I'm looking for a slide in gas range

Kitchenaid

Consider induction

Current one is a Jenn-Air and it's like 25 years old and really on the fritz. I was looking at the replacements, but some of the reviews of them trouble me.

I'll look into Blue Star. Know anything about Bertazzoni?

Team BlueStar checking in. Buy once, cry once. I'll never need to buy another range, ever. 30", 4-burner RNB, with a nice, wide oven space, triple racks (including a heavy duty lower rack w/ball bearing extension slides). High BTU output on front two burners, a low BTU simmer burner, and an in-between burner. It is an unsealed cooktop--so boilovers, etc pass through to the pull out drip trays below. The flame pattern means no cold spot in the middle of a pan....

Best part: NO ELECTRONICS. It has a flip switch for the interior light, and a flip switch for the convection fan. C'est tout. The electric igniters are easily changed w/a phillips head screwdriver. I will never need to call a repairman...I can literally fix it myself. (I've changed the oven igniter, as the overzealous house cleaner sprayed way way too much oven cleaner & corroded it.)

There are pros and cons of each brand: the BS has a cast iron top, so it's not pretty/shiny/sleek. It's a beast. If you want performance and don't care about frills like a built-in timer, silly preset oven modes, or have experienced the incredibly high failure rates of printed circuitboards in high-heat, high grease appliances, you will love the BS.

Did I mention the 1800 degree infrared broiler?

In NOLA, Louis Howat is the distributor, but IIRC, Howat only does wholesale. You can buy retail through Huey Brown Kitchens and pick up at Howat. Howat's showroom should have at least one hooked up to gas, so you can try it out. Or you can buy online through AJ Madison.

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Best part: NO ELECTRONICS.

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Yes, that's what's steering me away from another Jenn-Air.

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In NOLA, Louis Howat is the distributor, but IIRC, Howat only does wholesale. You can buy retail through Huey Brown Kitchens and pick up at Howat. Howat's showroom should have at least one hooked up to gas, so you can try it out. Or you can buy online through AJ Madison.

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Awesome. Thanks for the info.

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It's a cook's stove, not a decorator's choice.

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Hell, in looking online, they look plenty nice to me.

ETA, Why did you opt for the un-sealed burners? Any particular reason?

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I'll look into Blue Star. Know anything about Bertazzoni?

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My house came with a Bertazzoni. It's been great so far (love the double ring burner in the center), but the one negative I do have is that the oven is very finicky to lite. No issue with the broiler or top burners though. People have reported that they do have their quirks, so YMMV.

Also have the restaurant-style hood/blower system and that thing is a BEAST.

ETA: Like the Blue Star, the Bertazzonis have no electronics. Power is just for the convection fan in the oven and for the starters.

In person, the BS does not have precisely the same fit and finish as, say, a Dacor. It’s a little more clunky and industrial on top. I never priced any of the fancy color options, I’ve just got a basic stainless exterior. $4200 give or take in the 30” model. When I bought it, it was worth more than my old beater Volvo (or what a 4-stroke 20hp outboard costs, to view it from another perspective).

Unsealed burners allow for higher BTU output due to max airflow. Also, I hate scrubbing the stove...with unsealed burners, you can flick crud and it falls through onto the drip trays. I line the drip catcher with foil, so I just toss and re-line.