We have had our Capital Culinarian 48" with open burners for 2.5 years now. We love it. We have not had any issues with it. I highly recommend it. We ordered it online without seeing it in person. I think we bought it through Plessers or Goedeckers. Good luck!

We've had ours for almost 3 years. We did go about 1.5 hours away to see a one in person. It wasn't the same one we were looking at but we got a good idea. We ordered from Trevor at Eurostoves and he answered a ton of our questions.

We put a Capital range in our house. We've only used it for about 4 months but we love it so far. Ours is a 36" closed burner gas range. We are in Dallas and we purchased from Elite Appliance. They have a 'scratch and dent' section, which is where we found ours. Ours is neither scratched nor dented, but was a return as a customer changed their minds to go to a 48" size instead. Good price and good customer service.

I bought a 30" Culinarian and it was broke right out of the box. I called Capital and they told me it was the thermostate. They are sending it out and having someone put it in. So far, I like the design and it is very powerful . You cant really use the 25,000 btu burner on high for anything but wok cooking but I love having the power. I am having a problem with the simmer also and they are sending out a high altitude kit. I hope that they can fix the issue because I really like the design. Lastly the knob on the front was broke. I will keep everyone posted on how it turns out.

We purchased the Capital Culinarian 48” range top in December 2017 from Trevor
Lawson at Eurostoves. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area and here too, it is difficult to find Capital units on display. Our local appliance store carries Capital BBQs but does not offer kitchen ranges or range tops. We were told that this was due to “customer service issues”. Having read about Trevor's dedication, knowledge and customer service here and on Garden Web, we felt confident to purchase a Capital range top. The prospect of having the high BTUs and open burners make it the perfect
show piece/work horse for our newly remodeled kitchen.

The unit was delivered on March 30, 2018. The box and crating material was very
dusty and soiled. We weren't sure if this occurred during shipping or if the unit had been sitting in the factory for some time.

We discovered that there is damage to a bracket and gas pipe inside the unit. We
immediately brought this to Trevor's attention. It is not believed that the damage occurred during shipping. Our contractor believes that when the unit was being gas tested at the factory, the long nipple was still in the unit when it was either dropped, set down or
moved. All the weight of the unit was transferred to the pipe and bracket inside the unit. This put stress on the back end of the pipe and bent the bracket and pipe.

A straight 90 degree angle is necessary to make a clean connection from the gas line from
the house into the gas inlet of the range top. The bend in the pipe makes it impossible to do this.

We have requested that the unit be replaced. Not only is there damage to a gas line but we are concerned about the overall safety of the entire unit. We did not pay an as-is or "factory seconds" price. We have been informed by Trevor that whether or not to replace the unit is the decision of Capital (Bob Waymire) and their distributor Almo (Harry Whitehouse).

I have communicated to all three gentlemen about our safety concerns and that being left
with a damaged unit straight from the factory was unacceptable. There was no response from anyone. Instead, I was left a message from a technician that he would come out and “connect the gas line”. There is no acknowledgement of the possible safety risk of
the damaged unit. We are concerned that whatever impact caused the gas line to be bent could have also caused damaged to other fittings. We don't want a technician to try and force a connection or do damage to new cabinetry trying to make it fit.

We paid top dollar for a high performance gas range and what we are left with is a
“brand new” damaged unit that somehow made it through factory inspection.

We continue to want the high output Capital range for our kitchen. We just don't want
THIS particular unit. We hope to get a replacement unit and will keep working towards that end.

Hope to have a good outcome to report.

Hi! We are having the same issue! We would like the Capital but are having a hard time buying without seeing. It has all the features we would like...

I installed a Capital Culinarian in my new kitchen in 2013. Overal,l I have been pretty happy with it. The unit is easy to clean, burners work great, and i haven't had an issue with simmer like others have experienced. The service department at our local dealer in upstate NY is not the best. I had an issue with the oven igniter and instead of calling the dealer ended up contacting Capital directly. They were very helpful, and they ended up sending me the part. I installed it myself. It was difficult to access and it took a while but I was able to do it and it was better than dealing with the local service department. The unit was less than 5 years old when it needed that repair and it seemed to soon to have an igniter burned out.