We have the same range-top and we absolutely love it!

Yeah - I don't understand the open burner complaints either. Much prefer Bluestar's design.

Beautiful! We would have gone blue star but didn’t have a rep near our area. We went with a GE Cafe 36”. It is also wonderful!

Sold my home with my 36" BS rangetop. I miss her.

I have a BS range and I don't understand the open burner harder to clean comments either. I think that is coming from people who have never actually had a BS with open burners. Glad you are enjoying your BS range top.

I'm so glad to hear this, I just placed an order for a 36" Bluestar gas range top today!

Love my BS Platinum range top. It is 6 years old, used nearly every day. I clean it thoroughly maybe twice a year, otherwise I brush crumbs down to the drip trays or easily wipe off any food splatters. Any oil splatters just disappear and help build the patina. Love it! We keep the griddle on it, used the grill once, but love the griddle side. Highly endorsed!

Btw, my mother bought a Wolf rangetop and does not like to use it because the clean up on her closed burners is so difficult. She loves my BlueStar. No comparison!!

@merkfam, I'm confused about why closed burners are harder to clean than open? My son is considering a new professional range and has asked for my opinion.

My mother often cooks at my house and loves how easily crumbs or bits of food can disappear down through the open burners. They drop down to a drip pan out of sight. Her Wolf shows every splatter and when she wipes, smears show. It’s hard to clean up smears and burned off foods on her Wolf. On my blue star, most splatters wipe off easily with a damp cloth since my rangetop has cast iron that has developed a patina. In comparison, she prefers my Blue Star rangetop, to her Wolf. I hope this helps explain the difference.

My sister has an older Wolf and hers does not smear, it cleans more easily. My mother's Wolf range top is 6 years old, very different than my sisters.

Thanks for the info!

Daniel, can you share where / from whom you bought it and price paid ( or a rounded $ amount at least )? I’m building again and I have an American Range which has been a pleasure to cook on but a pain to clean. Blue star was my top choice 6 years ago but for the price I went with the American Range 36”. Also can you please share what ovens you bought and why not a full range? Sorry for the multiple asks 😉 Thanks!

Hi.

We paid $4199 for the BS.

We went with Kitchen Aid double wall convection, French door fridge, dishwasher, Zline hood and Sharp micro drawer in island.

I had read some hit and miss things on here and other forums with respect to the full BS range. Everything I read on the range top was positive so that is what we decided on.

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I never like the look of the wood block for the countertop so my wife found this set online a few years ago. We are still very happy with it.

I must add that I received solid feedback regarding kitchen layout, hood style, etc from many including the pros on Houzz. Diana Bier Interiors replied to a few of my questions during our home build and was extremely helpful. So thank you Diana!

Hey thanks for all the information! I think your kitchen turned out amazing! I’m strongly leaning towards the cooktop vs full range this time around. How have the ovens performed ?

Thank you! We are extremely fortunate to be in a position to do this and have gotten great feedback here.

The double ovens have been great although they do tend to take a little longer to preheat.

Yes, Daniel, the kitchen is fabulous! So glad to have been helpful to you during the process!

Hi Daniel: we are considering the exact same range top but i am scared of the open burners (ie cleaning) and the customer service. also considering wolf. do people really hate the black ceramic drip pan? does it ever look shiny and pretty after using it? also, what i really want to know is how is the simmer on the bluestar? what kind of food do you cook? im not using a wok or doing super fancy restaurant food, just your run of the mill fried chicken cutlets, pasta, sauteed veggies, soups, stews, etc. thank you so much for your post!

Hi. No fancy cooking here. It simmers very well. There is a simmer burner (back right corner) that works exceptionally.

Cleaning is very easy. The BS is open cast iron. Debris tumbles down thru the grates and burners onto 3 metal drip trays designed to catch everything. The trays pull out and are easily removed. We line ours with foil to make it easier.

For example, two weeks while boiling rice, the starchy rice water boiled over the top and down the sides of the pot, landing all over the grate and drip trays. The grate wiped clean with warm soapy water and I just had to replace foil on drip tray. Excess oil splatter can be rubbed into the cast iron to help season, which also helps with cleaning.

I can’t speak about the Wolf but prior in a life had enamel bowl 30” stove and hated having to scrub enamel.

The range top is tank. We could nearly five days a week. With regards to customer service, I don’t know how much you will need them. We are two years in and no issues. Only time I read about customer service needs was anyone with a full range.

Best of luck. You won’t regret it!

I’ll chime in that we installed our BS rangetop about 4 months ago, and we’ve been loving it! It’s so much more enjoyable to cook now (though I was coming from electric). I agree with others’ cleaning comments. And I did have to contact their customer service because one knob was too short, and they sent a replacement out right away with no hassle.

It’s a beaut Clark, lol.

but my Wolf rangetop is very easy to clean. just thought i would clarify.

My 36" BS range top arrived during the pandemic/shortage without the drip pans and grates. After waiting so long and having it installed it was very disappointing not to be able to finally cook/ I called BS. They were fantastic and IMMEDIATELY sent out the parts with a big apology. It took some days for UPS to bring them to my door from PA to UT. I love it and it's a breeze to clean.

I previously had a Russel Range top. It too had open burners and a breeze to clean.

Hi Daniel, ne again. I’m wondering which kind of vent you installed. we were going to go with a Zephyr insert for our range but another salesman unequivocally recommended Vent a Hood. he explained the diffrences to us but for me it did not sink in…

And is your vent bigger than your hood or is that my imagination?

We had one too in our last house. Loved it. Simmer was always too high. I think I needed to learn how to fine tune it.

I liked being able to pull out the tray to catch crumbs and drips.

Not your imagination. It is a 42” hood. It was recommended here on Houzz to go with a hood 6” wider than the range top if at all possible. I think aesthetically, it looks better but I have no scientific acumen to tell you it works better than a 36” hood.

We ended up going with Zline. It’s gorgeous and controls are easy. Modern Arie was the other brand I really looked at. I wanted to buy the modern but it was strictly cost savings at that point in our build process. Also, closest appliance store that sold it was two hours away versus painless ship to home / online purchase of the Zline. I figure I can always replace if I need / want to as I have the space for a 42.”

It is loud when on the third or fourth largest setting but we rarely ever use it for long on those settings.

I read tirelessly on here and other websites about range hood brands, sizes and configuration.

Biggest think I took away was to ensure if you have correct size diameter vent pipe. A standard 6” pipe is not mathematically large enough for a big CFM hood to push out all the air it is designed to push out. Check specs on range hood and install proper size if at all possible.

Our builder installed a 6” pipe and I caught it (and the incorrect placement) before drywall. They really pushed me saying it would be fine but I luckily pushed back hard enough and had them replace it for an 8” circular duct.

I had a wolf range in our previous house and have a Bluestar in current house. Now granted the Wolf was bought in 2001 so maybe the design of the top has changed since. The wolf had the enamled/ceramic drip pan and each pan spanned 2 burners. The pan was black with a little shine to it. It never looked clean. You would see ever little speck of dust and that drove me nuts. If you needed to pull out the enameld pan it meant removing both grate assemblies and pulling the whole enamled tray out. I wouldn’t say it was hard to clean but the Bluestar is far easier. We just use a damp microfiber cloth to blot any crumbs and drips up after using and give it a little once over every sunday. The dust does not show up on it so it stays looking much nicer. The pullout with the pans below the top are simple to clean as well.