Kitchen remodel appliance recommendations

GE Appliances are now misleading because GE sold off the appliance division to Haier, a Chinese corporation. Just for this one fact, I suspect the reliability may not be very good.

They should have been required to modify the name so consumers would easily recognize this.

I have Thermador column fridge/freezer, dishwasher, 36" 6 burner rangetop, oven, and vent hood insert. Installed all of them last October on a new construction.

Pros:

1. The quality is unreal. Everything is incredibly well built. They're the nicest appliances I've ever had and it's not even close.

2. The dishwasher works really well.

3. The push function on the fridge/freezer is surprisingly useful. Basically, you can push on the door and it cracks open on its own, allowing you to judge nudge it open instead of using the force that would otherwise be required to open it. It's really handy when your hands are full.

4. Vent hood insert is very quiet but that's a function of the inline blower more than anything.

5. Not sure if they're still doing this, but when I bought, Thermador gave you a "free" dishwasher and "free" vent hood insert if you bought the range, fridge, and freezer. That made their pricing more competitive with some of the higher end mid-level brands.

6. The fridge keeps fruit and vegetables fresh noticeably longer than my previous fridge.

7. The rangetop BTUs boil water really fast.

Cons (more gripes than anything else):

1. I got the Masterpiece series oven and it is under counter because it's the only place I could put it. If I did it again, I'd get the professional series with the knobs. I don't like only having a touch screen.

2. The ice in the freezer has a cool shape, but it clumps/freezes together pretty badly. This could also be a function of me just never using the ice in the freezer because we've got a standalone ice maker.


All in all, I'd go Thermador again in a heartbeat. I have no material complaints about the appliances and their warranties are all pretty good should the need arise.

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Appliances include gas range, fridge, dishwasher, and microwave drawer.

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Would you consider induction instead of gas?

Gas was my religion until I gave honest thoughts to the pros and cons.

The only pro for gas was fire looks cool.

But the point of cooking is temperature control and nothing beats induction. Induction doesn’t require an always on pilot light. Things heat up quicker and cool down quicker. It’s easier to clean because the magnets don’t scald like fire does.

To clean, I wipe a moist rag across the surface, dry, then use a microfiber cloth to return that good as new shine to the surface. I treat that thing like it’s an exotic sports car.

With fire looking cool as being the only pro, I found a cooktop with blue ground effects that illuminates the bottom of my cookware.

Yes I did “have to” buy new cookware. I absolutely loved this nice problem to have.

I found a new religion and it’s called induction cooking.

We went with mostly Signature Kitchen suite when we remodeled our kitchen after Ida. The wait wasn't quite as long as thermador's at the time. They are very high quality appliances. Dishwasher and drawer microwave work great. We have one wall oven and we have the 48" range with the built in sous vide which is awesome. We went with the frigidaire professional column fridge and freezer and have been happy with it as well. The combo was half the price of the signature model.

Sloopy.

Check out Blue Star for the range - USA built & about as commercial as you can get in the residential lines - very robust - I did this not long ago & went BlueStar over Thermador. Now I won't even consider another Range, Rangetop or Oven in the future.

can't speak on their refrigeration or freezer units.

https://www.bluestarcooking.com

They are one of the only residential brands that make a French door oven. GE & Viking are the only others I think.

I have a GE Cafe line fridge & dishwasher. Dishwasher is great, other than the control panel facing came off, which I replaced. It's VERY quiet & cleans the hell outta everything. No real complaints there.

The GE fridge is nice. Not as much freezer space as I would like but that is what I was working with from budget perspective. Ice maker clumps up as well. Wish that was designed better.

if any of you baws get too stressed out about choosing between gas, electric, induction just close you eyes and think about your great grandmother having to start a fire every time she wanted to cook. Tuesdays, sundays, August, 2 weeks from yesterday, all of it. She would tell the preacher to go to hell for the opportunity to get her hands on a simple $15 hotplate from walmart.