Well i jumped in, picked up the Jenn-air, this thing is brand new, mint condition, has 6 open burner and griddle, 5 hour drive to pick it up in a snow storm, but grabbed it for 2500 bucks, I think its a pretty good deal considering what it cost to get into a 48" range. close on the house new house monday so i can start redoing the kitchen accommodate this beast..

Nice bit of "Jenn-air" history, hvtech42! My only disagreement with it would be to "Lump all the JA products together" in the "History Lesson". I have no experience with the JA cooking products, (cooktops, ranges, ovens~~~etc). But I do have a lot of experience with a Jenn-air Fridge and in fact, I've done a lof of research on them. Back in 2006, I was looking for a 48" built in fridge. Back then, I only had 3 choices, (or at least that's all I could find in stores and on the net). One was GE, since I had a GE S X S full sized fridge I was going to replace, (I could not get icemaker parts even during it's one year warranty)!!, & It leaked and rusted out the sides of the fridge~~sooooo~~~~GE was out of the running, (back in 2006). The other choices were SZ and Jenn-air. Apparently SZ was having evaporator problems back in 2006, (some say it was a copper problem, others say it was caused by copper tubing and aluminum fins on the tubing)~~~~anyway~~~SZ was rated "Dead Last" in reliability by Consumer Reports~~~~yeah I know, but I took time to research the evaporator problem and found out enough about it to scare me off! Jenn-Air "S X S as well has built ins" have been rated the #1 fridge for reliability by readers of Consumer Reports since 2006, and today I believe it is "Tied" with another manufacturer for the #1 position, SZ is about 4 points below, (So not significant, at least to me). The Jenn-Air of 2006 was "Way Ahead of it's Thyme". It offered conveniences and attributes that even most fridges today don't offer. It was one of the first to use the variable speed compressor, very quiet and efficient and great temp control. It has digital readouts and settings for 3 different areas of the fridge, (Meat Keeper, Chrisper and main compartment). It has a 4th digital readout and control for the freezer. It has crank up and down shelves---luv those, so handy when encountering a tall bottle or whatever! The fridge also has built in Diagnostics The disgnostics will check the speed of every fan in the fridge, it will check compressor speed, check the flap operation between the fridge and freezer, all in all about 31 diagnostic test~~~~~sooooo~~~~if I ever have a problem with the fridge, I should be able to pretty well "Nail down" which part is causing the problem and make sure the appliance repair company has it, BEFORE they come out and have a "Look SEE" as they do with most fridge repairs. So, great history lesson, but I think you have to (at the very least) split the JA Fridge from the JA cooking appliances to really see "The Whole Picture"! Unfortunately, today, 2014, it looks like Whirlpool may have removed a lot of the things I really like about my JA Fridge, The crank up/down shelves, The 3 different temp settings for different areas of the fridge, and I would bet money they removed the "Diagnostics" Too!! Gary

There are 19 reviews of various Jenn-air appliances and 112 reviews of LG appliances on Consumer Reports (https://www.consumerreports.org/join -- $10/month digital). There are hundreds of consumer reviews of LG appliances on such sites as Home Depot, Best Buy, and Lowes. You might find a few consumer reviews of Jenn-Air appliances on appliancesconnection.com and ajmadison.com. It's better to buy each appliance individually as different manufacturers excel and producing different types of appliances. Even within a brand, there can be small difference in performance among products that differ wildly in price. However, LG appliances often do well in Consumer Reports ratings.

What did you end up going with? I was considering the 24” Jennair steam combi oven (JJW6024HM) but am hesitant as there are no reviews and am generally suspicious of “fancier” brands as it anecdotally seems a lot of people have problems with them.