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Anyone else confused? All new appliances.

14 years ago

I'm looking for appliances for my kitchen remodel and the more I study the more confused I get. When I look at the reviews on one site and think I have figured out what to get, another site has bad reviews on that item. Where is the most reliable place to look and make decisions or is there such a place? I'm getting a little overwhelmed with the decisions to be made with this add-on/remodel. Thanks for any help.

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friedajune
14 years ago
You should look on this forum, hang out a while, read through older posts, before making any hasty decisions. You also should let us know what is your budget, is your kitchen big or small, what kind of cooking do you do (e.g. a lot of frying, or a lot of baking, big family dinners, not a lot of cooking, etc.), how big your family is that you are cooking for, and that kind of information.

One overall message on this forum is that you don't want to get one brand name for all your appliances. Different manufacturers excel at different appliances, so don't worry about being "matchy".

Also, EVERY appliance has some bad reviews. You'll go crazy if you cross appliances off your list for a bad review cause they all do. However, certain appliances get consistently bad reviews, or have design flaws. Again, keep reading this forum, and you'll sort through it.
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countrygal_905
Original Author
14 years ago
akchicago, thanks for your response. Now I will be more specific--just had one of those stressed out moments. I need to make decisions before I meet with the cabinet maker. Ok, I really only need to decide yet on a 36" gas cooktop and a double oven. I have decided on the Samsung refrigerator and my DW and microwave are only 2 years old so I'm not replacing them now. I cook for 15 about once a week when my kids and grandkids are here for a meal--cooking and baking. I'm looking at a Bosch gas cooktop right now and still totally confused on the ovens--not sure if I want convection or not.
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countrygal_905
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14 years ago
I forgot to mention budget--probably somewhere in the middle.
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riverspots
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You should go to an appliance store to look at the cooktops. You'll notice things you like and dislike that aren't apparent in the pics. Like the fact that the Bosch grates sit quite high above the counter but others may sit almost flush with the counter. Placement of knobs vary-some require pushing in to light which might be advantageous with children present. I had asked the appliance store near me about reliability of different cooktop and was told they had little problems with any of the standard (the ones without fancy electronics) gas cooktops (included Viking, Bosch, KA, Thermador, GE, and a few others). Some do seem that they'd be easier to clean, though.

I don't know anything about new models of ovens, but the 10 yr+ JennAir convection oven that came with the house I bought works well. No bells and whistles, but it bakes consistently with even temp throughout the oven. And for that T-day turkey-it finishes an hour earlier than a standard oven, ready or not!
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