Monogram Vs Cafe wall oven - need help deciding

4 years ago

I am having a little trouble deciding between monogram and cafe wall ovens and speed oven and hope you could help.

Here are the models I’m comparing:

Monogram wall oven - ZTS90DPSNSS
Monogram speed oven - ZSB9232NSS

Cafe wall oven - CTS70DP2NS1
Cafe speed oven - CTS70DP2NS1

With the builders discount - the monogram comes down to about approx 500 dollars more than the cafe (total for both units). Not trivial - but also not a deal breaker.

What I’m having trouble is figuring out the difference (in terms of real practical life) between the two brands. All I can really come up with is a 3rd rack on the monogram wall oven. What else am I missing? Even the visual look is nearly identical.

I know some will say go with a different brand. If that’s you - please let me know what you would recommend in this price range. I like the lcd display and user interface. That’s probably my biggest draw here. Average/above average user. Breads. Baked goods. Roasts. Roasted veggies. Cookies and pizza with a pizza stone are common uses - and naturally the occasional big mean (aka thanksgiving)

Also - need the microwave - so that’s why I went with a speed oven over a CSO (which is likely prefer - but don’t have room for the 3rd appliance).

Thank you!

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Comments (3)

dadoes
4 years ago
GE, GE Profile, Hotpoint, Monogram (circa 1987), and Café (introduced 2018) are GE labels. Haier bought GE appliance division in June 2016 so technically now is included in the mix. GE produced some RCA appliances briefly, circa 1986.

Probably best to choose whatever is available within your required timeframe considering supply issues nowadays.
Aaron
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you. We are very aware of the supply chain issues and the sale to Haier. We’re not in a huge hurry though - as we are doing a full remodel and don’t have our cabinets on order yet either (still finalizing the design with our KD - who advised us to get the appliances on order). Timing isn’t too critical for us though. We have extra room for storage if we need it - and know we could be waiting 6 months to a year for delivery.

Just trying to make the selection decision at this point. Thanks!
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newkitchenny55
4 years ago
I have a monogram range and speed oven and love them. I got that over cafe because rebate worked a lot better for me and range was on close out but given it’s their higher end I would assume there are things we can’t see that are better in monogram? Also my husband really didn’t like the little bronze band on the cafe handle. Anyway to monogram speed oven looks beautiful and works great.