You did. That’s ok, that’s why the mods get paid the big bucks.
LOL!
Miele dishwashers seem to have a rep for bad customer service and support.
Bosche is being praised as being “greener” than others.
I have always had a partiality to Jenn-Air ranges.
Depending on the space you have available, I’d advise a fridge-style top and bottom.
Sonny, I have faired very well with a Frigidaire dishwasher. Plenty of room for pots.
viking yes - SZ, no
subscribe to www.consumerreports.org and use their advice as a starting point.
I think that you are supposed to title something like this as a Vanity article.
Regarding the appliances, there was an interesting TV program the other night possibly by Consumer Reports rating the various appliances. My recollection is that they rated Viking as having a high rate of needed repairs. Also some of the well known standard brands were much more realiable at less that 1/2 the price. Try googling Consumer Reports, or perhaps someone else has a better reference.
My dishwasher stopped working a while ago. Now all she does is sit on the couch!
I see someone else has already provided the Consumer Report source. This program also said to avoid built in refrigerators.
CR Quick Picks
These midpriced models provide excellent cleaning, flexible loading, and quiet running:
• Bosch SHE45C0[2]UC , $700
• Kenmore (Sears) 1373[2] , $580, CR Best Buy
• Kenmore (Sears) 1374[2] , $650, CR Best Buy
All are well-equipped dishwashers. The Kenmore models managed to handle our rigorous baked-on brownie mix well with their normal cycles. The Bosch has a stainless-steel tub that’s backed by a long warranty, but you’ll need to clean its manual filter by hand. The top-rated Kenmore and the Bosch are both very quiet machines. The Kenmores are both CR Best Buys.
If you’re interested in a lower-priced dishwasher:
• Maytag MDB4651AW[W] , $400
• Whirlpool DU1100XTP[Q] , $500
• GE GLD4600N[WW] , $460
• Frigidaire Gallery GLD4355RF[S] , $500
Many of the lower-priced models we tested provide very good overall cleaning in a basic package—no stainless interiors or special drying cycles. These dishwashers do not run as quietly and are not as easy to load as some higher- scoring models. The Whirlpool delivered superior washing performance; the GE and the Maytag were very easy to use. The Frigidaire has a shorter cycle time than most.
as long as you are going all out think about a built in coffee system....yummmmy
Oooh I am sooo jealous!
Carlo, can you offer some help to Sonny?
in response to jeenn air gas cook tops......I really hate mine
U know what gets me?
I’m the kind of guy that actually likes to fix things. I git a nice microwave from a thrift store, it didn’t work right, but a little finagling the ribbon cable and Voila!
Works like new!
But the problem is often, it’s cheaper to just throw something away than buy replacement parts.
Got a nice USMC ammo can (actually, almost like a trunk) at a garage sale dirt cheap. I want to make a toolbox out of it. The sandblast guy is charging me 40 bux to do it, all well and good, I’m gonna do it anyways, but heck, I coulda BOUGHT a new toolbox for the fifty dollar investment.
Oh well, maybe I just feel like whinin today. Seems to me it should almost always be cheaper to fix something than outandout buy a new one.
Bosch....Miele...sub-zero fridge....mortal kombat character...viking oven....648 pro......736TC (I)....broan range hood ?????????? If you know what all that means, you obviously don’t need my humble help with what kind of dish washer to buy.
We're a scouting/camping family so even in the winter in Pittsburgh we cook outside in our firepit, and sometimes cook in our fireplace.
Wife does have a preference for Emeril cookware
And the Rachael Ray's/Emeril's cutlery, but I don't have a link. We usually go once a year to the outlet shops in Volant, PA and pick up a couple of items.
2nd renovation in two years... Bosch and Miele suck, made for European Water Systems. Sub Zero is the same “ BOX” as Maytag, GE etc. You are paying for the look, the freezer is tiny and as an inside drawer suitable for popsicles only. They are all pretty much the same..Wolff is great for their warrantee.. they Do produce if defective.
Good Luck and do your homework.
Forget the Yuppie impulse to buy commerical appliances. Get your hands on one of these babies: http://www.chamberstoves.net/
If you know how to cook, you love these stoves (I have two). If you don’t, what the heck do you need a Viking for? Seriously, the Chambers rivals or exceeds commercial range for Btu output and the oven and cooking well cook “with the gas turned off.”
