This is the sort of approach to function and quality that the mass production and so called high end crappy appliance industries gave up on long ago.
Bravo!

Very cool!

Our Bluestar is constantly being accidentally turned on either by the cleaning people, leaning up on it or by our by grandchildren. It doesn't ignite, it just has the gas pouring out into our room causing a potential explosion. One time I didn't notice it until the next morning when my daughter came home and noticed an incredible gas smell. Has anyone else experienced this? I am looking forward to this addition to my range. If this doesn't get funded with kickstarter, I wonder if it will be created?

They have already invested $68K in these knobs, I highly doubt they would just abandon them.

@abychef.... We will be bringing these "Range Safe Knobs" out with or without a successful Kickstarter campaign.

The knobs will be available as an aftermarket product possibly available in Appliance stores but available direct for sure.

In fact we have several manufactures looking to add these knobs so they can fit them during the manufacturing process.

Amazingly we achieved a genuine safety feature that works really well that no manufacture could solve themselves. Hence the interest from manufacturers directly.

I think they're great. One question is how can they be removed if you need to access the internal workings of the range. On the bluestar, the knobs are easily removed by unscrewing 2 small screws. But these new knobs are only glued on. So if you need to remove them, how can you put them back on?

It really works the same as a regular knob. the bezel is attached to the range but the knob is only atached via the spigots sticking out from the range. So all you would do is to pull off the knob as normal.

We went this route because we wanted it to be very easy to fit different knobs to an existing range. No need to use screw drivers or work with tiny screws.

You know as well as I do if you drop a tiny screw it will hit your foot and end up under the range.....lol

I am surprised with as many accidental fires caused by dogs, cleaning teams, children, in-laws after a few too many glasses of wine, etc... that the OEM's abandoned the concept. I would think that with the relative inexpensive cost of these knobs, sending out their ranges with them would outweigh the legal ramifications.....but I was absent that day in law school [but not economics].

Kudos to Eurostoves for getting the design right. I especially like the vendor agnostic fit.

@ontherocks. For a manufacture to step out of the norm ie change knob styles and how they work is a big move.

Nobody has ever seen this project through until now. Now they are close to been available for the public and viable from a manufactures perspective people are asking questions.

Not sure what Vendor agnostic fit means, but hoping its a compliment....lol

HA! Looks like my old habits are surfacing! I guess a better term would have been 'vendor neutral.' Basically that you are introducing a product that is not geared to only one stove vendor [in this case].

Again, well done.

Looks great. Only question I have is how would one remove the bezel if they accidentally install it off center.

@malba2366.... When you put the knob over the spigots sticking out from the range you have about 1/4" in most cases before the bezel hits that range. Plenty of distance to make sure its straight.

There will be a line on the bezel indicating the off position which will also guide you to make sure that at is 12 o'clock.

If you find that the knob is not straight once the bezel touches the range you can pull it off at that stage, but if you push it all the way and apply pressure then its hard to get off.

The adhesive takes 24 hours to come to full strength plenty of time to get it right

Once the knobs are firmly affixed, can you still access the internal workings of the range? Right now, for example, I have to take all the knobs off, and unscrew a good dozen tiny screws to take the faceplate off so I can access my spark module.

If I had these new knobs firmly adhered, would I still be able to get the same access to the spark module without having to permanently remove the new knobs?

@gtadross.... Once the knob / bezel is fixed to the range in order gain access in your situation all you would do is to pull the knob off the range. The bezel would remain attached to the face plate.

No need for screws. Access can be achieved actually much easier than normal.

Just as a matter of interest on my BS in the cooking school. For me to drop the face plate I only need to take off knob and then some screws above and below the face plate.

Are you saying you need to take off the bezel as well in order to drop the face plate???

Yea. Right now, I pull off the knob, then unscrew the two screws holding on the bezel and then take that off.

Is it possible to take the face plate off without doing all that?

@gtaross.... If i recall correctly I just pulled the knobs off took the screws out at the top and bottom of the face plate and the front dropped down.

@abychef: bluestar ranges have proof of flame, if no flame is sensed (completes circuit) the ignitor clicks continuously until it lights.

That IS the secondary safety measure AFTER the push to turn knob.

If you get gas and no ignitor clicking your range is broke.

@beefstew01 - My Bluestar is broke in more than one way I would say. I have a bungee cord that I attach to the door handle and then rig it up to my backsplash shelf to try and hold the door shut so it will hold the heat inside the oven. I want a new range but my wife won't justify it after I had to have the Bluestar. I told her that this range would last, there is nothing to break on it....LOL

I went to Eurostoves during a trip to Boston to cook on the Culinarian and see the knobs. The cooking was amazing as expected, but the knob worked so well and the quality was without question the best in the store. The other ranges that I recall they had there were Dacor, Bluestar, Verona, Wolf, AGA, and Bertazzoni. All had movement in their knob but the new one that Trevor invented had less than 1/16thâ movement. A lot of the knobs are hard plastic so with the price of these ranges I donâÂÂt know why they donâÂÂt put a decent knob on them. It was very solid and yet sleek. I was very impressed by the safety and the look. I canâÂÂt decide between the Culinarian or the dual fuel one but I definitely want to add the knob feature to my future purchase. The knobs just seem to go along with the theme of a high end range.
@beefstew01 �" The Bluestar range knob did not need to be pushed to be turned on, with a light touch it would turn. Also I accidentally leaned up against the Wolf while we were talking and it easily pushed in and clicked. The AGA companion needs nothing to turn those knobs. If you were just cleaning that one, it has gas pouring into the room which they said happens all the time. At night they have to make sure that all the knobs are turned to the off position because it has happened so many times. I think that just for safety reasons, this is a good idea and should be adopted by manufacturers.