I currently own an American Range DF 36" with 6 burners. I bought the floor model, not a huge discount on the cost, BUT it did take away from the length of the warranty time for me, as in shortened it by 6 months, strike 1 against AR. Also, in the first year I owned it died just before Thanksgiving, so I had no oven for a full week, but only because I bought the replacement part, and paid for 2nd day shipping to get it replaced asap. Then this year, I thought the sail had died again, but no, this time was the Control Panel at a list price of $800.00. For the large expense of this range, to have to have it fixed 2 times in less than 3 yrs, and no warranty on the parts or labor, too pricey and I would not recommend American Range to a home owner. When it works, it's great, I love the 36" oven and that I can have my canner on the stove and still have space to make dinner. But, the "fix" for the sail part, now makes a noise half the time so it sounds like the oven is going to break again. I would look at a Garland to see if they offer a dual fuel, or get a subzero or wolf. No real warranty from American Range, and one of the repair companies I spoke with was charging a surcharge to come and look at it because "I bought a high end stove, so we charge more just to come to your house". I was not a happy camper, and there are only 2 service techs in my area that service American Range. Best of luck!

Gotta say I'm more than happy with my 36" RNB. I have been using it for just about a year now and have not had 1 issue. I did break the thermostat for the griddle while installing the hi-back guard and shelf but it was replaced very quickly, my fault. I replaced it too, no need for a service guy w/these machines, I adjusted all my burners too, easy. I also have a 30" Wolf convection and a Wolf steam oven but do use the BS oven for pizza, big hunks of meat and anything I want to use a big sheet pan for. The BS oven is the quietest when using convection mode and I love the ability to turn the fan off w/a switch, the Wolf fan stays on for quite some time after the oven is off and is LOUD. The steam oven fan is also relatively loud, we use that oven the most of any of them. I would absolutely purchase another BS range. I hadn't even heard of them until I was starting my new construction and ended up on this site. I read all the horror stories but with all the stellar reviews I figured I'd take a chance. Got a moss green range and matching pro-line 1200 cfm hood (talk about loud). Initially I was interested in the AR performer, the place I purchase from had Capital, AR and BS all right next to each other (didn't even consider a Wolf). I had looked at an AR at another place by itself but when I saw it next to the BS I didn't even look at it again. I may have been equally happy w/the AR but am very happy with my BS. Really the only thing I was remotely concerned about was the hot door as I have young twins (5 now, 4 when we moved in). When I saw my boy sitting on the floor in front of the range with his back against the door while it was on my worries were over, he was 'warming up'. Heck my Wolf lower panel gets hot enough to be quite unpleasant when it's on which surprised me as no one has ever complained about that. Having the 'known good' Wolf in the same kitchen as the BS oven I can say they've both been brilliant. However it does make the Wolf seem 'not soo special' since the BS is equally 'special'. I do most of my bread baking in the BS just cause I can fit more in there but have used all 3 (steam oven only goes up to 445 deg though), they all work great but the end product is slightly different in each which is kinda cool.

Thank you everyone for the helpful replies! Much appreciated!! I found the search for a gas range to be quite consuming and confusing. It's been several years since I purchased a range and this time I took more of an interest in what I was going to chose because it will be going into my new kitchen! I was clueless how many variations of BTU's and burners and convection systems, etc. there are out there! Holy crap why so many choices and what do they all really mean... and are any of them better or worse or necessary?? My husband, bless his patient soul, compared it to the stress of buying a new car!! Can you all picture the joy we had in doing this?? :> I thought I went into this journey with an advantage because I knew what I didn't want. However, NOT so because even some of the pricey ranges offer nothing more mechanical than some of the much less costly ones... at least that is what I found to be true. I also found it not unusual for sales people to have their own favorite brand and that is where they would try to steer me. After much research, physical shopping, and help from folks like yourselves.... I felt the AR Cuisine series would fit my needs. So we purchased a 30 inch range with the 5 burner configuration. I chose this one for the dual convection system with a large capacity oven which appears to be fairly "easy?" to clean, the configuration of the BTU's were good, the sealed porcelain cook top for "easy?" clean up and the look is bold but not as commercial looking as their other series of ranges. I had contemplated the Performer series with the open burners... but shied away from it for 2 reasons. One is the power of the open flame with those high BTU's .. whoa, have any of you seen them in action?? I can definitely see the advantage to having those but the way I cook.....my omelets were doomed to be crispy and my curtains on fire! I'm exaggerating, I don't have curtains :) Two, the clean up of the stove top on the Performer would be so cumbersome and time consuming for me due to the heavier than heck grates and multiple heavy burner parts. I just could not think about having to do that every time I made a stir fry! My poor husband just looked at me in horror, for multiple reasons, when I initially said let's consider this range!! So my new Cuisine is being delivered tomorrow but the kitchen is not ready for it.... so it will sit wrapped up in the garage til....? A side note.... the store I purchased it from told me they temporarily stopped stocking AR due to a conflict with their distributor. So they sold me the range floor model at $1000.00 lower than I could find it anyplace.... it is in pristine condition! I was ecstatic and turned to my husband and said..... this is great because if I decide that I don't like it.... we can sell it for at least what we paid for it and buy a different one!! Especially now that I am such a knowledgeable range snob :> Thanks again everyone for the input! I love this site and hope to be of help to one of you sometime! Take care!

Hi - Here's my input... The burners are single - photo below (sorry about sizing) The knobs are great! It escapes me at the moment what they are made of but I will re-post when it comes to me! (not plastic) They wipe off clean easily. I think they do pull off but we haven't done that yet. They are on there securely though so that don't wiggle off. Push in to turn, lights immediately, infinitely adjustable. They have gotten warm to the touch - not hot - while using the oven for a long period of time. The oven racks are shiny - we haven't had problems keeping them clean. The one bad mess I made, I just used the Fume Free Easy Off and it cleaned up nicely. They are easy enough to pull out/push in. (Gliding would be nice though with that bottom extension thing!) The grates are kind of in between - not too shiny, not too flat. They can be washed in the dw, they would fit in ours. We haven't done it yet though. I usually put them in the sink and blast with hot water. Love them. They are very sturdy but not too horribly heavy to pick up for cleaning. Also, the layout between the eyes and the center allows for easy sliding of the pots. The oven fan is not silent but it isn't overly loud either. Also, it only runs when you turn it on. I'm not sure about feeling the air venting, I would have to do a test run later. Not sure about the broiler being sealed - will have to look at home. I've attached a link to our American photos. There may be others there that would help you. A lot of them are the range in our house. A few are of the floor model I saw at the distributor prior to our purchase. Hope that helps. Your set up sounds great! Good luck, Here is a link that might be useful: American Photos