There is nothing wrong with the Wolf gas range. It too has an infrared broiler, is American made, and of very high quality. The twin-ring burners are individually more versatile than the Bluestar Ultranova 22K burners. Bluestar compensates for this by providing an 8K simmer burner for holding sauces and the like. It works great. The Capital Culinarian burners are a bit more powerful than the Bluestars, but some folks think they are too hot to hold delicate sauces without worry. I know I would never try to hold a hollandaise or chile con queso over my hotrodded Bluestar burner. That isn't what it is for. The big burners are for getting the pan very hot and keeping it hot no matter what you put in it. When it comes to that chore, The BS and CC are tops. I like the Bluestar, but that's because it's what I have and I like the bowl/grate setup much more than the CC's ring burners. To use my wok, all I do is pull the grate off and the wok sits right over the fire, nesting in the bowl. I also like having the simmer burner, which is in the left rear on my setup and is truly a "back burner." One of our intrepid members here, Billy_G, modified one of his CC burners to allow for painless simmers and holds. You can read that saga here. RE your other questions, Kitchenaid fridges and dishwashers have lots of good reviews, a few bad ones, just like everything else. Some people swear by the KA dishwashers, but there have been quite a few reports of fires/heat damage due to water getting into the control panels on them. I haven't really kept up with that issue, but I think there is a class-action lawsuit pending on it. In any case, I am personally a fan of the German dishwashers overall. I like how they are laid out, how they clean, and I just don't really care that much about the American-style. I think the ultimate dishwasher is probably the Miele; it's quality is far and away better than competing models (just go look at one, but bring your checkbook! They are expensive!) The Bosches don't quite meet the Miele standard, but the 800+ line can be found at substantial savings and are a very competent runner up. Anyway, so much of this decision rests on your personal tastes and priorities that there really is NO right answer other than the one you make for yourselves. But I do think Deeageaux provided an excellent list of suggestions as a starting point. Best of luck on whatever you decide.

I personally prefer a package unit over a split. It just makes it much more easier to work on. No air handler in a hot attic, ( I refuse to go up into any attic thats above 100 degrees), no condensate leaking into the living space below, the reasons go on and on. And yes, you can have return air filter grills installed, you don't even have to shut the unit off to change the filter.

The package is going out today. I was waiting on amazon for the window sill flower garden kit and the coloring book with drink recipes. Well, the garden kit was sort of, kind of delivered yesterday. It was delivered to the side of my house in a secure spot (long driveway, not visible from street) and I picked it up within 20 minutes of its arrival. But the envelope was empty! It was easy to open the envelope and close it up again. Amazon refunded the purchase price. Under "tracking" I see that it was sent by "Amazon deliveries." I wonder where it was pinched? I imagine the driver might have wondered why it was so light, but people order decals, stickers, photos, etc that weigh almost nothing. Worth noting, though, the envelope weight said .4 lbs. I don't think it was a porch pirate thing as it wasn't visible from the road and I would think most thieves would take the whole envelope and not spend the time carefully opening it and removing the contents. The coloring book was delivered via USPS and arrived with my mail.

IMO first you buy all aplliances for how you cook and clean and refridgerate . IMO Wolf has always been and still is over priced and over rated . Since all the pkgs have wall ovens I would stick with an all gas range and electric wall oven I like many things baked in a gas oven. I wouldnever have anything except a Bosch DW free or not. As for reviews IMO they are always subjective so not usually very helpful Sit down and really think about how you use appliances forget pkg deals they suck and usually trying to get rid of some stuff not worth owning. I suggest you go to a good applance store and see if you can find one that does demos on the weekend. The only experiences I have had with steam ovens is in a commercial kitchen where everytime we really needed it it was not working so I would never have one in my home and I run a catering biz from home . I need appliamces that do not let me down. I have an all gas 6 burner 36" Bertazzoni range with one wok burner in the mix. I have a Bosch DW with quick wash a fridgedaire all fridge all frezer columns with builtin kit a KA all electric double wall oven and a Panasonic MW they have all stood the test of time for the last 14 yrs of very heavy use with lots of different people using them IMO they at this time owe me nothing but are still running great .