Kitchen appliances - brand help

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Im remodeling a kitchen for the first time and am wondering what brand oven/range are worth the price or what cost efficient brands are actually great quality?

Also, with memorial day around the corner should i expect appliance sales?

** edit : Gas, ideally double oven but not required

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eam44

last year

Are you setting a resale value for your home?How much do you cook? What do you cook? Are you someone who needs a lot of control at low temperatures? Because the biggest difference for me between a KitchenAid gas range (that I had at my beach cottage) and a Wolf gas range is that on a Wolf you can melt chocolate right on a burner turned to low. That’s phenomenal control, and I didn’t need it. I also couldn’t afford it.

There are ranges that make sense for people who have gone to culinary school and cook at that level (Capital Culinarian open burner, for example), there are ranges for great home cooks who cook a lot and want to impress or set a resale value for a home (Wolf, Gaggenau), ranges for people who are really good home cooks on a budget (KitchenAid, GE Café), and ranges for people who store jeans in them. I chose the right range for me based on my cooking expertise, frequency, and what was right for the cottage.

I’d buy the same range today even though I’m a better cook in a much more valuable house, because it was a great appliance and I cook so much less. Just avoid the urge to buy the ”best” of everything you can afford, because the ”best” really depends on your needs, and needs change.

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jrb451
last year
Gas? Electric? Induction?
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kaila_starr
Original Author
last year
Gas, ideally double oven
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Kendrah
last year
Can you define price range a bit more? Are you up for a $14,000 fridge or is that way beyond what you are looking for.
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kaila_starr
Original Author
last year
I would like to remain cost conscious but I have a little bit of flexibility. I had my eye on a 48inch Viking that now I have read not great reviews about the noise level of the oven.
wdccruise
last year
Double-oven gas ranges

CR-recommended, double-oven, gas ranges:
- GE Profile PGB965YPFS
- GE Profile PGS960YPFS
- LG LTGL6937F
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gdionelli
last year
Not to throw a monkey wrench in your decision, but have you considered an induction range? Given the current concerns about health/environment with gas ranges, even if you're not worried it may hurt your resale value. Induction gives you the ability to control temperature exactly, even better than gas. And prices are coming down (but you may have to buy new cookware!) Just a thought.
dan1888
last year
A 30" slide-in induction range uses a 40A or 50A 220v outlet like any other electric range. A Frigidaire slide-in is recommended at a lower price or a Bosch at a higher price. Electrolux or Bosch for a 36". G5050 low-end Miele dw or a Bosch. A SubZero frig is necessary for reliability these days. Whirlpool owns the other US makers and started the 1-year warranty no longevity spiral. Chinese Haier owns GE. Some GE models are US made.
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wdccruise
last year
Cafe CHS950P2MS1 30 Inch Slide-In Induction Smart Range with 5 Elements, Double Oven
eam44
last year
@kaila_starr, let us know what you pick. best of luck.