Thanks for your review. I love hearing about appliances that aren't as widely talked about. Just curious about your banana bread. What mode did you use to bake your banana bread- standard bake or convection bake? Also what type of pan? Did they both have the same rise? Was it a standard recipe with sugar (as opposed to something made with sweetners)? Let us know as time passes how they continue to work.

You've mentioned alot of appliances that you want to get and what are the "best" ones. You'll find differing opinions on that on the appliance forum. However, you are also asking about weather or not you should get some much less used appliances like a deep fryer, warming drawer, and meat slicer: the question is, Do you fry alot? Would you love to slice meat alot? Do you tend to prepare meals ahead of time before a party and would need a warming drawer? YOU need to answer these questions in order to determine weather you want to build in these less used appliance. For me, I wouldn't use any of them enough to warrant them being "built in". Are you just looking to just put in the most/best appliances in the kitchen just for resale value or "star power", or is it really something you use a lot or would use if you had it (like a Smoker, meat slicer). Just some things to think about. There is a thread on toaster ovens... I love my Cuisinart Convection toaster oven from costco!

Thanks all for your very helpful input - I too am very interested in the responses. We're doing a complete rebuild of our kitchen. The contractor is now able to start 2 months early so we're ramping up rapidly! We were just in the appliance store and looking at the following: - AEG induction cooktop - Fisher & Paykel counter-depth french door fridge - Fisher & Paykel wall oven - Bosch dishwasher - model with the top cutlery rack - Panasonic microwave - pull-out vent hood I didn't write down all the model numbers, too confused after a while, so just waiting for the estimate to come in. We have a $10K CAD budget and I know we're getting a good discount as the Bosch was listed at around $1500 and she said we'd be getting it for around $1000. We picked the FP fridge mostly because we loved the handle profile and stainless look and colour. We're waffling on the FP wall oven as it's very black (cabinets will be white slab, perimeter and island counters likely Vicostone sparkling grey) plus getting conflicting reports on if FP wall ovens are good or not - plus review of FP fridge not being cold enough. However some of the other wall ovens were quite a bit more expensive so not sure we can afford them. The store (Midland Appliances in Vancouver) is getting an AEG wall oven in a week so we're going back to see it when it's in. We want the Bosch dishwasher as it's very, very quiet. We've had 2 Bosch DW in the past. Unfortunately the first died after 3 years - apparently we used too much liquid soap, our water is very soft and it corroded? through the plastic line out, we burnt out the motor running it full of water?? But we liked the quietness and operation so much we still bought another Bosch last year. The new one with the top cutlery rack doesn't actually wash as well as our 2010 model but we're still getting it again because of the quietness. Loved the Miele speed oven with convention and microwave but way too expensive. We thought we could combine the microwave and toaster oven in one appliance but for the price, we could buy 10 of each so that was a non-starter. Just going with a big Panasonic MW that we will put under the island counter hopefully. If anyone has experience with any of our current choices, especially with FP, would very much appreciate it.

Attached Photo of Kitchen remodel in progress. The Cabinets are Grey, so is the floor, Counter-top http://catalogs.porcelanosa-usa.com/books/rkoz/#p=17 will be very light grey, appliances we have chosen are new GE Black Slate color GE Black Slate appliances. Looking for suggestions on wall and doors and windows wood & trim colors. Kitchen is open floor plan adjacent room is family room with Tiete rosewood hardwood flooring..thanks