The BS/CC burners have been discussed to death ..... BS customer service seems to have really improved the last year or so don't think that is a pressing issue. The hot oven doors are on the ranges not the French Door. I don't recall reading a review on the BS French door wall oven. You may also want to look at the American Range French door wall oven because it has co-dependent doors.You can open and close both doors with one hand. For hood insert you want to look at the Prestige Power Pack. I have never cooked in Capital wall ovens and I don't know how well the moist assist feature works but below are 30" double ovens 20% off UMRP with free shipping. As you have already read the Gagg ovens are fantasic. Miele speed ovens and dishwashers are fantastic as well. Here is a link that might be useful: LINK

I agree with the first two posts and would add that although I don't think all Viking ranges are bad, they do tend to be overpriced. There are lots of range manufacturers out there. I replaced my Viking cooktop with a Bluestar and love it to death. Seriously, I never expected to find a drop-in cooktop that cooks like a restaurant burner. If you are looking at full ranges or a rangetop (as Viking calls them) your selection goes up and Viking does make some good choices. Regardless of what brand, buy and open burner. If you want ease of cleaning, then go with flat surface radiant or induction. I had a Viking sealed burner and it was not that easy to clean. The burners have an aluminum collar that gets stained very easily and if any liquid gets into the ignitors, it'll take a week to dry out and you're left with using matches or dealing with endless clicking. IMHO, cleaning on open vs sealed gas burners is very minor so if ease of cleaning is your top priority then go with electric. Now with regard to brands.. I'd go so far as to say if you have any two appliances with the same brand, you are not getting best of class. Ok maybe an exaggeration but not far from true. In fact, a great cooktop manufacturer may not be a good oven manufacturer. That flies in the face of the single unit ranges but it's true. You might ask why commercial ranges are sold in single piece then. Well, many if not most restaurants either primarily use the cooktop or oven. So they buy whichever brand provides the best for what they need most and the other just comes with it. You'll find many restaurants that specialize in both types of cooking (like most French restaurants) will have wall ovens and a rangetop (no oven underneath, just storage for pots and such). Here's my suggestions on brands to look for: Cooktop/range: Bluestar, DCS (of course you can check out Wolf and Viking) Oven (if separate): Decor (sorry, I'm not a big baker) Fridge: Maytag, Frigidaire, GE, Kenmore (lots here but stay away from LG.. I've got one and it's ok but does not seem as dependable as my old Maytag that's still going strong in the garage. Diswasher: Maytag, GE, Kenmore.. etc. Microwave: who cares. unless you want good convection double duty in which case, buy one from a good oven co. Hood: Vent-a-hood (sorry, I just love mine. It sucks the salt and pepper up when I'm cooking. That's just too cool.) I'll probably get flamed for some of these suggestions but they are based on my experiences. The Vent-a-hood is really a different design than any other hood out there so you'll either love it or hate it. I always hated cleaning the filter screen on the hood and Vent-a-hood gives me an alternative. Oh, when sizing your hood, oversize it a bit if you do any amount of saute or wok stir fry. It still shocks me when companies sell 36" hoods with 36" ranges. I'd suggest an overhang of about 4" on each side so for a 36" range, you'll want a 42-44" hood assuming a standard mounting height of around 25-30". The higher you mount the wider the hood. If your hood is to be mounted between cabinets, this requirement is less stringent. On an island or wall (without cabinets), the overhang is very important. One last thing.. did I say open burner yet? :) Good luck.

Hi This is my first post, but I did a ton of reading on this site so I guess it's time to give back! We are in the middle of a kitchen remodel and the major appliances are installed since July 5th. In our new kitchen we choose the Elux Wave Touch oven EW30EW5CGS (single 30 inch) based on the feedback we read on this site. I can only assume the double oven you are looking at will be as nice as the single one we purchased. The wave touch control works very well and is not so hard to use or to keep clean. The single oven takes about 7 minutes to go from room temp to 350F using the rapid preheat or 10 minutes if using normal mode. The two easy glide racks are very smooth, Interior lights are also very good. But most important it bakes very well. For the refrigerator we also decided to go counter depth for many reasons. First, we have a large freezer in the basement and another full size refrigerator in the garage. Second, our kitchen is small and the fridge and oven are on the same wall, so going counter depth makes for a nicer layout in our case. We looked at many refrigerators from LG, Samsung, Jen-Air, KitchenAid, GE etc, but my wife fell in love with the Elux French Door counter depth model EW23BC85KS also with Wave touch. It's not too small at 22.6 cu ft for a counter depth fridge, but still fits nicely in a 24 inch depth cabinet unlike some models we looked at that are advertised as counter depth but have a 28 inch depth. The Elux refrigerators received many bad reviews in the last few years because of the many problems with the ice maker. However the new models released this year have new ice makers and so far they seem to work very well. The only negative on the fridge, the water coming from the dispenser is not cold. But for us this is minor since the fridge produces enough ice (dual ice maker) to please a polar bear or to keep up with a family of six (4 kids) during the hot summer weeks we just experienced. In this model all the drawers are self closing, also a nice touch. Good luck in your decision making process it's not easy... .

Best is a subjective term, based on individuals varied needs. Read tha Appliance Forum here for a couple of days and that should get you more informed. Then if you still have specific questions about specific models, a quick post to clarify can aid you in finalizing.