Capital Culinarian problems
DCKelly
11 years ago
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Culinarian--Capital disappointment
Comments (8)Hi Hamster, Hope you have better luck. I have received a replacement stove. I was told it was coming on a lift truck but it came on a semi. Good thing we have a forklift--we had to unload it ourselves. New stove is in and I have been using it for awhile. I am NOT totally happy with it. There are the small things: the burner grates are a bit too low so that a 14" pan has to tilt when it extends over the griddle, the griddle's temperature fluctuates too much (it cools down too much before coming on again), the rolling racks get stuck on the lower levels (like the oven is not square and they get jammed. I had to kick one to get it dislodged). There are the larger things: I used the self cleaning for the oven after rotisserie turkey, now the oven cooling fan does not come on (just hums), convection cooking does not yield even results (a rack on a lower position browns much faster).....I have to try the broiler again to see if it is working. Sadly, I would not purchase another one. I contacted them in October that I had the old one boxed and ready to return and no one has responded. I am going to contact them after the holiday to let them know about these latest problems....See MoreCapital Culinarian.. in person...
Comments (93)Went to the showroom in Newport Beach - thanks for the tips on the phone numbers! Well worth the trip, totally made my decision easy. The Capital looks so much more refined than the Blue Star. The Blue Star was top of my list but it looks so industrial that I just couldn't put it in my kitchen. I thought I wanted a self-clean but after looking at both, I liked the manual much better. The shelves in the manual slide in and out much better than the shelves on rollers in the self-clean version. The rollers seemed to stick on the self-clean displays and the rotisserie is a beast! I'm sure if I was really into rotisserie cooking, it would be great but it looks like you could spear an entire turkey on that thing! Sam was super accomodating and made everything super easy - I ordered my 36 Culinarian the next morning and cannot wait for it to arrive . . ....See MoreCapital Culinarian-Calling all owners of Culinarians
Comments (8)Overall, we've been really happy, and we've been having pretty good results with ours. We managed to get the grates just in time to cook Thanksgiving dinner on the thing. Very glad I heard about the Capital before going for Blue Star. The wok burner was a big selling point, and so far we've been very happy with it. The wok grate holds the wok very securely (we tested this when we visited the factory, so it wasn't surprising). Boiling water, even large quantities, really is quite fast on this thing. While I still think that anyone who tries to justify purchasing a $4k+ range because it will "save time" is engaging in a high degree of rationalization, there definitely are cases where you notice a few minutes being shaved off here or there. Using the burners on "normal" settings is also very satisfying; I haven't found that getting used to that much power has required too much adjustment. We have all 23k burners, and the lowest flame really does get down pretty low (though it's still high enough to keep a ~4.5 qt saucepan at a pretty active simmer, so if you want to do really delicate stuff, you might still want one of the smaller burners). Baking and broiling (so far, broiling has been limited to making tomatillo salsa) have been going pretty well. Adjusting to using convection has, of course, required some experimentation, but the oven seems to bake evenly and well. Even with reduced heat *and* reduced cooking time, the cookies I've made so far have still been a little dry with convection; thinking of taking the advice of a pastry chef friend to just leave convection off when making cookies. A few minor issues / irritations so far: 1) Slight buzz sometimes when the convection fan is on - this happened more before we got the grates, but even with the grates on, something seems to rattle / buzz occasionally (besides the sound of the fan itself). 2) Burners constantly re-igniting. This happens most with one of the burners (front right), usually when it's just been turned on and when it's turned up all the way. If you back the heat off, it will usually stop re-igniting, and then you can bring the heat back up after a little bit. Seems to happen even when all / most of the holes have flame coming out of them. 3) Occasional constant re-igniting when burners are on simmer... this is probably due to flame from some of the holes going out, so maybe not a "bug", but it's still kind of annoying. On a more cosmetic level, I don't think they did a great job with the center grate for the 30" -- it just doesn't really fit in - the height seems just a tiny bit higher than the grates, and having the solid bar across the sides makes it look awkward. It's almost as if it were designed for a different range - at first, I thought it was actually from the Precision, until I looked at the iamges of the Precision online. Something closer to what Blue Star has (where the cross-hatch pattern kind of "mates" with the grates themselves) would look better IMHO. There is a little bit of "fuzz" with the way the grates fit in the top - I'm not sure whether this is intentional or not, but there's no obvious way to tell exactly how the grates should be positioned (other than trying to visually line them up so the burner's in the center). We didn't want a self-clean range, but the setup for the rails on the self-clean model does look a little nicer. Looks-wise, I don't really love the logo, the black sides of the knobs (and the red knobs are even uglier), or the rounded corners on the bar to open the oven. I know people make a big deal about the look of the Capital, but I have to say that from a purely aesthetic point of view, I personally much prefer the Wolf, or even the Blue Star. But still glad we went with Capital....See MoreCapital Culinarian, 2-3 maybe? years later? (long, philosophical)
Comments (4)Like many happy appliance owners I don't often write rants or praises about them. Three years in I'm getting along great with my 36" CC. I bought it through Trevor both because he is local and his reputation for service. Fortunately I've never needed to test the factory response or service. I installed the range myself. When it was new they came out with the "small pot burner". I wrote to the company and asked for one, and they sent it, no fuss, no muss, no bother (and almost no contact-- perfect!). I put it in and since then everything about the range has worked perfectly-- no more burned oatmeal. If I had it to do over I'd get the griddle rather than the grill, but I have no one other than myself to blame for that choice....See MoreDCKelly
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