma, It had nothing to do with design and she didn't ask a question, so no dilemma. What did she want?

Adrianaxoxo - one of the beauties of boards like this is that they have titles that give you a sense of what they are about. You should use the titles to guide you in posting in an appropriate forum. No need to waste our time writing off-topic rants if you have nothing relevant to the topic.

You are hilarious, Tatt! Thank you, next!

Sara. Look at the top of the thread. It's posted In 3 forums, one of which is this one, Design Dilemma.

Sara- My op was written while i was visiting the appliance forum. I hadn't initiated posts in a while but have been a member here for a loooong time since the GW days. The "new to me" format allows you check off which forums you'd like your post to appear and I may have inadvertently checked the Design Dilemma box in addition to the Kitchen and Appliances boxes. Of course, I wouldn't have posted it to DD board on purpose but some people here felt the need to name call, post snarky responses and essentially go from 0 to 10 instead of either ignoring my post in DD or just giving me a courteous heads up that i had posted off topic in DD.

Seems like your model is a lemon no matter what. I would get all over the manufacturer and demand that they refund your money so you can get a different brand. You've given them an opportunity to replace and repair without an acceptable outcome. Now you have a big safety issue. Threaten to sue.

Suzyq- You may be right about that. It's been two major life threatening issues too not just some loose knobs or screws.

Sara- Thank you! Yes, It can be a little confusing with the cross posting and sometimes people inadvertently do check off the incorrect boxes.... and contrary to what some people here believe...

It's not a crime against humanity if you get it wrong.

You should definitely keep a close eye (nose and ear) on your range and make sure all your alarms are working.

We threatened to sue Thermador for a defective ice maker. It wasn't life threatening obviously but a leak which had been repaired numerous times and had replaced the icemaker several times without resolve did damage our cabinets and floors. My husband called the corporate offices asking for the agent of service and suddenly they were much more responsive and willing to pay for our repairs.

adrianaxoxo, thanks for the public service announcement and sorry that you have had so many serious issues. Even those in Design Dilemma should be thankful for the heads-up. I would certainly want to know if I had a Bluestar. Ignore the miserable forum police especially those that proclaim themselves to be PROS that smile at themselves when they post snark. It gets very tiresome. Cracks me up that someone would complain that they clicked on a post in a wrong forum. If their time was so valuable they wouldn't be on these forums in the first place.