Bluestar Platinum Range Burner and Door Configuration Help Please

7 years ago

I was planning on getting the 48" Bluestar RNB but then the salesperson convinced my husband (who doesn't cook) that we should get the platinum. I argued at first but then I decided why fight it? I have the option of configuring my burner arrangement but can't figure out the best way. There are 8 burners: simmer, 2x15K, 18K, 2x22K and 2x25K. Here are my preferences: - simmer and 25K should not be near each other so that 25K doesn't add heat to the simmer (in that vein, simmer should probably be either rear far right or rear far left) - whatever 2 burners I use for grill/griddle should be same front to back (ie both 22K) - there definitely needs to be at least one 25K in the front Also, has anyone done oven doors left-hinged or right-hinged? I would appreciate advice/comments regarding the configuration of oven doors too. Thank you! Thank you! The advice here has been invaluable to me.

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Ellie RK
7 years ago
I have the 30", 4 burner platinum range. My 25k and 22k burners are both in the front. 25k left, 22k right. 18K and 15k are in the back. It just makes the most sense that way for us.

If we had small kids though, I may have put the higher btu burners in the back since I find myself boiling water for tea and pasta more than I simmer, and I wouldn't want little hands anywhere near those burners. Well any burners but especially those.
azijoon thanked Ellie RK
azijoon
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7 years ago
I do have little kids but it still makes sense to me to put simmer in the back because I am not often tending to those things. Also whichever burners I want to use for grill/griddle, I would like them to be the same level of heat so things will cook evenly. Right now I have a griddle that goes over a single burner and I do not like the uneven way the pan heats up.
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homechef59
7 years ago
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I have the 36" platinum rangetop. The simmer is in the left rear spot. That's a good spot for it. You don't want it on the front. Your's will be the same. I find that I use my 22K burners the most. They are in front and on both ends. So are the 48" rangetop. Truthfully, I would be happy if I didn't even have a 25K burner. The 22K's do such a great job.

In your 48" unit there are two 15K in the rear middle. That's fine for a griddle. The two 25K are in the front middle. If you are using the grill, you can use the two 25K's on the front. The two 22K are on each end in the front. You will use them the most.

In a 48" configuration, I wouldn't spend anything extra on modifying the layout. It's a thoroughbred the way it comes out of the box. You are going to love it. It gives me such joy when I turn a knob.
Pamela Briskman
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homechef59 & azijoon, your comments are very helpful.

We are looking at a 30" platinum and are trying to figure the best way to configure the limited number of burners.

We were thinking of keeping the 25K in the front left to optimize for fast water boiling, wok cooking and searing.

Then we're imagining going with 2 burners of the same power on the right (either 15Ks, 18Ks or 22Ks) so we can more easily keep even heat when using a grill/griddle. We're thinking these will also be the most commonly used burners so want to be practical here and, not having cooked over such high power before fear of having a turbo powered range that runs too hot (not sure if that need be a concern)

Depending on what we go with on the left, we're thinking of also swapping out the simmer burner on the right. We have a simmer burner on our current, 20 year old dynasty range and never use it--so we'd want to change it out for something more useful that gives us maximum flexibility (and the option for cooking over "low" power) given the choices for the other three. Unless folks can convince us that the simmer is worth keeping when you're dealing with just 4 sources.

Thanks for your thoughts!

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