Stainless steel toe kick plate, Yay or Nay!!
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Comments (6)I visited a showroom yesterday and looked at both BS and CC ranges. I wondered why the BS kick-plate was louvered and the CC was solid. If I understand correctly the oven bottom is not insulated and that would make sense. I suppose more airflow might be needed for this style oven and the kick-plate expels any extra heat. From reading the BS owners love their ovens and a few CC owners have indicated uneven baking, but cooler doors. My suspicion is that the doors are heated from beneath and not through heat loss through the door. This may be a BS design carried over from Garland, but is still within residential guidelines. Regardless if you own either brand the heat will be caught by a hood and vented whereas a separate wall oven will just add heat to the room because of no venting. I will say I thought the BS oven to be visually more usable and the racks were definitely better. The flush oven bottom and flush broiler may make for more room. I still haven't decided which range, but either would more than meet our needs. I not sure I read the post right, but no insulation in oven bottom is what I think was reported and if incorrect please advise as to what is right....See MoreNXR 30 Range from Costco now up and running
Comments (42)Time for an update. 5 months (to the day) after receiving the NXR, it is finally installed. I ran into issues with cabinets and after exploring all options I could think of, finally gave up and installed the NXR as is. No range hood at this time until a kitchen remodel can be done and that is simply not in the budget anytime soon. The space I had to fit the NXR in is 30 1/8 inches wide. So I was a bit nervous about that. The main problem we ran into was the rear legs digging into the linoleum and stopping rearward progress. The guy helping me had a great idea and we dry soaped a couple of yardsticks, put them under the feet, and slid the range into that tight space. The adjustable feet were not very cooperative. We removed the toe kick and sorta had access to the front feet and no access to the rear feet. We could get one side to adjust, but not the other. The feet would not budge. The mistake we made was sliding the range in place before testing the foot adjustment. So we ended up shimming the left side feet. And finding a level reference was challenging too. I ended up using the oven racks as they seemed to be different from the front lip. I see no signs of any damage to the porcelain. The range was well packed and arrived without incident. I ran the burn in process. That is definitely stinky! And I am amazed at the burner control. From high, there are 3 steps ending in a simmer that looks barely enough to warm your hand. I had to turn off the kitchen lights just to see the flame at simmer. I bought a ChefAlarm and rack clip from Thermoworks to calibrate the oven. I hope to have time to do that soon. Testing oven accuracy Here are some pics of the burners. In the 4 burner shot, the lower left is high, then 1 click down going clockwise until the bottom right is at simmer. So far, I'm quite pleased with the NXR. I just need a new kitchen to go along with it! Edit: one thing I noticed (and it may be entirely normal) is that 30 minutes or so after doing the burn in process for the oven, the top of the oven door and the lip remained too hot to touch. Is that normal?...See MorePlate Racks come in lots of styles
Comments (14)Hmmm, I get your point, Kitykat. But the modern cabinets which are only 12 inches deep are the ones which have no longevity....they are really not keeping up with the styles. Whereas, I think that dish racks, and even OPEN SHELVING, are going to always be able to accommodate whatever we like. Dish racks have been a part of British cabs for many decades, having the dowels (for want of a better word) of the rack mounted above the sink area to let freshly washed dishes drain over the sink. It seems to me that they planned on change, because such a dishrack accommodates small and large, unless you specifically exclude big or small. That's why some of the racks are wide/deep at the bottom and narrow/shallow at the top. There are many STYLES of dish racks, the squared off types you see in manufactured cabs today are not as multifunctional as the independent ones of old. What I plan to have in my new kitchen is a pretty much open concept. It can be had in wood or in stainless steel. IKEA, those innovative folks with multiple materials, have both wooden and stainless shelving and I get lots of ideas from them, even though I might not buy their version of the idea. And I have lots of the bigger plates that I buy on sale from Pfalzgraff, but they are calling them "platters." Those are usually gorgeous earthenware, which I love, and I want it to be displayed. You can put the big plates/platters into an open dishrack, platerack, at an angle (like in a parking lot) so they show their faces a little more. They don't HAVE to be squared up perpendicular to the back of the cabinet. If the shelves are far enough apart to accept the big plate diameter, then the doors will close fine. But I would not WANT my plate rack to be behind a door, would you? I think that sort of defeats the purpose of using them. And it is not simply good for displaying plates. If you have a couple of sets of dinnerware that you use at different occasions, (not expensive china but you get the idea), then you can choose the plates you want without lifting out any design sitting on top of them. Easy as pie. On the sheets, I know what you mean. Plus, the top sheet just doesn't come over the sides far enough even with queen sets. So I buy a king sheet to go with a queen mattress these days. And I've discovered that a full size bottom sheet CAN fit VERY TIGHTLY on a 8-10 inch thick QUEEN size foam mattress. I like the tight bottom sheet, and this works for me....See Morestainless steel toe kicks and baseboard
Comments (7)Use a minimum of 20 gauge steel, AND install it over a plywood backer. Otherwise, it is almost certain to dent eventually. Laminate that looks like stainless is not intended for any hard use. It is merely decorative. I would probably not trust it as toe kick or backsplash....See Morepractigal
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