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I decided on an open burner Wolf and for cleaning sake, think I should have gotten BlueStar...But of the ones you're looking at, I also considered Capital Precision, which has major BTUs for sealed burners and all burners with the same power, which I consider a big plus. I love the look of the Monogram and the really nice feature on it is the grates...Not only do they come off singly, but turn over to be wok grates. Single grates are heavy...I think dbl grates would be difficult due to weight and awkwardness. I think Monogram has more powerful burners than they did when I was looking, and all the same power, if I remember right. Just checked...18K BTU burners...Almost as much as Capital and more than Wolf. I thought DCS made Monogram, but their website says their burners still have different power and less than the Monogram. It also doesn't have the same grates. Wolf has their great customer service to back them up and all burners of the same power. Dbl grates, though.

Re the timer, this is where you can see that Gaggenau sort of cobbled together the double oven as an afterthought. :) Now I also know why someone said the controls were weird. From the manual under "Set time functions for both ovens simultaneously": Short-term timer and stopwatch are not available when both ovens are in use. Cooking time and end of cooking time can be set simultaneously for both ovens. That means, if I understand correctly, that regular go beep timers don't work with both ovens on. What does work are the programs that either count down and turn off the oven, or you set a clock time that you want to take the cooked dish out at, and the oven figures out when to start it. My only guess is that they're protecting you from being confused by which timer is which, so only give you the ones that mind their own selves. Additionally, if only one oven is on, the timer displays on the left, but if both are on the lower oven's timer is on the left and the upper is on the right (there is an icon for each, so you don't have to memorize which is which). I have to say, it's very German Engineer of them. :) Or maybe it's in response to a lawsuit. :) I'm pretty sure the Gaggenau comes with one wire rack, one roasting rack and one baking tray (or at least mine did about five years ago) because that's what fits inside the oven with packing materials, etc. What I can't figure out is that the manual makes it sound like you only get one of each with the double oven, rather than one for each oven. That doesn't make sense. Many people only use one rack, but they'd still need one per oven. I bought two extra baking trays and two extra wire racks for my single oven, and counted them as part of the cost of the oven. I use the baking trays a lot, and often use two wire racks, but almost never use three. I've only cooked on two levels at a time in my Gaggenau. Great results. There is a quirk, however, where if you put short food in exactly the wrong place, the fan will blow over the food, the hot air reflects back and downward from the front right corner, and overbrowns the short food. This happens rarely, and they might have fixed that in the latest models. From what I've heard of the Wolf dual fan, it might do an even better job for multi-level. I've certainly not heard any complaints about it. Gaggenau has made the best electric ovens available for a few decades. From what I've heard about the recent Wolf ovens, especially from people who have used both, is that they're contenders for the title. The problem then is the interior enamel. Wolf has had a terrible problem with it chipping and flaking, which is dangerous. The M series has a potential fix to that problem but hasn't been on the market long enough, or in enough homes, to know if it has actually been fixed. Since that's a very serious problem, Gaggenau remains on the top of the heap. The other big feature for Gaggenau is the side swing door. Some demand it. Others don't like it or don't care. Recently, Gaggenau's sister company, Bosch, started selling side opening doors as well. As far as I know, that leaves Gaggenau at the high end, Bosch in the middle and Fridigaire at the bottom. There are also a couple of boutique makers, who mostly make ranges, like BlueStar, who have either single or double door side opening ovens. There are too few reports of those in use for me to get a good feel of their cooking/baking quality. I wouldn't let the timer thing dissuade me from the Gaggenau. You can get a two channel digital timer for something like $10, or you can get decorative single timers. Or use your cell phone, like most people do anyway, nowadays. The main point is how do you feel about getting the Wolf before the data are in about the enamel? You said you were going to assume it was fixed, but how will you feel if it isn't? If you're fine with that, do you like the Wolf Star Trek style touch screen, or the Gaggenau knobs? Do you like the Wolf drop down door, or the Gaggenau side swing? Do you prefer a steel face or do you like the glass over steel look? The M might have a little more capacity or take a slightly larger pan, from what I've read--will that be useful to you? You could always flip a coin...

Yes! We got it sorred out. So it turned out to be a loose circuit breaker. It was the new sub panel put in for our kitchen reno. We had some electrical work done and hired an electrician tonadd some recessed lighting. He ran it back to the new subpanel and he comes up from the basement nd asks if we were having problems with the stove. I said yes. He said he noticed the breaker wasnt seated properly. It was making a connection but just barely. He popped it out and popped it back in and sure enough I went and ran that oven at 500 for an hour with no issues. The cause imo was the weak current was causing the computer to think there was a fan issue. An anomaly. Want to say we have since moved and it was a relief to be able to have that taken care of. I will buy Thermdor again! They did send us a new range (after repeated service calls). So would so donit again