Well, whenever I say how much I want a good grill for my range, the majority of the responses are "grill outside, especially if you will be in SC". My head is spinning. There are just the two of us. I will grill for us frequently if I have an indoor grill. I would only grill for company when in SC if I have to do it in an outdoor kitchen which will be a level below the main living area. I don't do any grilling now, even though there is a gas grill a few steps out the back door, but that has more to do with hating the heat, humidity and bugs in Houston. Unless I find some other candidates, my trade space is between the Blue Star and the Capital. My guess is that the Capital ceramic IR grill is easier to clean than the BS grill. The Capital grill is 18,000 BTU & I believe has finer control than the Wolf grill. The Capital also has a rotisserie in the oven which I think I would actually use. My mom had a countertop rotisserie oven & my birthday dinner request was always for a rare beef roast done on the rotisserie. Then, my thinking turns to the type of cooking I do the most of which is on the burners. It sure looks like open burners are the way to go, so that is a serious knock against the Capital. So, I'm left with weighing the IR grill of the Wolf against the "superior" (per the Eurostoves videos) burners of the BS. Oh, and add to that the confusion created by the executive chef at the Wolf showroom who told me to get the Wolf DF with closed burners and a griddle for searing. Well, I could afford it, but I just don't want to put the extra money into a Wolf DF as opposed to an AG if I went Wolf. Please, keep the inputs coming. I don't expect anyone on the forum to make my decisions for me, but I do appreciate getting feedback on what y'all have and why you like (or dislike) it. Thanks - Jo Ann

So dependent on budget........ I want a Miele dishwasher for sure. They seem to get rave reviews on here and I fell in love when I looked at them in person. Even the higher end one with the cool light when you open the door. The salesman was was rollin g his eyes and talking about how that was so unnecessary (who empties their dishwasher in the dark) but I still got drawn in on how pretty it looked *smiles*.... I've also dreamed of the Electrolux Icon Professional double wall ovens. I don't have room for them and a micro. I was drawn to them because if appearance, then wanted one so badly because of those glide racks!. I searched here and saw positive reviews, so they went on my wish list. I have to admit that because of those racks I didn't bother looking at ovens that didn't have something similar or other brands because I knew they were out of budget. So no advise there. My approach to appliances is this. I ask myself what's most important to ME in my kitchen, One's the dishwasher. I want the convenience they are meant to provide, and they all give you that... but I also want to feel it does a quality job cleaning! I can't tell you how many times I have bits of food stuck to glassware etc. It grosses me out and I end up hand washing a lot. I also need one that holds plenty and is somewhat easy to load. I have had lower to mid priced brands in the past with mediocre results, so I'm willing to pay more for better quality. I am not a gourmet cook, so I would rather not break the bank with fancy features I might never use in an oven or cooktop. The mid-priced gas cooktop we have has always served it's purpose, it's a GE profile series and although the former owner installed it, I know it's not an expensive one. I also have a mid range wall oven/micro combo that works ok. Temp runs on the high side, but once I knew that, I just adjusted my cook time and lowered the temp a bit. If you are a better cook, look for better quality and features you would need/use. What would work better for me is a wall oven, convection micro combo, and I will look into swapping out what I have for that. I think I will be happier in the long run. If money is no object, get whatever you want, Otherwise, think about what's most important to you before you buy. There's plenty of great advise on this forum.

I have cooked on all three and the TEK IR is the only gas grill that cooks as well as charcoal. It's advantages over charcoal are that it is quick to set up, easy to clean up and does an excellent job of creating the charcoal taste. As many here know, the flavor is created by the smoke from the fat striking the hot surface be it charcoal or something else. The higher the IR energy (from gas or charcoal) and the less the flame, the more smoke generated rather than being turned into additional flame. The TEK creates a great deal of smoke because the IR glass sits between the flame and the dripping grease. On older style IR burners there is still an open flame to ignite the grease drippings reducing the amount of smoke to add flavor. With charcoal, once the embers are glowing red, it is emitting a lot of IR and much less to no flame and hence produces a lot of smoke and flavor. I have owned the FireMagic and I would not purchase another. The burners are cast SS but they still do rust over time and the flavor grills wear out too. They are very hard to clean and the heat was not anywhere near as good as the advertisements. If you are the type that never clean a grill and don't mind a gritty looking grill it may not matter. I am the type that wants it to look clean and inviting each time and the self cleaning feature along with the dishwasher removal panels makes the TEK a breeze to clean and keep looking nice. For me that was worth a lot. The more conventional grills like the Firemagic, even with their ceramic infrared burner are not even a close match.

Wow! The people writing to Amazon seem to be justifiably outraged. Fortunately, my 30-inch (not built-in) Lynx Pro with dual Pro-Fire burners has worked well, once sorted out. This was purchased through an appliance store in 2015. I do not use it often, since I like to thoroughly clean it each time, but it has been reliable when it needs to be. Most of the complaints on Amazon seem to be earlier than this, so maybe Lynx made some needed design or fabrication changes. On initial testing after delivery, one of the two screened burner assemblies on my grill would heat up and then develop a fuel-air leak causing it to pulsate. Lynx promptly replaced this assembly. Once I was satisfied that the burners were both working correctly and had good alignment with the gas jets, I extended the flame range per the directions in the supplied manual. This involves turning a screw in the control shaft for each burner to tune the low end of the gas flow range. Flow should be set to achieve the lowest stable flame. In comparing this to other options, such as its low priced Kenmore predecessor, one should consider that the imputed interest on the cost of the Lynx, using the real CPI (see http://www.shadowstats.com/) would allow purchase and throwout of a minimal Kenmore gas grill every few years. However, the Kenmore is relatively uncleanable, so if one likes cost-effective "crusty" cooking, he should stick with cheap grills. The all stainless steel Lynx is easy to clean (albeit time consuming) and the grill assemblies can be soaked for as long as needed to ease complete cleaning without any fear of rusting. kas