Hi everyone-I am new to the forum and I really love the look of this jenn aire pro style range and the price is good for me. I thought I was going to get the new ge cafe until I saw this one. I have seen some bad reviews on some jenn aire products, mostly electric ranges but none specifically on the gas. Does anyone out here own this model or know anything about it?? My budget for a stove, D/W, built in M/W and Hood is max. $5000 I would hate to waste it on something unreliable. Any comments/feedback please.....While I'm at it, my other appliance will be, K/A dishwasher-kudt03ftss, K/A M/wave kbms1454sss and Best by broan chimney hood k4130ss. Any thoughts on these would be appreciated. This is my first kitchen remodel and I want to get it right and would love some opinions. Thank you so much!

Nice bit of "Jenn-air" history, hvtech42! My only disagreement with it would be to "Lump all the JA products together" in the "History Lesson". I have no experience with the JA cooking products, (cooktops, ranges, ovens~~~etc). But I do have a lot of experience with a Jenn-air Fridge and in fact, I've done a lof of research on them. Back in 2006, I was looking for a 48" built in fridge. Back then, I only had 3 choices, (or at least that's all I could find in stores and on the net). One was GE, since I had a GE S X S full sized fridge I was going to replace, (I could not get icemaker parts even during it's one year warranty)!!, & It leaked and rusted out the sides of the fridge~~sooooo~~~~GE was out of the running, (back in 2006). The other choices were SZ and Jenn-air. Apparently SZ was having evaporator problems back in 2006, (some say it was a copper problem, others say it was caused by copper tubing and aluminum fins on the tubing)~~~~anyway~~~SZ was rated "Dead Last" in reliability by Consumer Reports~~~~yeah I know, but I took time to research the evaporator problem and found out enough about it to scare me off! Jenn-Air "S X S as well has built ins" have been rated the #1 fridge for reliability by readers of Consumer Reports since 2006, and today I believe it is "Tied" with another manufacturer for the #1 position, SZ is about 4 points below, (So not significant, at least to me). The Jenn-Air of 2006 was "Way Ahead of it's Thyme". It offered conveniences and attributes that even most fridges today don't offer. It was one of the first to use the variable speed compressor, very quiet and efficient and great temp control. It has digital readouts and settings for 3 different areas of the fridge, (Meat Keeper, Chrisper and main compartment). It has a 4th digital readout and control for the freezer. It has crank up and down shelves---luv those, so handy when encountering a tall bottle or whatever! The fridge also has built in Diagnostics The disgnostics will check the speed of every fan in the fridge, it will check compressor speed, check the flap operation between the fridge and freezer, all in all about 31 diagnostic test~~~~~sooooo~~~~if I ever have a problem with the fridge, I should be able to pretty well "Nail down" which part is causing the problem and make sure the appliance repair company has it, BEFORE they come out and have a "Look SEE" as they do with most fridge repairs. So, great history lesson, but I think you have to (at the very least) split the JA Fridge from the JA cooking appliances to really see "The Whole Picture"! Unfortunately, today, 2014, it looks like Whirlpool may have removed a lot of the things I really like about my JA Fridge, The crank up/down shelves, The 3 different temp settings for different areas of the fridge, and I would bet money they removed the "Diagnostics" Too!! Gary

We have mostly GE Profile appliances, except DW & MW, and so far are very happy with them. Our DW is KitchenAid and our MW a Sharp MW drawer. When we moved into our house 13 years ago, we purchased all GE Profile appliances except MW...Refrigerator, DW, & Electric Convection Range. Our MW was a Sharp. We also purchased a GE, not Profile, washer & dryer. Our experiences were: Range...wonderful...still going strong when we demo'd in January of this year and is now being used by a family we donated it to. DW...not so good. That's why we bought a KA with the remodel. We have somewhat acidic well water and it corroded the DW. We then got a Maytag and it also was still working fine at demo and is also now being used by another family. Refrigerator...the icemaker did die, but the rest of the refrigerator was fine...we're keeping it as a 2nd refrigerator. New kitchen appliances: GE Profile Electric Cooktop GE Profile Warming Drawer GE Profile Trivection Double Ovens (top is Trivection, bottom convection) GE Profile CD FD Refrigerator w/water in the door Sharp MW Drawer KitchenAid DW The only appliance we've been less than thrilled with is the KA DW...we have to use the heavy duty wash to get consistently clean dishes. All the GE Profile appliances are working just fine.

I went with the Thermador. I was pulling the trigger on the JennAir, but they said the model I wanted was still in production and several weeks out from arrival. I was offered a great deal on the floor model Thermador above and decided to go that direction. I had a few issues the first few weeks with the Thermador, but customer service was great and they handled all repairs without question and very quickly. Beyond that, I’ve been using it since October and have really loved it. I know that doesn’t help with your situation of deciding on the JennAir offer you received, but my research on the JennAir seemed very positive.