I'm gonna put my 2 cents in here. I opted for a sub-zero fridge which I love, it does a good job at keeping things cold ha ha ha. I don't know about your future plans, but around here at least when selling, people look for sub-zero fridges and basically other brands don't matter. Real estate listings often include "sub-zero fridge" in them. I assume it is usually because it's associated with a high quality kitchen and it's instantly recognizable. I would also suggest them because I had a small problem with it when it first arrived, and they have 24hour customer service which is great. Is SZ/Wolf still running that promo where if you buy $xxxx.xx worth of product, you get a wall oven or something thrown in, or like a few hundred dollars off? They were doing that when I bought my appliances. Miele DW would be a good compliment to that package.

My home is under construction so I am not yet using my appliance choices. I am going with Blue Star. I have never used Capital so I can not comment on that. I have had the Wolf cook top and wall ovens, viking range and thermador range in past homes. Of those I would say that Wolf AND Viking were equal. However, Wolf is having issues with the interior ovens cracking, I am sure you have read all that. Viking is just making a comeback so who knows. I did have to open the Wolf oven to turn my food for even cooking. The Wolf cook top is not that powerful. I think with Wolf in particular you are paying for the name. It lacks power. It is pretty, and you will get the best service. So if that is the most important thing for you then Wolf is your best bet. Thermador was a very big disappointment for me. The oven cooked unevenly and the griddle took a life time to get hot and never actually did get hot enough to enjoy cooking on it. The Viking was a work horse and eventually had issue with the screws on t the door. Not a big deal. I know they had issues with this but it really was not a big deal. After I had mine the company sort of went down hill and got a bad name. I am going with Blue Star Platinum range top and the new electric wall ovens. I want the the open burner. (personal preference) For me, I also want the 25K BTU burner for wok cooking. It does offer a true simmer. I will be able to throw the griddle on where I want and getting hot enough is not going to be an issue with the high power burners. I am not a trained chef but I love to cook and do A LOT of it. I have not heard any feed back on users of the new BS electric wall ovens but I like that it has a pizza stone in the bottom. I am hopeful that this feature will prove to be wonderfully useful with pizza and rustic breads. It fits a full sheet pan and has 5,000 watt Infrared broiler. My top priority was a wall oven with French Doors. I think I found an oven that had even more than I was hoping for. All in all, just consider what is your number one most important thing to have and go from there. Then just consider how you cook and what you really need or want. You will find comments positive and negative on everything. Wolf will give the best service, or so everyone says. If that is the most important thing for you then just prioritize the other things on your list and see what you are left with. Coming to my decisions were gut wrenching for me. I changed my mind what seemed like a 100 times. I finally figured out what was important to ME besides the french doors. Once you really consider how you work in the kitchen one should start to rise to the top. Trust your instincts.

Correct link for Thermadore http://www.thermador.ca/cooking/ranges/prd304ghc-professional-series-30-inch-dualfuel-standarddepth-range-porcelain-rangetop

We decided on the Thermador 30-inch gas (PRG304WH). Big mistake. We suspected as much from day #1. There is a constant gas smell whenever we use the oven. According to the PG&E technician who came to inspect, the surface igniter does not ignite quickly enough, so gas is freely flowing for the first 7-10 seconds. This is apparently by design. Whenever we have to use the oven, we open all windows, run the hood at full power, and leave the kitchen area for five to ten minutes. Even so, there is still a persistent gas smell when in use and throughout its use. We're replacing it. 3-months in, we're taking the loss and replacing it. Another annoying tidbit, the oven light does not shut itself off. The plastic sensor that is meant to be depressed when the door is shut has melted (on the first day when we ran the oven to burn off the chemical residue). What am I missing here? Plastic? How could it not fail? Who is engineering these things?