clayplay, Don't even think about the traditional always-on model if you live in Georgia. If you are concerned about being 'green', again don't even think about the traditional Aga. As to fuel usage, here are some numbers, based on propane, for a conventional large range (Bluestar 36" RNB with grill) versus a traditional Aga. Conventional range (based on measurements with my Bluestar range). I have a 125 gallon propane tank. I use approximately 2.5% per month for cooking, or roughly 3.125 gallons of propane per month for cooking. At $4.00 per gallon, that equals $12.50/month for propane for cooking. A traditional Aga would average (per Aga's figures) 3,000 BTU/hour. Doesn't sound like much, but remember that is 24 hours/day, or 72,000 BTU/day, or 2,160,000 BTU/month. This equals 25.8 gallons/month or $94.32/month for propane. 7.6 times as much energy and 7.6 times the cost of operation. Not very green, is it? In addition, if you run an AC unit, for every BTU the Aga uses, you need to use 1.5 to 2 BTU's of energy to remove that BTU of heat. Aga recommends an annual service call, to tune and clean the burner, an additional expense. Conventional Aga ranges would use the same amount of gas as any other conventional range. You can ask others re the ovens, as I have no direct experience. Just don't get caught up in the hype of 'four ovens', as one is dedicated to broiling.

Oh yes! I remember seeing your kitchen before the countertops were installed. It looks great! The countertop colors look perfect with your cabinets and Aga! It turned out beautifully! Makes me even more anxious to get mine up and running. I too am doing painted cabinets, but my Aga is Red. Mine was a floor model, so did not have a choice of color, thus the red! I will make it work though and I do like it. Have you done much baking in your Aga? I do like to bake and am hoping it is not too tricky.

Fixed. The installer came back and it was just an adjustment of air flow that fixed the problem. Thank you to the installer, to Aga and to all of you!

we do steel cut oats in the microwave at work (coaches oats) but I thought it would be nice to make one big batch instead of individual batches...plus I was trying to dupe the Jamba Juice oatmeal..After looking for jamba juice dupe recipes, all I found was that they use soymilk and one person said they had seen them use Country something or other steel cut oats...but on jamba juices website it states they used Quaker Steel cut oats, soymilk.