Fratelli Onofri Royal Chiantishire
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Comments (17)I went to H&H today to check out the Fratelli. The showroom is quite large and they have a lot of high-end appliances. I was afraid the oven on the Fratelli is just too small, but I just came home and measured my largest pans, as well as the usuable space in my current oven (a 5-cu-ft Kenmore) and discovered the Fratelli oven and my much larger Kenmore have almost the exact same usuable depth. That's marketing for you. FYI, H&H quoted almost $4k for the Fratelli. Not sure if they will negotiate, but there is something nice about shopping locally....See MoreCan I mix Fratelli with Bertazzoni???
Comments (3)I haven't posted about the LuxAir brand before, but they have a black steelhood. My sister, in London, recommended this company to me: they're Italian and actually DO manufacture IN Italy (not China, as many of them do). She has a glass hood from them. I tracked them down in the US, at Rangehoods.com, a Brooklyn NY company, and have a 40" stainless steel hood. Their prices are incredibly good value, and the quality is excellent too. My GC confirmed this, and he's installed lots of very high end models. Here is a link that might be useful: Rangehoods.com/Luxair black enamel hood...See Moreaffordable retro
Comments (11)Those Smegs are so cool! Dr. Rust, you're right that for the Victorian retro look Heartland is the way to go. Those ranges are like easily $6k though. Springplanter, I was going to get the single oven but then I saw a double-oven one in person and it looked just fine to me. Also, I found a review online where the person said the biggest thing they'd cooked in it so far was a 14-lb turkey. That sounded plenty big enough to me. If you have such big gatherings at Thanksgiving that you need a 20 or 25-lb turkey, then yes, you either need a different range or you need a wall oven in addition to this one. So, whether it's big enough or not depends on how you live and how you cook. I cook a lot, but never for more than 6-8 people at a time. It mattered a lot more to me that I be able to cook things simultaneously at two different temperatures than that I be able to fit a 20-lb turkey. The other thing I liked is that although this is an unusual stove, it is a standard size--36"--so I can take it with me whenever we move, and the new buyers will have no trouble at all finding a stove to take its place. That's not the case with a lot of other nice stoves (e.g. the 44" French ones). It's not installed yet so I can't speak to the broiler function, but I tested out my pans and the only one that wouldn't fit was a muffin tin, and the reason it wouldn't fit is just how it was designed--it's not a perfect rectangle; instead, the ends curve out sort of stylishly, which makes it longer than it needs to be. A regular rectangular 12-muffin tin would be fine. Of course, pans that size have to be put into the oven with the narrow sides parallel to the front and back of the oven; you can't put them in "sideways," i.e. with the wide side parallel to the front and back of the oven. That being said, I think the double oven is being discontinued on the US market so you would need to call around to find one. There are plenty still being offered online, but in your shoes I would definitely call whoever the seller is (Plessers, some Amazon seller or whoever) and check to make sure that the one you want with the options you want is in stock. If you go to the Eurochef website you can also enter your zip code and get a long long list of dealers, so you can call them directly. Someone with a floor model could be a major find for you. Here is a link that might be useful: Fratelli Onofri find-a-dealer site...See MoreFratelli Onofri? Any reviews? Seen IRL?
Comments (20)I recently bought a Fratelli Onofri and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE everything about it - the look, the function and the price. Like most people, I found it on the internet and could find very little information about the product. I happened to ask my mother if she had ever heard of it (she has some friends that just did kitchen remodels) and she said that she thought that my Uncle was selling an Italian made range. Sure enough it was the Fratelli. My Uncle owns a store called All Cape Appliances in S. Yarmouth, MA, but unfortunately for me, I live 3000 miles away from his store. He was able to tell me about the range and locate a seller in my area. He's been in the appliance business for many years and he said the first thing he did when he got the floor model was to take it apart and see how it was made. He said it was top quality. He also got me the name of the distributor in the Los Angeles area (R&B Distributors in Ontario, CA) and a dealer in my area (Saddleback Appliances in Laguna Hills, CA). Everyone was so helpful. I took his advice and bought it through a dealer as opposed to the internet. If you read the small print on the deliver information for the internet companies, they are not responsible for any damages. Also, in the event that I ever needed the range to be serviced, the dealer could arrange for someone to come to my house. The hardest thing was deciding between the double oven and the single oven. I love the idea of the double oven but ultimately went with the single only because my favorite pan didn't fit in the double. The knobs take a little getting used to, but not that difficult. The range doesn't come with a backsplash or a plug and I believe the only models they sell in the states are the Royal Chiantishire and the Evolution....See Morevictoriajane
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