Reviving this old thread since there really aren't a lot of user reviews on cornufe. I’ve been using for about a month and I love mine. Range is powerful and simmer is great for the most part. Oven cooks well and the range in general is beautiful. One thing I wish I’d checked: the oven comes with one normal rack, one telescopic rack, and one rack that is only designed to fit a cornufe broil pan or cookie sheet. The cookie sheet hollow rack is annoying since a normal rack would be more useful ( you can always put a cookie sheet or broil pan on top of a normal rack). the telescoping rack is great EXCEPT it’s really difficult to move it from one level to another. I’ve been practicing and it still takes me 10 minutes. My Miele oven telescoping rack can be moved quite easily in about 10 seconds. Anyone else have one and learned the trick?

Bumping this old thread to see if anyone has used this accessory and, if so, how they feel about it. Thanks!

I had a similar dilemma as you and went with the Bluestar. We have a 136 year old Victorian and just renovated the kitchen. I was dead set against a stainless range as I felt it wouldn't work with the look of the house. I knew that the cooking capabilities of the Bluestar were far superior but was thinking I'd go with asthetics over function. I was in love with the look of the La Cornue Cornufe ranges and was convinced these were what would work best. I had a hard time finding a place that had the Albertine in person but finally found one. Once I saw the quality of the product I was very disappointed. In person it looked fake and poorly made. I never had the opportunity to cook with the Cornufe Albertine so can't speak to that. I'm sure it would be as good as most high end professional ranges. I will say I love my Bluestar and am so happy I went this route. In the end it looks great in my kitchen and doesn't feel out of place. Because Bluestar ranges are so bare bones it works. The cast iron burners feel old and as they've been there for quite some time. My cabinetry and hardware all were designed to look like they'd always been there. My refrigerator and dishwasher are fully integrated so there's not a lot of stainless showing (only range and wall oven/microwave). If you haven't seen the Albertine in person, I'd suggest you find it and decide for yourself. I love cooking on my Bluestar (2 1/2 months so far) and know, for me, it was the right decision. Best of luck to you.

We have a Lacanche. I think they are gorgeous and highly functional. Check out frenchranges.com. I doubt there is a 48" in your price range, but they have a multitude of sizes and are very customizable. You can keep costs lower buy getting black (the default and very classic) and planning head for the lower 6 month shipping fee. There are many happy Lacanche owners on this forum and threads with loads of information. We carved out more funds for the range and less for the rest of the kitchen and are very happy with our decision.