Are 48-inch drawers too big?
alermar
9 years ago
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ajc71
9 years agoCEFreeman
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36 inch rangle plus single vs. 48 inch range
Comments (8)Cathy: Every situation is unique. I was in the interior design and general contracting business for years so my perspective comes with a bit more bias on the esthetics than you will typically find on the appliance forum. As mentioned, every space is unique and in some kitchens a 36" range would look out of scale and tiny. In other situations a 48" would look ridiculous. Some kitchens require a 60". In my particular case, my kitchen begged for a 48", so I went with a 48" bluestar with a grill and a griddle. In my experienced opinion it is perfect for its space. I have a 54" hood with no upper cabinets (just open shelves) on my "range wall" which helps to not make things look too top heavy with the large hood. My range wall is also aprox 12 feet if memory serves correct so the 48 inch was a natural choice as it takes a nice even third of the space. Most, if not all, wall ovens are also very modern looking but therefor date themselves so if you have a traditional style kitchen it may not look so good down the road. From a function standpoint, I would have to agree with nyc. I think you would get the most versatile setup with gas range and electric wall oven. I will say tho, that the small oven on the bluestar is a champ. In my experience it gets very even and accurate temps. It fits a standard half sheet cookie sheet. To be honest I use the small oven more often then the large one. Another point....on the functional side of the equation, a 48" allows you to have a grill and griddle if desired. If you do go 36" route, my personal recommendation would be a grill. I love being able to grill inside, and this very very very cold and harsh winter we just had in ontario just reaffirmed that an indoor grill is a blessing in cold climates. I do like my griddle as well but a portable griddle can stradle the top of two of your burners on a 36" if a griddle is desired....See MoreDacor 48 inch or Wolf 60 inch?
Comments (16)Not the OP but I'm still on here and a lot of water has gone under the bridge. I had the Wolf DF for about 4.5 years and the cobalt blue enamel came off of the bottom after running the self clean. This has been an issue, if you look at the lawsuits on these ranges built as far back as 2006. Quite a few posters had issues of chipping with as many a three ovens in a row. The all gas versions do not seem to have the issue (no blue interior) although they are mentioned in at least one lawsuit. I like Dacor platforms that were bigger too but the ovens I had were worthless. Mine were with the Discovery controllers at the time, different from some of the other ovens. They have since been bought by Samsung and been through model changes through the years. I though maybe they fixed them but there was recently a poster here that bought a wall oven and returned it quickly because they had issues with it. What type of cooking do you do? The Ilve has a few things that might cause concern for some people. The burners are all underpowered for what most people want now. Ranges like BlueStar and Capital have 22-25K on at least two burners. The Wolf all gas also tops out at 15K and you may have had 15 or 16K on your Dacor range So maybe that works for you. I have 15K on my Wolf DF and it is OK but it is on all burners except one. Many people complain that a griddle with 15K is underpowered so 10.5K would be even less. They also mention that the griddle is stainless so it will not season like rolled steel on Wolf. Stainless by itself is one of the poorest conductors of heat so would heat unevenly unless it has aluminum or copper sandwiched in. The French top is also only 8.5K BTUs compared to 18K on something like BlueStar. Also check out the oven size. Look at the usable rack size. A lot of space is taken up by the warming drawer. Look at the broiler size. This is the manual. I would read it and it might bring some other questions to mind. http://ilveappliances.com/sites/default/files/documents/ILVE_Manual_2-13.pdf Do you have service for Ilve where you live? Here are some threads here on Houzz about Ilve ranges in general. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/appliances/query/Ilve/nqrw...See MoreIs 36 inches too wide for a drawer stack?
Comments (38)Gemcap and Terri_pacnw, the system in the drawers in just called drawer peg organizer. It does have a notch to remove it. Mine is the Rev-a-Shelf brand. It looks nice and keeps everything organized but I found out after the fact that it really isn't necessary if you have good soft close drawers. There have been a number of threads on these organizers which you should be able to find with a google search and the terms gardenweb + dish drawer organizers or peg dividers. Most GWers agree that you can stack dishes in drawers without the pegs and that the pegs actually waste some drawer space. Some posters did say they used some type of liners like cushy cupboards in their pegless drawers. Nothing really moves when I close my soft close drawers. So while the pegs look nice, I say save the cost. I am sure you can find something else to spend that extra money on....See More36 inch Ranges Versus 48 inch Ranges
Comments (10)I love our 48" Viking. There is plenty of room when dh and I are cooking at the same time and the extra space also comes in handy when I'm cooking alone. I love having unused burners to slide hot pots onto for cooling off or as landing space for hot items from the oven. It contains all the hot items to one space instead having them scattered across the counter on trivets. And there are times when all of our burners are used at once (we have 6 + a griddle.) I use the small oven most of the time for our family of 4. The large oven is handy when I cook mulitiple items at the same temp or when I use large cookie sheets. Having 2 ovens comes in handy for different oven temps and for when one oven is tied up by something baking for an hour that shouldn't be disturbed. Take your favorite baking dishes to the showroom to make sure they fit into the small oven. The dishes I brought were a 9" Pyrex pie pan and a 9x13 pan. They fit fine in our Viking but didn't in some other brands. The brand I was leaning toward got eliminated because the oven rack brackets decreased the usable space so much that I couldn't fit either of the 2 dishes I brought. Just reading the oven specs wouldn't have been good enough since it seemed the oven was plenty big. Dh was happy we ended up with his top choice by default. I would definitely buy another 48" range if I had to do over again. Getting a range with 2 ovens and plenty of burner/elbow space was a splurge that made a lot of sense to us....See Morelive_wire_oak
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