I had the 48" DCS in my last house. Overall we weren't impressed with the DCS, it needed service a couple of times in the first couple of years (we lived with it for 4). However, the griddle was great, we loved it. It was great for pancakes, toasted sandwiches and reheating pizza! We had the grill, but as vegans didn't use it much, maybe for veggie burgers etc. It did work well and seemed to get as hot as needed. I recently bought the 44" Aga Legacy for my real Victorian remodel. SOOOO unhappy with it that my awesome dealer (Yale Appliance in Boston) offered to take it back (long story). We picked out a 48" Monogram with the griddle today to replace it. We are very lucky that we can move a cabinet and fit the 48" in. I was sold on the Monogram by the chef who works at Yale. He is beyond knowledgable and has no incentive to sell me anything. He pointed out lots of features the Monogram has over the Viking, Wolf etc. I was also shopping ovens, and the size and rolling shelves of the Monogram sealed the deal. GE took the brand back from DCS and really put a lot of thought and engineering into the brand.

First, do bacon in the oven the way the pro's do. then get a wok for fried rice. It's a tough decision. 99% of the time, 4 burners is fine. The only real problem with the double griddle is that the two burners next to the griddle MAY be limited in the size of the pan you can use there. I don't know. If the griddle does limit the size of the pots you can use, you have to ask yourself is two full burners plus two limited-size burners enough for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? The problem is that you really want to deign a kitchen that works great 365 days a year (double griddle) but it may limit you on 1-2 holidays per year. If you think that you will be limited, one inexpensive answer is to get the double griddle, then add an inexpensive butane burner. Generally $70 or less, these burners do a fine job. Many restaurants and catering companies use them daily. This would provide an extra burner that could hold a large pot for occasional use, plus it can double as an emergency cooker in case of a power outage, hurricane, etc. It is portable, so it can be used outside, for tailgating, etc. Here is one example-most are made by Iwatani, and the fuel cartridges are standard and readily available. Here is a link that might be useful: Portable butane burner

I love our 48" Viking. There is plenty of room when dh and I are cooking at the same time and the extra space also comes in handy when I'm cooking alone. I love having unused burners to slide hot pots onto for cooling off or as landing space for hot items from the oven. It contains all the hot items to one space instead having them scattered across the counter on trivets. And there are times when all of our burners are used at once (we have 6 + a griddle.) I use the small oven most of the time for our family of 4. The large oven is handy when I cook mulitiple items at the same temp or when I use large cookie sheets. Having 2 ovens comes in handy for different oven temps and for when one oven is tied up by something baking for an hour that shouldn't be disturbed. Take your favorite baking dishes to the showroom to make sure they fit into the small oven. The dishes I brought were a 9" Pyrex pie pan and a 9x13 pan. They fit fine in our Viking but didn't in some other brands. The brand I was leaning toward got eliminated because the oven rack brackets decreased the usable space so much that I couldn't fit either of the 2 dishes I brought. Just reading the oven specs wouldn't have been good enough since it seemed the oven was plenty big. Dh was happy we ended up with his top choice by default. I would definitely buy another 48" range if I had to do over again. Getting a range with 2 ovens and plenty of burner/elbow space was a splurge that made a lot of sense to us.

I am getting a 48 inch gas range top. I have narrowed it down to the Miele with built in griddle (mostly because it matches the Miele Steam Oven and Miele microwave) or the Dacor all burner with removable griddle. I like the larger size grates on the Dacor. I wonder how useful the griddle is and how easy it is to keep clean.