Best 36' gas cooking range with grill?

15 years ago

I'm building a new home and our kitchen design has room for a 36" gas cooking range with a hood ventilation. I'm looking for a model that has 4 burners and a grill on the stovetop.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

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Mick Levin

3 years ago

4 burner Weber's it's all your need

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peggysue_2008
15 years ago
i've just ordered the monogram, 4 burners and grill. will arrive in 2 weeks. i'll let you know how i like. i've read good reviews so far, so i went with the ge
nicho
15 years ago
I've read good things about the Capital range. It has an infrared grill which is supposed to be better than the grill's on some of the other ranges.
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kkcooks
15 years ago
We have had our Wolf 36" 4-burner with infrared charbroiler in place for about a year. We love it. Our new grilled favorite is shrimp--just a few minutes and they taste charbroiled, for sure! Also veggies.

We debated long and hard about the grill option, were told by many salespeople that we would hate it and never use it. Granted, it is not a thing of beauty after a year, but the SS grill cover makes sure that we don't see it unless we want to. Also provides a place for warming plates during cooking.

The burners are perfect. The whole thing is easy to clean. We are extremely happy with it.

Good luck with your decision!
dhc8
15 years ago
Spiderrico...

I've been wrestling with this decision as well for the better part of the last half year. I just last week ordered the same solution as kkcooks (I think) - a Wolf all-gas with the charbroiler. In the end, I decided to go with an infrared grill, which narrowed it down to the new Monogram, Wolf, and Capital. The high heat capacity was just too good to pass up - cooking on an infrared grill was the closest I could come to the outdoor charcoal experience. Of those three, I think any of the three would have been excellent ranges. Ultimately, it was the burner design, overall design and "fit and finish", reputation for service, identical btu of the other four burners, and local availability that pushed the Wolf to the top.

If you can, go cook on the stoves, or at least see them in action. That helped us quite a bit with the final decision. It was because of the demos that a Bluestar, even with the u-shaped grill burner tube, actually remained in the running for quite a while, because we loved the 22k burners. I would have discounted it out of hand because of it's lack of infrared grill.

Good luck with your decision! I'll try to post my report once the range is installed and I've had some time to grill on it.
kkcooks
15 years ago
Sorry that I was unclear! We have the 36" Wolf rangetop with open burners & charbroiler. Separate Wolf double wall oven.

Dlc8 is absolutely right about seeing any of the products in action. Wolf/Subzero offers lots of opportunities. We attended one of their (free) dinners during our decision-making process. We even had a (free) private session with a Wolf chef after we had owned the appliances for a while. That was really helpful as we had by then figured out what we really needed to know.

Again, good luck, and have fun!

Another note on using the grill--anything fatty (like beef or salmon) generates a pretty impressive amount of smoke. We have found that leaving the range hood vent running for 10-15 minutes on high takes care of all of it. We never have residual smoky smells.

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