Thermador's dishwasher is made by Bosch, and general wisdom is that it does rock. (There are plenty of Miele fans here as well) I'll let the experts answer the rest, but I'm giving you a bump here. Are you set on these two brands?

How old are your current Dacor ovens? The Discovery ovens with the oscillating element under glass work in a very different way than regular ovens. The idea of the oscillating element is to keep a very narrow temperature. I would want to try before you buy. I had this type of oven and unless it has been dramatically changed, it did not work for me It has a very hot preheat and the manual warns against putting food in while the oven preheats. In order to keep food from burning, once the oven has reached the set temperature, the preheat will not come on until the temperature drops 150-200F. The problem is if you are baking cookies or something where you are opening and closing the door, the preheat cannot come on and bring the temperature back up. The oscillating element are not enough to make up for the lost heat. It might work if you preheat and then put your food in for an hour and don't open the door. A regular oven works by kicking the bake element on when the temperature drops by 25F. Maybe they have fixed this problem since I had mine but the only way to tell is to try it by baking something that requires opening the door frequently.

The Miele dishwasher line is well regarded around here, as well as the Bosch (and derviatives). I've only owned the Bosch personally and have had great experiences. There are people who really like their Miele ovens as well. They tend to have more modern styling, along with the Gaggenau (ovens). I had a Dacor oven and found the electronics to be a problem area.

Are you getting a range or a range top/cooktop? Bluestar, Capital and sometimes, Wolf, seem to be the default order of choices around here for pro-look. Among the French style, Lacanche and La Cornue tend to be the choices. After those choices, people do tend to pick Thermador over Dacor for ranges and rangetops (assuming gas) due to the power difference and the bundling deal (get a free Bosch made Thermador dishwasher with the Range purchase). I considered all of the above. You can research prior message threads and reviews on the above.

mcapriz, I guess the question would be do you have the oven with the elements under glass now? I guess if you do and it works ok for you, you would be happy with a new one like it. I'm just saying that the oven with under glass elements works differently from their other ovens. My neighbor has the regular type elements in a Dacor oven and likes it.

When it comes to outdoor grills, you won't see many reviews here. I haven't seen much written about Dacor grills. Firemagic is highly rated, so is DCS (Fischer Paykel) though people have commented that the ceramic internal parts shatter after a while.

I have a Lynx. I had an issue last year in that the stainless parts that hold the ceramic brickets completely disintegrated sitting outside. I had to replace them which took some effort since the brickets are fastened to the stainless (ha!) panel with clips that required bending into place.

The place below has a lot of videos and information about several grill manufacturers.

good grill shopping site

The salesperson I spoke to said Viking wasn't an option as he felt products were inferior compared to Wolfe and thermador. I had thermador in my old house. Loved everything about. The dishwasher, the range and the ovens. I did notice a weird odor in my dishwasher called for a service call, the thermador rep said you just need dishwasher cleaner So I bought it at target and the problem was fixed. The dishwasher is so quiet. It is insane how quiet. So, I was willing to purchase wolf for my new built. The salesman said he felt the extra money was not worth, because of thermador bundle. He priced out both options. The Wolfe would have cost me 10,090 more. I am going with what I loved....thermador.

There is NO coparison - Thermador is such a great product, and I think Dacor products are absolutely garbage. I moved alot, and have been plagued with houses that are equipped with Dacor stuff - always, always awfull. Bought Thermador twice on a remodel and a new build and am thrilled after 7 years!\ Do not spend the money on Dacor - you'd really be better off with GE or almost any cheaper product - Dacor is worse than Kitchen Aid.