Woohoo! The little annoyances will soon vanish when you fire that puppy up. You remind me of why I choose SS (well, that and the fact that the CC only came in a few colors). I figured that unless I got black, the color would not be quite right. Pictures please?

Jon

Thank you so much for all of the details sayde. I agree with Jon. Soon your troubles will be far behind and you will be cooking away.

I do think you should pursue the dings though. At least get something for them even if you don't want a replacement.

I second the request for pics. ;-)

I'd be concerned about the serial number - the fact that the number on the box doesn't match the number on the unit. The sticking door is a big deal - make sure it won't be a problem for you.

Hi, thanks for the suggestions -- the number on the box does match the serial number. The serial number inside the stove does not say V-1. The box has some yellow stickers next to the serial number, and the yellow stickers say V-1. That's why I inferred that this started as an older chassis that was upgraded for the V-1 fixes. But, yes, the insulator on the oven door does look like the old model.

Have put the grates on and one of the circles does not sit right in any of the grates, so will need to be replaced.

Here are your pics Sayde. Thanks for sharing them. I love the color.

Thanks so much Christine!

The kitchen is still a work in progress. The cabs are all the original gumwood -- the lowers are not yet finished.

I thought I had an issue with one of the grate circles but it was just "operator error" -- a few more turns and it seats just fine.

wow...first of all...i LOVE the color....really spectacular.
re the serial number...i'd be on the phone with bluestar in a hot minute...i found the V1 on the left side serial number when you remove the grates on a stainless rail. is that where you found it? call them and get a direct answer.
have you registered it yet online and signed up for the white glove service to come and tweak it? if there is a problem with a knob or such, let them know ahead of time so that the service people can bring it.

fyi: our bluestar came in a thick box that was shed by the delivery folks.

Really cool Sayde!!!!! I quite like the floor reflection in the door, neat visual, really like the color too.

Thanks for the pics

"The install was not a piece of cake but not too bad. We took off the grates, the oven floor, and the kick plate but not the door. This lightened it quite a bit. One of the tough things was getting the flexible gas hose out of the way behind the stove. I could not understand why people are putting a safety shutoff for the gas behind the stove. If you need to quickly get to it, you would have to pull the stove out first. It just didn't make sense to me. We ran our gas line down through the floor and the gas shutoff is in the basement just below the range, where it is easily seen and easily reached."

The reason the shutoff for the gas is put behind the stove is for code: Most inspectors require it to be someplace that it is accessible from the front of the range. Even though you would have to pull the range out it is still accessible.

I think the color is nice, Sayde. Matchy matchy would be too much. It blends nicely.

fwiw, our gas cut off is in the back/bottom of cabinet to left of range. Our lower level is finished, so not an option to install it there. We lost a tad of storage space, but not much since pots/pans and lids are stored on those roll-out shelves.

Here is a link that might be useful: my kitchen

It looks AMAZING! Makes me shed a silent tear that I didn't go for a color range myself. Good luck with everything else and can't wait to see the finished pics!

Thanks everyone.

We have now completed the burnoff. Everything seems to be working just fine. The burners are all that I hoped. I never had a gas oven before and was a little nervous but it is really nice-- no coils inside, just this big clean space. Oven gets hot outside but not nearly the scary stuff I was reading about. (We did put some shields between the range and the cabs, just in case -- quilted insulation material.) I called today to request the White Glove Service.

It has taken a couple of days to get used to the look of it in the kitchen. It is settling in. I send silent thank you's to everyone who has one of these and raved about it. I was so nervous about ordering it but for the moment, at least, I am content. Eager to season my new wok.

It's a gorgeous color and it seems to go wonderfully with your floor. You're going to have an amazing looking kitchen...I hope the range works great for you.

Thanks so much for your post, rhome, and for all the other many posts along the way. I have gotten so much help and encouragement from you!

Your range and cabinets look great together. BTW, I sometimes rotate a grate rather than fitting it in. Basically it will raise the grate and therefore the pan a bit further above the flame of the burners. This is useful on the simmer burner when set on low, for the lowest possible heat, and also on one of the bigger burners when set on high, it will prevent the flames from 'licking' the sides of the pan if the pan is raised slightly. Especially a medium sided pan bottom.

Sometimes I'll do this if I'm in a hurry to boil water for tea, if the pan is raised the flames stay on the bottom and I think it boils faster than having the flames cascade out the sides. Not really necessary with bigger pans of course.

Also I would check out if the lower oven gliding rack will extend all the way without hitting the oven door.

And at least with my oven, the bottom of the floor (removing the floor and turning it over) had a 'baffle' (like a box welded to it) that was painted and it took longer than one 'burn off' before the paint was sufficiently burnt off.