Big Chill Pro Style (manufactured by BlueStar)
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Bertazzoni, Blue Star or NXR Pro Style Range?
Comments (13)I took a look at both ranges at the weekend, and it really depends what you want. The BlueStar is a cooking machine. Comparing to a Viking is completely unfair. BS is for a serious cook that doesn't care too much about looks (although, I honestly think the BS is the best looking range out there). To me, Viking is more about marketting and the name, I have never been that impressed with their ranges, especially for the money. Bert. seems great too to be honest, but a different beast to the BS. Cheaper, definitely cheaper, but still a decent performing range, with good BTUs. The handles would take some getting use to for me I have to say. I am going to be going with the BS, but then I cook a lot (and am writing a cookbook). If I didn't cook that much, the BS would be overkill, and I would go for the Bert. Not quite sure what the guy is saying about the BS grates - they are cast iron, not porcelain on the BS. Both are good ranges, but are for seriously different purposes....See MoreBig Chill 30" Stove
Comments (6)Bluestar manufactures the new pro series. I think they may manufacture the others, but I am not sure. When I inquired about the new pro stove, Big Chill was very responsive. On second thought, I think Bluestar owns Big Chill.......See MoreBlue star / big chill /. Bertazoni??
Comments (11)If you can afford the price difference, I'd strongly urge you to get open instead of sealed burners. I (almost) daily have to clean my RNB open burners, and it literally takes no more than a few seconds of wiping with a paper towel (and a few more seconds for cleaning the stainless steel parts). Two or three times a year, I clean out the drip tray. I have also cleaned a Bluestar cooktop, which by virtue of being a cooktop can't have open burners. It is a lot more work. Not really an activity I look forward to whenever I use that kitchen. It also feels, as if the open burners are more powerful. But that could be a bit of comparing apples to oranges. The open burner range is installed at sea level, whereas the cooktop is installed in the mountains....See MoreBig Chill 48" Pro Range. Anybody??
Comments (24)@jayfitz, I went through a very similar decision making process, when we decided on the appliances for our kitchen. Our old kitchen had a 30" Bluestar RNB. We absolutely love it; it's such an amazingly well-designed range. But I hated the fact that I only have a single oven. I was convinced that I should get a 48" range instead. I particularly was enamored with the idea of getting asymmetric ovens. I do love the big oven in the 30" range. But I regularly wish for having an additional small one. This was the critical stage in my decision making. I realized that I would benefit from a little extra real-estate on the stove top. But I literally never would use the full 48". It's just a waste of good countertop surface. I don't have the attention span to juggle more than two or three pots for active cooking -- and things that need to slowly simmer usually go into the oven anyway. We talked to our kitchen designer and brain stormed about alternatives. We ultimately decided on keeping the 30" RNB, although if I had to buy new, I'd get the 36" model instead. That gives us the big and powerful oven that we need. But we added a 24" Miele combination steam oven and a 24" Miele SpeedOven. In particular the CSO is going to get a lot of use as I come up to speed with its functions. It is IMHO a much better alternative than the built-in small oven in the 48" range. Please note that "wall" ovens don't necessarily need to go into the wall. It is not unusual to place them under counter tops or even in an island. You can be creative in your layout. The space that you gain from not having the ginormous 48+" hood should allow you to shuffle things around and make space for at least one 24" oven somewhere....See Morejwvideo
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