You can find bad reviews of any product - if you look on Amazon for example, you can find bad reviews because people were shipped the wrong product. Also, every brand has an occasional lemon. What specifically did the reviews say? Kobe is generally well thought of.

I think the electrolux is fairly new compared to the Decor or Wolf. But someone who owns one would be a better judge. Also, not sure if you are comparing apples to apples. I don't think it is in the same price range as the decor or Wolf. With all that said, I searched for 6-9 months. Read every single forum on this site regarding ranges and talked to appliance store who sold many of my choices and this is what I will be receiving shipment on next week for my new house. The WOLF 36" DF range. I honestly looked at the Dacor, THermador, Viking, and I forget the other one but very similar to the decor. I liked the look of the Thermadore better then the Wolf, but there had been some small issues with the Thermadore and I just couldn't find any negatives with the Wolf. Hope this helps.

Hi Buttons...it's too bad you got the dual fuel range because it's not so effective to put your head in the oven and turn the gas on hahaha! I bought a Berta years ago (I think it was 2008) and it was a glorified easy bake oven. Thank goodness we moved only a few months after installation...it never did work properly! If and when you could get the burners to work, they did an ok job...but only if/when! The oven was horrible and couldn't even fit the pizza pans that my old Magic Chef had handled so beautifully. Don't get me wrong, I still love the look of the Bertas, but if you plan to actually cook or bake, you're out of luck. I would have guessed, with your husband being a chef and all, you would have known to choose function over appearance. Oh well...all I can say is "I'm sorry!".

We owned a 48” Thermidor for 14 years and regretted it for 12 of those years. We put at least $2,000 into replacement parts over that time. And yes the oven fans were very loud and near the end they would stop working and then my oven would stop working. I spent over two years researching ranges and reading hundreds of reviews. Finally we decided on the 48” RNB. We considered the Platinum but I had the same concerns as M concerning the heat coming from the back of the oven only and the constant fan blowing. Convection isn’t always the best for baked goods, bread, cakes, cookies etc. After reading some reviews on the pros and cons, I decided to go with the RNB. I have no regrets. The ovens are so quiet that I had to check to see if I turned them on. I was so used to hearing a loud fan that at first I thought something was wrong. Took a little getting used to the quiet. I love these ovens! My Christmas cookies all came out perfect; nicely browned outside and moist on the inside. Cheesecake, brownies, bread, and pizza have all baked beautifully. Meats and casseroles bake evenly and on time. My old Thermador has not baked evenly in a very long time and often stopped in the middle of baking. The RNB small oven does a wonderful job. Both ovens heat up quickly. My old small oven was useless. It took nearly an hour to heat up and twice as long to bake. I baked two 9 x 13 dishes at once in my small RNB on Christmas day and they were both finished at the same time. I could never do that in my Thermador. The ovens clean up easily, if you just take a few minutes to wipe up after a spill. I did want the higher burners of the Platinum but the oven made the difference. Also I did not need to move the griddle around. I would have like a grill to but we grill outside whenever we want so that isn’t an issue. The rolled steel griddle is like a restaurant and so much nicer than I expected. You can turn it on and leave it while you prep with no concerns. I went to a restaurant store and purchased a cleaning pad like they use in restaurants. Cleanup is easy. Something else I love is the removable steel trays underneath the burners and griddle. I just stick them in the dishwasher every couple of weeks and the look like new! I would never go back to a Thermador. I hope this helps.