I've seen a couple people on the forum talk highly of it sometimes with conditions though. I imagine much depends on what you expect out of it. I don't have one of those, but I have one of the old ones that is like a big glass dutch oven with the fan/heater on top. I got that at the time the American Harvest unit was quite popular and it was about $20 IIRC. I will say I really like this unit. It's useful for so many things. It IS a nice little convection oven for most things. I cook bacon in it sometimes, cook burgers, it's perfect for frozen potatoes, most any frozen item. The fan is very useful. However if I make pizza burgers and put the shredded cheese on top, it'll blow it off! I use it to brown ribs or roasts before putting them into the Nesco. I used it yesterday to toast the buns for some sloppy joes. I've used it to make scalloped potatoes, but you have to cover it because of the fan, and I've made things like tater tot hotdish in it. It's perfect for baking potatoes. Crisp skins and cooks faster than the other oven. Much smaller unit than heating one of the bigger ovens. I have a small oven and a large one on my stove so I mostly use the small one, but this serves the need quite well. After using this one, I would not get the one where the unit goes over everything. There's one that Mr. T advertises that is similar to mine, where it's a big bowl with the heater in the lid and you can get extension rings for them too but I wouldn't make something that big. Like I said, it probably depends on what you expect out of it. I'm wary of the As Seen on TV things too, however there are several that are great. I like my little grabber for one thing. Dryer balls are fine. And that chamois mop works well for me too. Can't think of other things that I have that were advertised there and I never buy it from the ad. The shipping is crazy. Someone around here has the Advantium oven that uses the halogen light and raves about it. I am skeptical about them but thought if the price was right it would be an introduction to one. I'm not sure if you have a choice of which heating to use or if they're all on at once. Never looked into it that far.

Oh no! I am sorry to hear about that. Especially because I ordered the same sink. How deep are your countertops?

I have a 30" gas range with five burners. It's possible to use all five simultaneously if you use mostly small pots. If you want to cook a gourmet dinner for two, the fifth burner might come in handy. If cooking for four or more people, you probably won't have room for a fifth pot.

Cooktops don't really come with a downdraft as such. They are normally sold as separate units. Provided you have only used your current set up 5 times in 27 years, you can pick any cooktop then add any downdraft you want. Nobody makes what you would call a really good downdraft. I would select a cooktop you like first, then select a value downdraft unit to go behind it with a low cfm so you don't come into the make up air requirements. You don't use it so done throw good money at it (so to speak)