ebean - looks beautiful! Hopefully all the previous issues have been resolved and all you'll be able to tell us is how wonderful it cooks. Good luck!

Best wishes it is a cooking marvel remember oven on hood on

Thanks for the pic! It looks great. Hope all goes smoothly for you. Enjoy!

Well, it certainly is lovely. But tell that guy to get his head out of there so you can pull all that packing material and get cooking! Wait until you try that burner.

lol mojavean. if only you knew how many guys have been crouching over the back of this stove hooking up a new gas line and electrics, etc. hoping to have it all hooked up tonite (tight space).
also...for those following, so far bs has been great. i registered the stove online and after i noticed that 2 knobs were installed 'off' (the writing oddly buried behind the silver round bevel, i called them and had a lovely chat - which was followed by no less than 3 emails from them telling me that they already shipped two new knobs to the white glove service company who would call me and come next week. really. lots of communication going on here. don't know yet if the stove works but this part is great.

ok: this weekend i have to do the clean all the burners and pullouts and do the burn-off process before the white glove folks come on tuesday. but this morning, i officially cooked something...tiny but something. i found one pot (amidst the boxes of packed stuff) and blanched match-sticked celery root for my kale salad with parm and celery root. while it was impressive how fast the pot of water came up to a boil, what was more impressive for me is HOW FAST the water came back to a boil once i put the celery root in. i adore the open burners but our old 1953 stove also had open burners...just not with this power. i haven't even tried the oven because i need to do the cleanup first.
oh...and our kobe hood is so quiet i would never have known about that brand without this forum. i highly recommend it. i spent under $800 on it.

Kale salad with Parmesan and Celery Root? I can tell this range went to the right cook.

Oh, glad you have that Kobe. You're going to need it when you do that burnoff. Be sure to run the hood at full tilt and get the birds out of the house if you keep them. Maybe it was just my oven but when I did ours I had to open windows and doors. It was a real P-U there for awhile.

ebean - You probably said it on another post but which Kobe do you have. My budget has been slaughtered.

So jealous you are cooking!

ok...09/24/10: 47 days post-demolition and I got to cook a real meal. basic but we ate on real plates with real forks and knives and i used a real pan (which I had to find in packed boxes)
Pan-seared tilapia and kale salad with celery root and shaved parmesan. i haven't even turned on the oven yet...that's tomorrow late afternoon for the big burnoff. hoping the smell doesn't linger as i have a friend coming over.
please forgive the mess...we're unpacking...have no backsplash, and a million things still undone.

It looks great, ebean. And thanks for the links under the pics, too. I took a look at what you have done (reminds me of us last year). Lovely. Plus I learned a brand new word! "Runnels."

Who knew those things had names even?

Yummy! Your range looks amazing too!

Mouth watering, both the dinner and the stove that produced it! Looks just perfect in your kitchen. Enjoy!

It's so nice to hear a (so far) happy story about these ranges as they are indeed gorgeous.

I can't keep myself from running my hands longingly over the burners of the display model in the appliance store near me.

I'm need to place an order for the slide in range top.

How long did it take to get delivery of your range, ebean after you ordered it?

answers:
kobe hood: http://www.ventingdirect.com/kobe-ch9130sqb-30-wall-mounted-under-cabinet-range-hood-from-the-ch-191-series-with-up-to-720-cfm-and-recirculating-option/p416971

@bickybee: i bought from plessers on long island - but paid them in full about 4 weeks ago so that they would hold the stove in their warehouse so that there wouldn't be a delay. we considered a color but went with stainless because of the wait times. now i'm glad we did. very classic.

@mojavean: omg. and i'm about 2/3 through the burnoff right now. it's stinks stinks stinks. and why am i doing this on an 85 degree nyc day??? but husband and daughter are out of the house so it seemed a good time.

sorry if i've been under a rock but... what is the V1? thank you in advance for responding. happy to hear you are so happy!

@lamermaid: the V1 is the newest version of the bluestar RNB range. If it says V1 it's new with a bunch of fixes that were made (I think about ignitors and other stuff...lots on the boards if you do a search. )

Our white glove service is tomorrow (they called already to confirm and are replacing the two knobs where you can't see the high and low markings and to just calibrate whatever they need to.) i'll let you know how it goes. the company is elkay (not the sink company) and they lady told me they've been servicing bluestars since they started.

ebean - love your floor - we put Mirage Maple in our great room and I love it! One of the best decisions we made.

Oh - the Bluestar is beautiful too!