French door fridge vs over/under cubic feet difference
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Samsung vs Kitchen Aid French door fridge - help please
Comments (20)I've been going through a similar process but with models without the second external drawer and or through-the-door water and ice. The Kitchenaid is a Whirlppol product and, as far as I can tell, is assembled with Whirlpool's other FD fridges at the factory in Amana, Iowa. Even though i apparently shares compoents with the other Whirlpool products, KA offers a ten year warranty on the sealed systems but the other Whirlpool fridges only give you a 1 year warrranty. KA's warranty is 1 year everything, parts and labor on the sealed systems through year five and parts only for years six through 10. Equally interesting, most Samsungs only give you a one year warranty like Whirlppols but the particular "four door" model has 5 year warranty on the sealed system. All of that being said, the warranty is only as good as the service companies you can call when you need help. Some places, you have choices. Others, you do not. Some service companies are good and some are terrible. The warranty isn't worth much if you have to wait three weeks to even get somebody to come out and look at your dead fridge. Do, do check on the warranty coverage and find out if you have choices. Samsung seems to have had particular difficulties in that area but Whirlpool brands often use the same low-bid service companies and can be equally bad. Getting some "hands-on" time is also excellent advice for making a choice. Look what what you like to keep in the fridge and how you can arrange the shelving to hold it. That fourth drawer may be very useful to some folks and a royal pain to others. Until you lay hands n it and see how the unit works for you, it can be really hard to tell if it will work for you or not. For instance, are you somebody who needs to store gallon jars of pickles? Maybe you will want to stash a 3 gallon pickle crock? Will you be brining 20 lb. turkeys? If so, can you arrange the shelving so that you can store these things conveniently? Do you need to supply milk to whole platoons of kids? If so, where are you going to put the containers? Maybe you have a world-class collection of mustards? Do you need slide-out shelves to access that half-acre collection of small condiment jars? How do the tempeature and humidty controls work for you? Sliders are fine for some folks and anathema to others....See Morefrench door fridge...counter depth vs regular
Comments (12)I have a Counter depth Bosch 800 Integra. Side by side. I will say that the CD Bosch S by S held the same amount of food as our SuperBa Kitchen Aid. We were shocked the day we moved all our food into the new refrig. I am still amazed how the German Designers have utilized every bit of space in the CD Bosch. We do have an extra frig. It is not the old Superba but a far smaller one and only about 1/4 of the space is used. A waste of energy. We are a family of 5 with extended family visiting often. We eat veggies, drink juices and use a refrig to it's capacity in the main kitchen. Think about how you eat? Do you use your refrig for fruits, veggies, meats, frozen, drinks, milk, leftovers... This might help you to see how what would work for you. I did happen to see a freezer for $200 at Lowes. I might think about getting rid of our extra and just buying a small chest Freezer. Thinking......See More42' counter depth vs 36' standard french door fridge
Comments (14)From priciest to least expensive: 1. there are built in fridges like sub-z and that ilk where the doors are flush to the surrounding cabinets. you can get panels for these, generally. 2. there are counter depth fridges where the doors stand proud of the counters by a few inches but the body of the fridge is flush to the counter. you can get panels for some of these. 3. there are standard fridges where the body of the fridge stands forward of the counters. I don't think these come with a panel option. I found about 1-2K difference in price between #2 & #3 so bought #3 for a new build and made a 6" alcove for the back to recess into. I had no problems with "lost" items, it seemed very similar to a #2 type fridge I had of the same manufacturer in a prior home. A fridge will last 10-20 years, your kitchen may last longer than that. I really liked the alcove option, it seems you will always win when you can buy a less expensive appliance with more space....See MoreIs it right to compare cubic feet in refrigerators?
Comments (32)Are you sure you weren't looking at the listing for the regular oven? I hate to be so disagreeable, but I feel like I'm in an alternate reality looking at different information than you and Zeetree (though I think Zeetree was talking about the Miele, and just thought it also applied to Gaggenau. Miele might be something for you to look at). The Gaggenau US website, on the description, says the combi-steam goes to 450 F, except for a lesser model which says 445 F. The German site says they all go to 230 C (446 F). That's functionally the same temperature limit for all of the combi-steam models, in two languages. I haven't found anywhere that Gaggenau says the currently available combi-s go above 450. This is why I've been concerned about kashering. You could still do the boiling water version, though I don't know to make that work for the ceiling, but I wouldn't try the torch, and neither account for the fan, which I just don't think can be kashered. Perhaps there's a certain length of time you could run it at top temperature and full steam that would count for ritually kosher, including the fan. Perhaps it's worth asking your rabbi. I know steam cleaning counts in certain circumstances. I know people whose minhag is wait 24 hours without heating. I know people who keep otherwise kosher but don't worry about the oven at all, beyond cleaning it normally (not talking self clean). If I were keeping kosher, however, I would designate a combi- either milk or meat and not use it for Pesach, unless the steam cleaning thing were approved. This is a very expensive toy to make a mistake on. Just be sure you're comfortable with what it is and does, and that the information you have is correct. Maybe you can call the showroom to confirm the temperatures with a rep there who can look at the actual oven? Or call BSH and find out if there's a change which hasn't been reflected in the literature?...See MoreB D
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