Third Stove in 4 years

[Cropduster172]

Just took delivery and installed our third Stove since we moved into this house 4 years ago.First was the stainlessness, basic Frigidaire gas range. Sold it shortly after we moved in and replaced it with a stainless Blomberg gas range. That one worked great for 2 years and than started with some minor issues...oven would huff when getting up to temperature. Had the igniter replaced and that fixed it.
Left a burner on one night with a large pan on it. Pan was destroyed and the burner valve igniter switch on one burner was damaged. I replaced it and it worked fine. Oven temp seemed inaccurate to dial setting. Decided to just get a new stove. I urged my wife to pick a Wolf or Viking or similar and let's be done with it for good. She wanted a high powered burner and none of the Vikings or similar had them.
Settled on a Kucht 4 burner 30". 21,000, 15,000, 12,000, 9000 BTU burners with the 3 highest having a super low simmer feature. No self cleaning, no electronics other than ignition and oven temp.
It shipped with a stainless door and kick plate but they also shipped a door and kick plate of the color we picked. It seems rock solid...not Wolf or Thermador solid, but close.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Less Wine and the stove will last longer?

Anyone in the house a professional chef ? Then why the "consumer lever approximation" of a industrial stovetop/oven

Regardless, Bon Appetite!

 

[Cropduster172]

Less Wine and the stove will last longer?

Anyone in the house a professional chef ? Then why the "consumer lever approximation" of a industrial stovetop/oven

Regardless, Bon Appetite!

No wine. The burner knobs turned way to easily. You could brush against them and not know you lit a burner.
My wife comes pretty close to a professional chef. Don't have an outside ducted hood in this house and no way to install one.
Have a professional range in our beach house... how about you?

 

[benjamming]

Where did the box say it was made?

 

[macarose]

Life's a one way trip!

If that's what makes you happy love it and live it!

We used the same entry level gas range at oue home for over 20 years. Just dials. Nothing fancy. We bought another one and plan on having the same ownership horizon.

 

[FT92]

I've had Frigidaire stoves and refrigerators the last 30 or so years, in that time on the 3rd stove and still have the fridge, the wife does cook/bake a lot

 

[Cropduster172]

Where did the box say it was made?

It's made in China...no doubt, along now with a slew of others. Some better quality than others. This one has 4 years parts and labor. I'm good with that.

 

[Leo99]

We've had our stove for 22 years. The oven was taking a long time to heat up so I had to replace a part that was way in the back under the oven inside the warming tray. They didn't make it easy to replace. The range is a little balky to light; it goes click, click, click and it eventually lights. It's a mid tier GE.

Do you need a larger than standard gas line to run the higher BTU burners?

 

[Cropduster172]

Do you need a larger than standard gas line to run the higher BTU burners?

I used a line and fittings rated at 125,000 BTUs Should be more than adequate.

 

[andrew_j]

No wine. The burner knobs turned way to easily. You could brush against them and not know you lit a burner.
My wife comes pretty close to a professional chef. Don't have an outside ducted hood in this house and no way to install one.
Have a professional range in our beach house... how about you?

I find that comical when I see high end ranges or kitchens and not even a duct out. I spent same amount on our Italian made vent as our range. My neighbor who is about 500 ft away can smell what wife is cooking as they walk out their front door our vent is nutty powerful .

 

[bullwinkle]

Interesting-my GE Profile gas range has done just fine other than igniters & one ignition module failure for over 25 years. These new appliances are basically crap! The one in my first house was third-hand, worked the whole 11 years we had it, and went with the house to the new owners (fairly ancient gas Kenmore)!

 

[Cropduster172]

I find that comical when I see high end ranges or kitchens and not even a duct out. I spent same amount on our Italian made vent as our range. My neighbor who is about 500 ft away can smell what wife is cooking as they walk out their front door our vent is nutty powerful .

We have an outside ducted range hood in our beach house. I think it's a 650 cf Broan commercial unit. It's powerful and pretty loud too.

 

[The_Jeff]

My Kenmore/ Frigidaire gas stove is a ship of Theseus on its third controls motherboard and third igniter.

 

[Rmay635703]

My moms electric harvest gold is 50+ and works fine.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

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[Cropduster172]

My Kenmore/ Frigidaire gas stove is a ship of Theseus on its third controls motherboard and third igniter.

Yeah, we had a GE Cafe double oven model some years back. I don't know what half the functions on it were. Motherboard went. Sold it for $200 to some guy that was going to replace it. I think it was $3300 when we bought it 3 years prior.

 

[bullwinkle]

Whoops, double post.

 

[Cropduster172]

When at the beach, we are not in a house
It's just a 1/2 hour drive. Nice place to visit but would not want to live there.

I would put some effort on the hood and venting; the grease particulate migrate everywhere - even yards away.
Even if it's just draw through with a metal filter exhausted to the kitchen space, that would be beneficial.

Same issue in our house - a multi-story log cabin with the gas range in the outer island.
The Spouse wasn't enamored at the prospect of round industrial ducting suspended from the ceiling heading towards and outside wall. So here we sit.

I have just a Samsung placeholder after our Magic Chef wasn't magic any longer after 19 years service.

The oven circulating fan gave out - waiting for the electronic board to fry next. I have no valve lockout on the burners, so I can match light them when there is a power outage. With many modern cooktops, that option no longer exists.

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Inexpensive and effective Samsung - has Italian burners and gas valves - whatever the blank that is worth !

Under 700 bucks on sale, chumps -

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We've got a range hood that uses both aluminum mesh and charcoal disc filters. It's 400 CFM. I do need to clean the filters about 3 times/year. Not difficult and I keep a spare set of the charcoal filters on hand. Not as efficient or powerful as the commercial grade one in our beach house but gets the job done.

 

[Cropduster172]

Here's the range in our beach house. It's a circa 2002 DCS commercial range. I think they may have built the house around it. It's a beast. All cast iron burners. All 304 stainless steel.
It was made in California I think but long before Fisher-Paykel bought DCS and Haeir bought Fisher-Paykel...and GE appliances.
In 15 years, I replaced a broken oven hinge while putting LVP down. I was able to locate a replacement...$120 for one hinge. Doubt I'd ever find another now. Only electronics are ignition and oven light.

 

[GSCJR]

I spent same amount on our Italian made vent.

Faber? Ours is 20 years old and the only things I've had to replace recently were the bulb lenses; $12 shipped from Italy for genuine parts. Our Frigidaire duel fuel oven is the same age and I've had to replace the timer and oven bulbs twice. I also replaced the timer on the Frigidaire oven in Florida that was installed in 2015. Hardly used that one and because it's labeled Kenmore, apparently the part was discontinued; whatever.