Hi all, I have had my all new Cafe line since Christmas! I absolutely LOVE the gas range. I think those of you who are having flame issues truly have a problem. I just checked mine. I have 2 power boil settings, one on the right and one on the left - both front. They go from super high to audibly lower. if you look closely you can tell a difference even between 2, 4, and 6. Also, the lower oven worked well on Christmas. We had the oven going as well. I don't think this is meant to be used as a replacement for your center oven, but as additional space when using your oven. We have used the built in thermometer and it works great as well! Good luck!

Iceman, I did some counting on my Bluestar and it has 35 gas ports around the inner hub of the 8K burner (There are no gas ports out on the arms of the "star") This would align rather nicely with the number of ports in the center ring rather than the inner ring. (if one were seeking to mimic the output of the Bluestar "simmer" burner) Regarding your calcs for the #61 orifice, I used your method and came up with the same ratio. The only thing would be how the density, or rather, viscosity, of NG behaves across the universe of possible orifice sizes. Anyway, if you were going to use the inner ring, it might be better to start smaller than larger, unless we can get someone who has done it (meaning you, Trevor) to weigh in with experimental evidence. But it occurs to me that it might be better to see if it were possible to plug only the outer ring, then plug a staggered pattern of holes in the inner and middle rings of ports to allow something close to the total of 35 open ports. You ask if I could measure the orifice on my range (the Bluestar). I would like to, but I do not have a drill bit small enough to clear the hole in the jet. My smallest drill bit is 1/16" and it won't clear the jet. Also, the drill size is not stamped on it either, but just an eyeball wag tells me that it is probably around a 55 gauge. It certainly is not very far off from that. If I were going to go with a 35 gas port array, then I would go with the 55#. I did not realize, until you posted the counts, that we were talking about far fewer ports in the inner ring. Thanks for posting. Peter, I don't have my infrared with me right now as I am down in the city for the next few days. But if nobody responds I'll check it out when I get home (as well as I can -- I don't have the fancy Fluke scanner, my infrared reader is a little thing that came with my Thermapen thermometer -- not sure how accurate it is)

I will never recommend a Rudd nor a Rheem. I have two repairs to do on two Rheems. Both are RRKA/RRMA series. Each approximately 10 years old. The heat exchanger and control board on one. It took the longest time to get the old heat exchanger out. And, the second needs a coil among other things. The distributor/parts house have to order the coil and it will take two weeks for delivery. I looked at another failed system on Friday. It was a 13 year old Rheem, model RPGB. This one will be replaced. I will chose a Goodman 9 times out of 10 over any other brand. Goodman's parts are readily available. They are easy to work on. And, the warranty is excellent. For the record, my least favorite is Lennox.

I now have a HAVC company I trust and recommend without reservation. They installed a new system for me after a warranty repair with another company went wrong - way wrong. The new company treated me right, did a great job, didn't skimp on the fixed price installation and have provided great service since. One night not long ago, we noticed the system wasn't cooling. We checked everything we could think of, then I called to leave a message on the machine to try to get an appointment the next day. The owner answered from home. He said he'd had a rash of calls -- we'd had a power serge in the area (he lives not far from us -- had us to his house before the installation to show us what he was suggesting). He walked me through the one reset I hadn't done and said call again if that doesn't work. It did. No service call. People who treat you like that don't have to work to get more business. They wind up hiring more workers.