"iPosted by Vatofl The Wolf definitely has the better look IMO, and the blue star seems to have the better functionality." Functionality is a relative term. These are three very different burner setups that will appeal to different kinds of cooks. open vs sealed burners-view videos on cleaning CC and BS there really high heat on BS and CC great simmer with dual stacked burners on Wolf there are workarounds for lack on all-go with what you use daily I would love to hear from people that own the new sealed burner rangetops from Wolf. I am worried that the Wolf sealed burner will not be an upgrade from my current GE profile cooktop with sealed burners. The flames on the GE seem to always want to overshoot the base of my pots and is just a PITA. Will I have this same problem with the Wolf rangetop? The sealed burners are not new but have been in use for many years. I have had them on my Wolf DF range for 5 years. I regularly make caramel in a 7 inch pan on the regular burners and it is easy to see the pattern of heat and you don't stir it. The sugar begins to color towards the outside but it quickly moves toward the middle. If I need to use a smaller pan I use the smaller burner. What size pans do you use? What kind of cooking do you do? Heat transfers rapidly to the center of a pan and it more difficult to transfer to the outside. This means more if you cook with cast iron or thin pans. If you use pans made of aluminum or copper in sufficient amounts the location of the flame isn't that important because they conduct the heat. I just want to make sure that my new rangetop will be an upgrade over the GE in terms of cooking performance and looks. What is the BTU rating on your current burners? You need to know the low and high end of BTU ratings to make a comparison. Wolf is noted for their service. If you buy the Culinarian, I would get it from Trevor Lawson(Eurostoves) as he seems to take care of his customers and even some that have come on this forum with service issues from Capital and he has helped them. Seeing is believing! The picture is a 10 inch(across the top) skillet on full throttle on the Wolf sealed regular burner. You can see how much flare for yourself.

I am ready to purchase a 36" rangetop with grill, however I'm not sure which one(sounds familiar).All units are winners, but I can only pick one. The Blue Star has the most power and great burners, however the grill doesnÂt have ceramic infa-red burner(love to grill),how much should that matter? Capital has very respectable 19,000 btu's and 18,000 btu c i/r burner, not sure about reliability and service. Ge Monogram has least power 18,000 btu,and has 14,000 btu c i/r burner and matches my over the island hood. I have noticed that the new Ge Monogram grill looks very similar to Capital, is Capital now making Ge's rangetops? Are the ceramic Infa-red burners reliable and easy to keep clean.? Thanks so much for you insight and experiences

My wife and I have been reading and visiting dealers for both the CC and BS for some time. We finally decided we wanted a 48" rangetop with 24" grill. Here's what key things we found (of course our opinion): 1. Appearance: CC has a really nice high-end residential finish BS has more of a commercial heavy appearance 2. Burners: CC: has open burners and all are the same size and big (23k) BS: has open burners with 3 different sizes standard (2-22k, 1-15k, and 1 simmer). BS also allows for custom burner sizes and locations (at a cost) 3. Grates: CC: one piece cast iron per burner (wok will need a wok ring) BS: 2 piece cast iron per burner (no wok ring needed - remove the inner grate) 4. Burner Cleaning: (both have drawers at the bottom of rangetop to collect spills) CC: also has stainless shields under grates to prevent spills from dropping down into rangetop (if spills drop past shields - all 4 grates may need to be removed to clean) BS: remove a single grate to access spills that drop into the rangetop 5. Grill: CC: 30k with ceramic rods over burners cased in stainless and has cast iron grates BS: 30k with stainless shields over burners and cast iron grates 6. Costs: Similar 7. Service & Support Neither has an authorized dealer close by where we need it installed. (However our local BS dealer put in writing they would support it even if they needed to drive the long distance) 8. History (this may not be exact but how it appears based on all the research) CC: some people have issues with simmer (adjustments may fix this) - others have stated they need a smaller burner BS: Garland is a long time commercial range and they sold the residential part which is now BlueStar. A few years back, BS seemed to have some quality and support issues, especially with the ovens. It seems these issues may have been corrected. 9. Reliability Overall both seem to be good. So what did we do and why: We purchased the BS 48". The key determining factors for us were the burner sizes, grill design, and support. We really liked having different size burners since we have a variety of items we cook, especially the small burner for lots of delicate simmers. The CC burners may be fine for simmer but with this amount of money, it was just too much of a gamble for us - especially since BS had a variety of burner sizes. Also, when I look into our outdoor Weber grill, which really does a good job, it has shields over the burners similar to BS instead of ceramic rods. Maybe others have rods or the rods may even be better - I don't really know but liked the similarity of the BS to the Weber. Conclusion: Both CC or BS would probably been fine for us. The CC looked better but we liked BS having variable size burners, a grill setup similar to our outdoor Weber grill, and the support our local BS dealer offered. We ordered the BS a couple weeks ago and 11 days later it arrived. Hope to have it operational in about a month. Maybe I'll post details and pics later.

A couple of years ago EuroStoves has been very active in this forum, and people who bought from them seemed to generally be quite happy. You might want to reach out to them. I see that they still list Bluestar on their website, but not all configurations are available for online sale. I wouldn't be surprised if Bluestar changed their policy with regards to internet sales; lots of vendors have been doing that in the last few years.