Range Detour: 24'' Bertazzoni Wall Oven (jgopp?!)
i was browsing aj madison, and i may just have to rethink the chicken nuggets oven (another thread) because of this:
24" bertazzoni wall oven:
jgopp posted about the delivery of one on oct 31... and i saw it installed in his/her kitchen photo on the pendant light diffuser thread!
jgopp, or if anyone else has this, please let me know how you like it! thanks!
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kathec
13 years agoBertazzoni made a version for IKEA which is co-branded with Whirlpool. Yeah, I know, confusing. I have the Ikea version which is basically the same except the knobs are round black plastic, there are fewer buttons, and the handle is not so Euro modern.
I found out mine was Bertazzoni when I had to have the control panel replaced (under warranty), the repairman said my oven was made in Italy and a google search showed Bertazzoni make some of the appliances sold under the Ikea name.
As for that repair issue, I don't believe it was anything wrong with the oven, our electricity is wonky in this house, lots of outages, A/C breakers that die during the hottest week of the summer, etc. We believe we had a kind of power surge which fried the electronics. Anyway, I love it. It's small, so you can only use smaller cookie sheets with it, but otherwise its great. In the past I've owned Frigidaire, Whirlpool, Kenmore and Kitchenaid and this is on par with those. The controls are fairly simple, the left knob is the setting, bake, convection, broil, etc. The right is the temperature setting knob. The model above probably has more functions and settings than mine, but those features were not important as this will eventually become our secondary oven.
Ikea discontinued this model last fall, which is how I got it, on clearance for an amazing $200. But, if I ever have to replace it (it's got a 5 year warranty), I'd either go with the Bertazzoni or Fagor.
jgopp
13 years agoHa a post calling me out! I've gone too deep!
Anyway regarding the oven... I LOVE IT! It bakes so evenly. I have a gas 36 bert oven in my range which is nice but for baking and easy stuff I use the wall oven. The dual heating elements are great, but you have to keep it pretty clean since it's not self cleaning otherwise you'll have a smoke problem when using the bottom heating unit. The convection is great, and it blows some "warm" air back into the room which makes gives the kitchen a warm feeling, the gas oven does this too. The reason I bought this over a lot of other options was mainly because of the fact that is has knobs instead of a digital display. I haven't used any of the electronic features on it honestly so I can't speak to that. I just set it and watch my food cook. The ONE thing I don't like about it is the display. I have a viking microwave above it which has a really nice blue display, the berts is a bright green which looks kind of like a 90's VCR. But hey I saved about 2500 by not buying the viking so I can live with it.
I kind of went out on a whim by purchasing it. I had never seen one in person or even found any reviews online which is too bad. But I guess I'm the first one to really do a review! It was kind of strange how I ended up with it, my local dealer who I bought everything else from said they wouldn't be making it until next spring. I found it online and ordered it, showed up 4 days later. So I don't know what my local bert dealer was talking about. But I couldn't be happier that I purchased it. For the price there isn't anything close in style and in features. It looks beautiful in my kitchen.
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