Paso, the internal debate I am having is BlueStar plus single wall oven vs. induction plus double wall oven! My leanings seem to change by the hour. I like that induction will keep my kitchen cooler, and will be safer as my 5 children learn to cook. I also don't want to always have to run the hood to eliminate the CO. And I want ease of cleaning. But.. a range is more romantic, I think my husband would like it better when he occasionally cooks breakfast, and induction may push me to needing another electrical panel in the house, which I think is a $2k expense. I probably need to consult an electrician about installation costs for the two different appliance configurations. Regardless, I'll probably go with my gut, but I want to know what expense I'm in for. Well, at least it's good to know LP will not affect the decision!

I have a 36" RNB running on LP and it has been perfect in every way so far (2 months). It was converted to LP by the dealer. It was originally a natural gas model ordered for another customer who didn't like the color when it came in. I adjusted the air shutters for each burner myself and the flames became perfectly blue afterwards. They were apparently left in the NG positions since they could not turn it on in the store of course. I also adjusted the low flame setting for each burner and the simmering ability is amazing. I did try a live NG version at the store, and my burners look exactly the same on LP for what that's worth. It is one big pile of fire! The only thing I am concerned with is there is a loud !boom! every time the oven finishes preheating. It is quite predictable and happens every time we turn it on from cold. Happens just once (after about 5 minutes), and never again until the next time we use it. It is startling if you're in the kitchen! Not sure what this could be, whether it's a gas explosion or metal expanding. We plan to ask the White glove folks when they come out. I don't expect any meaningful answer based on what I've been reading though. Anyway, other than the !boom! it's fantastic. Maybe Trevor knows what the boom is?

I like that my Wolf has the same power, high and simmer, on all burners. I believe in the dual ring of flame over Thermador's star burner. If I wanted the star shaped flame, I'd go with BlueStar. I don't know which Wolf you're going for...the open or sealed burners...but my open burners have 1 grate per 1 burner, so they're not too heavy and awkward to move, but the Thermador and sealed burner Wolfs have 1 grate per 2 burners, so dbl long and dbl heavy. Wolf has the higher BTU ratings. Do you have natural gas? If you're using propane, the Thermador offers only 13K BTUs instead of 15K it offers with NG. The Wolf is designed for the type of fuel used, so there is no BTU difference. The other reason I didn't consider Thermador, which probably doesn't apply to you, but we wanted a 48" with all burners and no griddle or grill, and they didn't offer that configuration. I think Thermador has a 1 yr warranty where Wolf has a 2 yr. The only problem I've had with my Wolf is that the grates had little rubber feet that degraded very quickly. They make a new type of grate now, which they sent immediately. They also sent new underpans, since they weren't 100% sure the new grates would fit the holes in my original ones. They did fit, so now I have 2 sets of the underpans, just because Wolf didn't want me to be inconvenienced with a 'wait and see' plan. The great reports about their customer service is what pushed me the last bit toward deciding for Wolf. I obviously haven't used a Thermador to compare. I am very happy with the performance of my Wolf. Not all that crazy about the shiny black under pans for cleaning, but at least I can take them out when necessary. I was concerned about the sealed vs open burner issue on models like Thermador. But you will hear both sides of that argument here, and it seems to have to do with personal preference, as well as cooking and cleaning style.

OK, finally decided to boil some water. My largest regular sauce pan is 3qt. I didn't fill it so it probably started with 2.5 qt of hot tap water; I was interested in maintaining a rolling boil, not the total time. I did notice that it took ~10 min. to bring that water to the rolling boil on my largest burner that is listed as 13000BTU on propane. I then added a cup or so cold water and reheated on my 11000btu burner with good rolling boil. I then moved to my lower 7000BTU burner (didn't add more water) and it went back to a boil, but not really rolling boil, but more than a simmer. So yes, I guess you have a problem. Back to orifice sizes: (while this may not help since the biggest orifice in use doesn't do the job) but you could probably do a simple check of whether a larger orifice would help with what you already have, at least assuming that you have a little kit of tools including a small socket set of metric sockets. The orifices usually use 7 or 8mm sockets for removal or insertion (I forget which). My suggestion would be to remove the largest burner's orifice and place it in the next smaller burner. If that medium burner does not have big yellow flames ('though it probably will: watch your arms) but still shows mostly or all blue, then you know that your burners probably all needed larger orifices. If that test medium burner now boils water, you would assume that it now had a better and hotter gas/air mixture that even overcame the burner being smaller. As I suggested at the paragraph top, that is unlikely, but you might learn something. If you try this, you might want to put a dab of butter or something in the little socket to hold the orifice in the socket while removing and reinserting (no butter in the actual hole!).