I come on here about 1to3 times a week and rarely post anything. When I do it is in response to what I know about which at this point is gas stoves because I spent a year researching them. I usually mention NXR's because very few people know about them, in fact less than a year ago I had never heard of one either but fortunately saw a few owners of NXR's on this website that got me interested in them. There are no NXR showrooms near me either, there are several along the East Coast and several on the West coast. My wife & I were going to Florida to visit friends and I thought I would check to see if there was a place to see, touch, feel, slam and bang an NXR stove along the way. We found a place in Tampa Florida, was about a 2 hour detour for us but decided to stop by and check it out, glad we did because we were sold as soon as we saw it. The place we bought it from said they have sold quite a few over the years and have never had one come back. He then opened the oven door and stood on it with his full weight, probably about 190-200# just show how well built the stove was. We bought one from them because they had as good a price as any we had found anywhere ($1799.00). I can basically guarantee the NXR is better than the 3 you listed but I fully understand not wanting to buy something sight unseen, we didn't.

PS: I also think the venting goes straight up with no elbows, but with the new cabinets, we may have to put a slight jog in there. Should we use round flexible venting all the way to the roof or the square tin HVAC type venting from wall to roof?

Ask to look at a slide in range. Most manufacturers make them. My DIL has a Bosch that she likes. The prostyle ranges Anthony mentioned are like that too. To answer what is the best range, what is your budget, what type of cooking do you do? What type of cookware do you have? How do you use your oven?

I have a GE Monogram dual fuel. Have had this range in 48", 36" and now 30" (we move and renovate a lot). Nice compact cooking area with little wasted space, oven is sufficiently large for my needs and the convection works very well, (I also have a convection/micro for smaller cooking chores). Biggest front burner puts out enough power; I can get a good sear on meats. Knock on wood, have not had any mechanical issues except on the 48"- the fan for the convection was broken on install. It was repaired and did not malfunction again.