A review of my new NXR range
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Comments (7)I know nothing of the DCS so will leave that to those that own it. But we bought an NXR almost exactly 1 year ago and love it so far. Personally for the price of under $2000 I seriously doubt you will find any better. Great burners, all 15,000BTU and all go down to a very low simmer. Can fit 4 large pots on it. Has a very nice infrared broiler. Heavy duty grates and heavy stainless oven racks. We bought the older model which we preferred NRG3001. Not had a single problem with it so far and if I had a do over I would buy the same stove again. We bought ours for $1799....See MoreNXR review at reviewed.com
Comments (1)Well, reviewed.com's NXR review certainly was shallow. As are most of their stove reviews. Kind of like the product reviews we used to get on the inflight magazines or from Fine Cooking, back when they did stove reviews. That said, reviewed.com's NXR appraisal struck me as pretty much in line with the experience of most NXR buyers. However, I do have a point of order,: there really haven't been "many sad stories" about the NXR here. It's just that when an NXR story is sad, it is very sad. The warranty support can be abysmal, as imp.capensis says. This has been a problem for most small market-share stove makers. (That is not said in defense of Duro, btw; I'm only pointing out that the reality that buying a small-manufacturer "pro-style" product carries risks). Imp.capensis's perception of "many' points to a fundamental perceptual problem for every small stove maker: "any" is "too many." As for other sites "that make an effort to evaluate kitchen appliances in a systematic way," I'm not sure that there are any for stoves other than Consumer Reports. CR has dumbed down their presentations to the point of triviality, so it is getting harder to get detailed information and comparisons. Beyond that, CR's annual membership surveys yield about the only source of hard information on product reliability trends. For refrigerators, oddly enough, the reviewed.com sub-site of www.refrigeratorinfo.com has been a model of what I think is well-developed, systematic testing with very informative presentations . I think CR would do well to emulate their presentations (except, of course, for the intrusive, near consant pop-up ads that circumvent some browser's pop-up blockers.) . Unfortunately, refrigeratorinfo.com actually tests a very few models, so its coverage is very limited.. Beyond that, and apart from here and chowhound, I dunno. What I find so valuable about the discussions here and at chowhound is that they may (not always, but often) produce the kind of nuanced, extended conversations that, for me, were ultimately more useful than a one-off magazine style review. This post was edited by JWVideo on Thu, Apr 17, 14 at 1:38...See MoreFinal, swear to god, Review for NXR (long)
Comments (6)Good news at long last. Useful review, too. On cleaning, a couple of comments/suggestions. For the NXR oven, I've found that a modified "steaming" helps, kind of like what Whirlpool's so-called "acqua-lift" is supposed to do. I usually have a big pan of water in the oven when baking bread, and that steam seems to help reduce some of the goo, and definitely makes it easier to wipe the inside of the the oven. I've also found that ammonia-based cleaners like Windex, used with one of the blue "Scotch Brite" scrubbing sponges will quickly take a lot of roast chicken splatter off the walls and floor of the oven. Do not -- repeat, do not --- use anything like Soft Scrub, Bon Ami or Bar Keeper's Friend. The first time I got a bad burn on -- a small spot of dripping sweet potatoes that carbonized onto a corner of the floor pan -- I tried taking a short cut and used some BKF. Reduced the sheen off a corner of that nice shiny blue floor pan. Now everything sticks there. I've used Fume Free Easy Off a couple of times, (mainly for the roasting spatters that really bake onto convection fan housing and make me miss self-cleaning ovens). It works reasonably well and required a lot less effort (and unpleasantness) than I had imagined from past experience with oven cleaners. I regularly take a razor scraper to the oven glass because nothing else seems to work for stuff that cakes on there. For the cooktop seams, have you tried using microfiber cloths for wiping? I find those used in combination with Windex or Pinesol have pretty much taken care of cleaning the top, seams and all....See MoreThor and NXR gas ranges
Comments (4)There are numbers of long threads on NXRs here. The site-search engine can be hit or miss. Go out to google/ask/bing/whatever and type "gardenweb + nxr" and you'll have reading for a week. Note that the NXR line was recently "refreshed" to move the NXR product line further upscale, so the price has gone up a bit from when most of the threads were written. Near as I can tell, the main changes are: (a) an upgraded burner ignitor control unit (prior model was the less expensive kind that sparked all four ignitors and the new one has independent control channels for each burner) and (b) updated appearance with more LED indicator lights and beefier control knobs. Otherwise, the new models work like the older ones (NRG and DGRB) so the older discussions should still be applicable. For a comparison of the GE Cafe and the NXR, have a look at this thread on that very subject. As far as I can tell, nothing has changed in the last 3½ years since that thread started. One thing on reading reviews about the Cafe models, there were some very negative reviews when the line came out in the 2010-2012 period. GE made some changes that mostly took care of those problems. Concentrate on reviews after 2012. Another thing to bear in mind is that GE sells a ton of them. If 10% of buyers have problems, that is a lot of potential posters. It is an axiom here that unhappy customers are more likely to post than happy ones. That said, the main longevity concern with any major brand stove (induction, gas, electric or dual fuel) is electronic control systems. Consider five year extended warranties if you can get one for $200 or so. Read the fine print. Some have better coverage and terms than others. (Another subject you can research here, too.) We've had a couple of threads discussing the Thor ranges which have recently appeared on the market. Probably the most informative one is this thread which is titled for "Kucht" ranges. FYI, NXR, Thor and Kucht are all just brand names used by American and Canadian import companies/resellers/branders. The stoves are all contracted from, designed by, and fabricated-assembled by Hyxxion Metal Works in China. In terms of avoiding mistakes or being stuck with lemons, consider buying your stove from vendors with absolute satisfaction guarantees. Costco, for example, famously has that kind of guarantee. That means you can just return the stove if you get a freight damaged unit, or receive a lemon, or just plain don't like the stove after a few weeks use. On hoods, you might want to start a separate thread with your requirements in the title. Also, try posting that question in the Kitchens forum, too, which is where design mavens hang out. One suggestion, though, is to consider getting a 36" wide hood if you can fit one in. The extra width will do a better job of collecting vapors and heat from the stovetop and oven vent. This just a suggestion. If you can't fit one in to your kitchen space or budget, you can't do it. We work with the kitchens and budgets we have....See Morejwvideo
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