Lacanche vs. CornueFe 1908
sburgess75
9 years ago
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Comments (5)I used two different gas Aga's will living in England for a few years. In the first house, there was nothing other than the Aga for cooking, so it had to stay on all year long. Even with the temperate English weather, it made the entire kitchen and areas surrounding the kitchen very hot during the warmer months. In the second house, I had a separate oven and hob (range top), and I was advised to turn the Aga off during the warmer months. This is however,not recommended here in the USA. The Aga representative I spoke with here, said it will cause the unit to rust. I live in Michigan and although it would be wonderful for our winters, it just gets too hot here to consider leaving it on all year long. After adjusting to the differences of the Aga, two large burners and small ovens, I came to love it. It is a solid piece of equipment. The ovens though smaller, cook foods beautifully. And it could hold everything I cooked for my family of six plus guests even on the my biggest cooking day. The two burners are large and can hold several pots at once. They are set at two temperatures, boiling and simmer. I never found this to be an issue. It was great being able to put a pot of water on and have it at rolling boil within a few minutes. The top of the unit (actually the whole unit) is extremely warm/hot so butter, etc. could be melted in a bowl just on the top. I seriously considered the Aga Legacy, but after seeing it in person and reading many reviews about it, I decided it wasn't what I was looking for in a range. I also considered the La Cornufe CornuFe' but I learned it was owned by Aga Rangemaster. I have seen it in person a few times and it just doesn't impress me. Neither the Legacy or the CornuFe' felt as solid as the original AGA. I have decided on the Lacanche range, most likely the Cluny 1400. I like that can configure the ovens and stove top to my specifications. And I believe the small ovens will work similarly to those of the 4 oven, gas Aga. I used the warming oven in the Aga to make many slow cooked meals and I plan to do the same with the warming cupboard on the Lacanche. I have also read reviews on this range going back years and it is extremely well reviewed by most everyone who owns it. I found many of the older reviews are under blogspot just by searching by Lacanche. Good luck with decision!...See MoreLaCanche range vs La Cornufe range
Comments (13)In 2005, we undertook a huge to-the-studs kitchen remodel of a 400 sq ft kitchen. I had been a member of the Southern Living message boards and heard about garden web through a member on that site. My husband and I had already purchased a Dacor 36" cooktop as I'd had one previously and I found the Lacanche. Fell in love from the good people here. Got some amazing information here, especially from momto4kids. Purchased sight unseen, as I said previously. I had the Sully which I loved more than anything I'd ever owned. My dh let me have it and we sold the Dacor. We ended up moving to another house and I was faced with another purchase for MY personal cooking style. I had constraints on time and on space. My Sully wouldn't fit here, even if I could have brought it. And I did hours of research on the two ranges. This range is NOT a piece of junk as alluded to previously. I only gave my experience to the OP since I have owned both ranges within the last 7 years after I joined this site. My Sully was great but the right door was completely warped and never closed correctly. Couldn't be fixed. We had numerous ignition problems and had to have repairs. I haven't complained once on this site. Art Culinaire answered my questions without fail and in no way am I complaining. The Cornufe has been great as well, certainly equally as good in my eyes as my Sully. Just a different look and color, solid as a rock. I give thanks to all who posted here helping me previously, and I won't be back. This is why I'm always hesitant to post here. I've seen many a post by so many Lacanche owners here, including chef marty, marcolo, clinresga, joeboldt, momto4kids, claire de luna, pirula, and many others. I read the posts all day and night. I don't regret that purchase and I don't regret my Cornufe. Thanks for a great time and lots of great information....See MoreFunction/Reliability/Service of La Cornue CornuFe110 or AlberTine
Comments (62)We've had ours for 7 years now (pic way up above) and I do love it. HOWEVER... one side of our oven broke in September (the convection element needs to be replaced), and the part to replace it still has not come in - 4 months later we are still waiting. The warranty is 5 years, so we are out of luck with La Cornue working with us and have to rely on our local retail establishment for service work. The oven sizes are fine, unless you plan on doing a giant turkey. We've done an 18 lb turkey no problem, and I love doing roasters in it. Cleaning - the ovens have sides - top and bottom as well - that remove for cleaning so it's not a complete nightmare. But if you are used to self-cleaning ovens you may not like it. All that being said, we are overall happy with it. But if we ever need another oven, I doubt I would go with the same brand only because service has been very difficult. Good luck!...See MoreWhat about this new Cornu Fe model?
Comments (15)Rosy, I will completely admit to being a range snob. I am also an old house snob and a jewel snob. I like to save my money and buy the real thing, not a knock off because I appreciate why the real thing is so great it got knocked off :) My husband is a fabulous chef and I am a multi award winning baker, so you would be hard pressed to say this range snob does not fully understand or use their range. That said, were money growing on trees I'd have purchased a custom molteni. If you compared the capacity of a lacance to a molteni you'd see they lack in some features but at about a quarter to a tenth the price, we liked the affordability. With this range, you get some pretty, but since I had seen a La Cornue in person just prior to seeing it we found it significantly lacking. We also wanted a french top (which we use almost daily when cooking a meal). That's not an option on a higher production product like this. The molteni was a thought, but the sales people were so dang snotty we actually walked away. (Company in Oregon). I did consider it through a dealer in New York who was lovely but in the end reasonability snuck in and we ended up with the Lacanche...which we love. Because putting a hundred grand range in a home is somewhat (eyes rolling) extravagant, we'll go with a lacanche as well here in Washington. but right now we are using a horrific propane stove top and two electric ovens....we still put out wonderful food, but you'd have to be a nut case to say it's as easy and enjoyable to do with this crap as it is with a good range! I had to look it up...they are rangemaster (who also make aga). They have factories in britian and france. It's a pretty stove. :)...See More
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8 years agoAs someone who regularly uses my Cornue Fe, I can heartily recommend it. I just posted a rather exhaustive review on another thread. Hope it is helpful to you!
Function/Reliability/Service of La Cornue CornuFe110 or AlberTine
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