LOVE my Bertazzoni, 36inch, stainless, 6-burner!!!! Purchased it as a blow-out floor model and was a little nervous at first. I've had it for 9 months now without issue. Well, when it was delivered, I noticed one of the little black feet had a crack--called Bertazzoni--they sent me 2 replacements within days! For the first week I had it, I called Bertazzoni Cust. Service for every little bit of info I could think of and they were great. If the rep didn't know the answer, they found someone who did. The oven is incredibly consistent. I don't understand how it can be so accurate. I have TWO oven thermometers and this oven is dead on, without fail. As for the vented heat, no problem there, either. I live near Chicago, but our summers get pretty hot, and it never was an issue. In the cases where I've read about excessive heat, I would say that is NOT the norm. I have a very good hood, also. Maybe that helps? It's the Broan with the clock/timer display and "theater lighting" (Evolution QP3 Series) The appliance store recommend one with higher cfms but if you do the calculations, this one is fine. At least once/week I have all 6 burners + oven going and the two work great together.

Hi, Hi, I'm in the process of remodeling our kitchen. I narrowed down the 30" gas range stove selection between a Bertazzoni Master series and a Bosch 800 series. At this point I am looking at single fuel. My in-laws have Bertazzoni. I have cooked with it a little and it is a solid range. Easy to clean, very simple without unnecessery bells and whistles. Currently Bertazzoni includes a free range hood which helps. Anyone has experience with Bertazzoni range hood? I have no experience with Bosch besides the Bosch dishwasher we have and love btw. I cook and bake a lot, looked at Bosch's manual and it has some extra features like proof, but maybe that is just more parts to brake and extras that I will never use in the end. Anyone face a similar dilemma? What do you recommend? This post was edited by orveusz on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 12:22

I can't comment about how BS compares to Capital. I liked the look of the BS better than both Capital and American (for my kitchen) and I bought a six burner 36" BS RCS. I've had it since February and I love it! It cooks incredibly well, the burners are very powerful, I'm not sure what I'd do with higher btu's :-) I've mentioned this in another thread about the BS RCS, I don't sear meat. I could see having higher btu's for that could be helpful (I think both Capital and American have higher btu's than the RCS line), though fish sears great on the RCS. And the btu's on the RCS have plenty of power for stir frys. You won't feel lacking in power imo for either of those. The oven heats up fairly quickly for a 36" oven imo and bakes very evenly. Cookies, bread, pizza, roasted veggies, broiled fish all come out perfectly. I saw a comment on your other thread about 30" vs 36" range that a larger range requires a larger hood which costs more. Tis true! If you do decide to go with the 36" (or 30" for that matter) you might want to look at either a Prizer or a BS hood b/c you'll get a discount b/c you bought a range and hood together from the same manufacturer (or you should-ask if they don't offer it to you). Prizer is BS's parent company btw. Depending on your hood choice (model, cfm's you want) it might be less expensive to get one of these brands, saving you some money. Worth looking into anyway, not pushing you towards either :-)

No too much help but I went with Monogram 36”. I was able to get a good deal and a rebate toward a speed oven which is why it made sense over Cafe but they’re similar. I liked the small timer and huge oven , which I believe blue star does have ( I went to stores with my pans/cookie sheets) I think the Bertazzoni was shallower so the pans didn’t fit well if I remember correctly.