Help Me Make A Decision, Please
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Comments (13)I think I share aesthetic DNA with a lot of the posters on this thread. Love the French look; prefer colored appliances with SS/nickel/brass/etc. trim over all SS. My house is a 125 y.o. "second empire" style, which I feel deserves some sort of hat tip, if not slavish devotion to old-looking stuff. To me this means avoiding visible electronics, and overtly modern lines. OTOH, anything simple, chunky, roundish, using materials that have been around for at least a hundred years, works fine. We will be remodeling our kitchen soon, but as my current (awful, unmentionable) range just died, I will be replacing it somewhat ahead of schedule. A few months ago I went crazy over online picture of an AGA legacy. Later I met one in person, and was underwhelmed. Crushed, actually. The oven doors and knobs just didn't feel solid. Kind of reminded me of a very adorable "Easy Bake" oven. Interestingly, the same showroom had the pricier AGA 6-4 cooker, also duel-fuel (not the true cooker that the name would imply), and I was shocked at how different it felt - super solid heavy cast iron doors with integrated hinges and latches, although the knobs were the same. The Cornufe was there as well. The doors felt more solid than the legacy, as did the knobs, but like the 6-4 it was a bit out of my price range. And then there was... ... the small oven thing. I tried to tell myself this didn't matter, was actually an advantage, less energy to heat up, etc. And I really DO want to be able to cook two things at different temps simultaneously. But among my friends who actually cook, virtually all said I'd sooner or later regret not having a regular-size oven. (Wall oven/s not an option for me.) Not sure how the Lacanche stacks up in terms of oven size. It's probably my favorite looks-wise. Their owners seem to really cherish them. But to me it only makes sense to spend that much on a range if it's going to hold some sort of visual dominion over the rest of the kitchen. My range will only be seen head-on from the fridge wall; not from the kitchen entrance or kitchen table or any other rooms, so I'd rather put my aesthetic eggs in other baskets... Which has brought me back to the pro-styles. My husband eliminated Bluestar because of the open burners. He thought we were too lax in our cleaning habits to prevent that drip plate from turning into a smelly, scary disaster. I think we're about to settle on American, most likely black (with SS trim), in a 30" AG, which has an unusually large oven, and pretty good burner capacity (2 @ 17K btu, 140 degree simmer). We plan to get a countertop toaster/confection oven combo to accomodate our second/small oven needs. Or maybe a microwave/convection oven combo that we will hide somewhere. We are looking into a modern aire PS26 range hood in black with SS trim. One cool think about American is that you can swap out the color down the road. So if our upcoming remodel screams for a different color, say, fire engine red, we won't be stuck with the black. (The hood is another matter... hmm...) The color kits are about 250-300 bucks, I think, and require a pretty handy, if not professional, person to make the switch. I'll worry about that if and when it comes to it... Good luck on your search, susied3, and everybody else (including me). Let's keep each other posted....See MorePlease help me make decision on cabinets
Comments (7)Are your current doors and drawers in excellent condition and in a style that you like? If you love your current cabinetry and think it is good condition, then go ahead and just paint. I know with my cabinets, my doors were in good condition but my drawers were a mess (sticking, sagging etc...) so I will be replacing everything. On option 2, will the be replacing the entire drawer box, or just the face front? If you love the new door and drawer in Option 2 and hate your current door & drawer, this might be your best bet. Also, are your current cabinets white or oak? If they have a lot of knots, the texture will show through even after you paint. Are you going for a contemporary look in the kitchen? Have you considered getting all new cabinets at IKEA? There has been a lot of success on this forum with IKEA. Just a thought....See MoreMaking the right decision, Spider the cat
Comments (15)I agree with you, completely. Over 6 months ago, I made the decision not to subject Foxy (also 15) to general anesthesia, which would be necessary to biopsy a mass in her stomach that we could see on ultrasound. Drs said that it was probably lymphoma. She had also lost weight, and thyroid was not working. Dr put her on steroid - Prednisone. I felt that, at her age, the anesthesia was a risk in itself. I talked to the oncologist, and since she was responding to the steroid (prednisone), I/we decided to watch and wait. She also had thyroid problem, and was on meds....but later had to have surgery to remove an infected mammary and I gave permission to also remove the thyroid, and now she is very active, has gained more weight, and is normal in every way, Still no biopsy. Over two months ago, we (Dr and I) decided to wean her off the prednisone. For the past month, she is off all meds and is happy and healthy. I bumped into her Dr. a couple of days ago....and she said she had VM interns training under her, and she had mentioned Foxy as a case of not everything being what you first think you see....See MorePlease help me make a induction cooktop decision
Comments (49)So you are saying that the auto shutoff of which you and the others on this thread are talking about is the feature whereby a hob with a pot on it and the heat turned on will shut itself off after a prescribed period of time at a specific heat level? And it does so when it reaches, say,ten hours? Or eleven? Yes, we are saying that. Because we downloaded and read the manual for the Bosch induction cooktop, and that's what it said. And you dismiss my definition where the hob shuts off simply because it is empty of a pot? You donot consider my scenario as a or the true definitation of auto shutoff? I look forward to simple answers. Nobody is dismissing your definition. As Chanop said, you are correct as well. When you pull the pan off the burner, it will shut off. This is true of all induction cooktops. However, some induction cooktops will automatically shut off after a certain amount of time with a burner on, and a pan present, without anybody touching the controls. This is not voodoo. None of us are guessing or speculating about how the auto shut off works. All of this information is laid out clear as day in the manual, freely available online....See Morehoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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