elizpiz -- There's a video of the Turbochef in action, which might be helpful to you, taken at a National Kitchen and Bath Association product fair, at this address: http://www.atticmag.com/videoturbochefoven.html. I've seen it work and it's extremely impressive because it's different than any other oven I've encountered. I feel it's the direction ovens will be taking in the future because it's menu driven, not heat driven. I posted and explained this previously. I don't know about service/support and I have absolutely no connection with anyone who advertises or sells it. As a point of clarification, let's not confuse ovens which offer multi-heat combinations/convection/micro/steam/conventional) for faster/different cooking with European convection ovens which offer conventional and convection cooking only -- without either steam or microwaves just because they are wall oven, and not microwave oven, size. They are different. To answer your question though, if I was doing a reno right now, and I had a family ahead of me I would go for the Turbochef. Their delivery system for the convection air is very different than other ovens, which seems to be the big factor. Perhaps some of the appliance pros who know the oven will weigh in here and help you out. Antss? Weissman? Guadelupe?

The problem is the voltage required. There just aren't that many 240 volt switches that do what you need. There are several 120 ones though. Your best bet will be to talk to whomever is going to do the electrical for your renovation and have him talk to his local supply house. I'm certain that these switches do exist, as there is one on one of our welders that is housed in a job box, but I have never seen an attractive one that I would put into a kitchen. But, I'm not that up to date on uncommon electrical components. Your electrician may not be either, but he can make the supply houses do more research for him. If there is a solution out there that will work and look attractive, I'd bet that the local supply house in a large metro area like yours would know of it. And since you will need the electrician to install it anyway, put the burden of research onto him and he can put it onto the suppliers. Have you thought about just choosing a more "retro" looking oven so as to not feel so ashamed of it's modern looks as to need to conceal it? Edited to remove all of the links to wall ovens and not speed ovens. Not enough coffee this a.m. Turbochef This post was edited by live_wire_oak on Sun, Feb 24, 13 at 12:24

If you want to know more check here. It's the LaPerla british manual, cycle chart from page 60 to 65 I've posted this one cause it covers all possible cycles. Euro Optimas have 2 differences vs US ones : "sensor wash" vs "normal 55°C" and "light soil 50°C" vs "sanitize/hygiene 75°C". So wouldn't make sense posting their eu manual However your "china/glass" is actually the euro "sensor wash gentle" : also your manual states that prewash and 2 or 3 rinses are done depending on soil/load Just be aware that cycle time differences (cold fill 15°C vs hot fill 55°C) displayed in that chart may be wider in your machines because of the power they draw (US/CAN models draw 1500 Watt, euro ones 2200 watt - not that huge difference, but somewhat it matters) HTH

Crooks101 I read your post and you mention that you will give Miele some time to resolve. I see that you are concerned about the dryer not being made in Germany although it is designed and made by Miele just not in Germany but in the Miele plant that makes commerical washers and dryers, but what is the issue you want resolved and what outcome will please you? I went with Miele products because of their lifetime design intent - the 15 to 20 years design life. which is much better than the current 5 to 7 year lifetime I keep hearing about for appliances. I don't want to replace anything every 5 or 7 years. I have other M appliances that have been trouble free for as much as 10 years. I did not go with Whirlpool even though I had a WP dryer because the build of their current models seems to be weak and not made as well as my older dryer, plus my experience with my last top of the line KitchenAid washer that had 5 repairs in 4 years and ended up to be a piece of trash, and finally I did not trust whirlpool because they now make several other brands so have no real competition. I have been thinking about the made in Germany phrase and wondering what I have been taking this to really mean. What do I want from this? It is made in Germany by pure blooded Germans? It is made in Germany so the design and quality will be good? Can it be designed and made by a German company in their factory in another country? Can it be made in Germany with imigrant workers from other countries who live and work in Germany and will it still be as good? What difference will result if it is designed in Germany but still made by the same company located in an adjacent country? So What does this really mean for me? Sunday/Monday was wash day and so far 8 or 9 loads have been completed. The heavy cotton towel load took about 45 minutes on the turbo extra dry setting. The normal without turbo setting does very well with most cottons and the t shirts that I wear as outter shirts and my polo shirts come out without wrinkles--I like this. I have a few perm press items. These came out great on the delicates setting. All loads have been completed within 20 to 25 minutes( of course the washer is still doing the next load) except the load of heavy cotton towels. Where is the lint? In my other dryer there was a lot of lint. There is some lint from this one but nothing near the amount the older one was creating. There is definitately more air moving and more air sound. My laundry is in the basement so sound is not too much of a concern but after runing a few loads it is not as noticeable when I am in the laundry area. Not sure but perhaps this large volume of air might have something to do with the ability to use lower heat and keep the clothes from wrinkleing as much. The air flucuation may be coming when the clothes fall in the path of the front vent. There was air flunction in my older unit because I could feel it outside, but of course there was also a lower volume of air moving. In any case most of my loads are cotton and nothing needs an iron to it so I am happy. I do think that you are going to hear more noise from flex metal or plastic pipe that is not fastened tightly because the volumn of air will move it. Also if your vent pipe is not following the diameter specified in the installation instructions you are going to have more of a problem. So far so good with this dryer. My next load will be items with a silk blend. I will wait a month or two and see what I think then.