@Sarah, I bought the 36" fridge/freezer combo (bottom freezer), and a 24" wine cooler column. The fridge has been installed about 4 years ago, the wine cooler still standing in my garage - need to make room for it and have been procrastinating. Also my better half developing a bit of a wine habit has not helped to incentivize me to install a full wine rack - unfortunately. Had 0 problems so far. It just freaking works. @JJ Mekai, in my experience you don't get a better longevity from any other brand. Don't know about Miele, but I did have to replace my Miele dishwasher (installed in 2007) about a year ago. The Gaggenau cooktop and vent hood installed at the same time don't even blink. I may replace some parts because they get rubbed off for looks... but functionally they are rock solid. Sorry... the hood had a snafu once couple years back. Circuit board replacement, cost me $350 to fix. The ovens, and they are used daily, as the refrigerator, installed about 4 years ago, knock on wood, are rock solid and seem to just keep on ticking.

This is the OP and I have an incredibly embarrassing confession to make, regarding my most recent post(s). Gaggenau did send the accessories and yesterday we made a second attempt to install the replacement oven. We got the old oven out, and proceeded to carry in the new oven and install it. After we finished, which took several hours, I picked up the styrofoam and pallet the oven came on and I found the "missing" accessories, wrapped in more white styrofoam and totally concealed under the styrofoam the oven was sitting on. We didn’t see them until we physically moved the styro and it felt way too heavy. We had lifted the oven off the styrofoam previously, because my first thought about the missing pieces were “maybe they’re underneath," but we didn’t move the bottom piece and wood pallet, and none of us saw them because they were totally concealed/encased in the styrofoam. I am absolutely humiliated that we overlooked them and I made a fuss. In my defense, they were very hard to see — even three new sets of eyes didn’t catch them the second time we moved the oven, until we physically moved the styrofoam piece and it was weighted. I have let Gaggenau know what happened, but also wanted to post here to avoid sharing misinformation. We do have the new one in, and it seems to work. I tried it in refresh mode last night and was able to use that program on my oven for the first time in over two years without excess water pouring onto the food. It was pretty great, actually, given all the back and forth and hassle we’ve gone through. I do have a couple questions I hope someone might be able to answer … - What is the filter capacity, which needs to be entered into settings? It says "consult the filter instructions," but they are extremely unclear. (Giving only time in months based on water harness, and not even mentioning capacity, which is the measurement in the settings.) The range is something like 100-9000L … Which seems like a huge span. I don’t want to get this wrong, so any advice/help anyone can provide, beyond the filter manual, which is pretty dismissive, I would greatly appreciate. NOTE: Our water is, roughly, 15-18 grains of hardness, - I also would like to know if I’m looking at this correctly: is “proof” no longer an option on the new model combi-steam? I’m not seeing it on the dial, or in the manual, but am wondering if I’m missing something. Ironically, it was one of the modes I missed being able to use most using most on our old oven since, previous to the excess water problem, it had been one of my most-used modes, as I am a frequent bread baker. The current combi manual does mention proofing dough on page 18 under “operations” saying, “when proofing dough” use such-and-such rack, but there is nothing about a proof mode, or what the equivalent settings on the current model would/should be to set yourself. Does 85 degrees and 30 percent humidity sound right? Can you set the temp that low manually?

@NT_guy thanks! The floor model is the 1.6 cuf, the salesman told me that the new one is 2.1 cuf (as big as the xxl Miele) but I wasn't sure if it was already out or coming out. I am torn because of the same reasons you mentioned - self clean, hinge, and covered broiler! I checked with a friend who had the gaggenau for a couple of years, they used the self clean only once and they use it on a daily basis. They assume their cleaner wipes it from inside every now and then coz it looks really clean. that tells me that steam cooking is probably constantly melting splatter and you would rarely need the actual self clean with the cartridge, or in the case of Miele, wiping it with their product. So my biggest factor is less of an issue i guess. The hinge is awesome, but since that floor model is a right hinge, i feel it would be a bit inconvenient.. Any difference you felt between the two in terms of functionality and outcomes? Thanks!! Congrats for your new oven :)

"A signal sounds when the set core temperature in the food has been reached. The cooking mode is ended automatically. Confirm with [checkmark] and turn the program selection to 0." -- Gaggenau Use and care manual* *Confirm model