Experience with Ilve

14 years ago

I love the look of the Ilve range. Has anyone had any experience with this brand? I thought I had it narrowed down to Bertazzoni and Bluestar, but now the Ilve has my attention. I love the color options also.

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drjoann
14 years ago
I don't have any experience, but DH & I think that the Ilve Majestic is range "pron". This is obviously very personal, but, to us, it is the most beautiful range we have ever seen in a picture. We veered away from it for several reasons, but mostly because we wanted AG & the Majestic is DF.

Good luck in your hunt. Data is pretty scarce. I couldn't even figure out if the Coup de Feu was a French top and the fish burner seemed more limited than a ceramic IR grill.
chesters_house_gw
14 years ago
No experience, but they are beautiful! If you go to the distributor's (eurochef) website and go the blog, you'll see that they're running a clearance on a few models, which are ready to ship.
I'm shopping -- and have been for too long. The discounts got my attention. I found reviews on British and Australian websites, the Brits with good reports and the Aussies with some complaints (at least on one website, maybe a magnet for them)
I looked at the Bertas, but unless I read the specs wrong, it wouldn't be possible to run the oven at a nice, steady 225-250. I do a fair amount of slow cooking, so that won't work. I'm thinking about holding off to see an Aga Pro+ either cold or live. A discounted Ilve is possible. On price, which matters even more than usual after a home reno estimate, we're thinking NXR or an O'Keefe and Merritt.
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