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Best wall oven/speed oven combo that is not wolf

4 years ago

We are designing a new kitchen and doing a subzero fridge, wolf rangetop and trying to decide on a 30 inch wall oven and speed oven. We were planning for wolf e series but after reading about the blue porcelain chipping we are back to the drawing board. We looked at the Bosch 800 series wall oven and benchmark series speed oven which seem to have good reviews. Can anyone comment on these Bosch ovens and recommend any others as well? Thanks!

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cpartist

4 years ago

I would do a CSO over a speed oven.

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Deb
4 years ago
My kitchen designer highly recommended the Miele speed oven, so that’s what we went with...
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wdccruise
4 years ago
In Consumer Reports reliability analysis, GE and GE Cafe wall ovens were among the most reliable so you may want to choose one of its speed ovens.
MizLizzie
4 years ago
Very disappointed in my new Bosch speed oven. Trouble out of the starting gate. The 800 oven is excellent, however.
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Zalco/bring back Sophie!
4 years ago
GE Advantium, the higher voltage one, gets rave reviews from the cooking forum folks. Otherwise Miele is considered good. I agree with CP, a CSO is best by a mile.
Kathryn
Original Author
4 years ago
MizLizzie - thank you! Was it the 800 or Benchmark series speed oven?
sprtphntc7a
4 years ago
miele speed oven, in use over 6 years and nary a problem ;fingers crossed as i type this :) its a workhouse in this home. it is used multiple times a day!!

i have the wolf 'e' series, 6 years, and i have no issues with flaking..if memory serves, the consensus here seemed to think it was a PNW, West Coast batch. it seemed that KT'ers on the east coast weren't having any issues. that was a while ago, i would think Wolf would have fixed the issue by now.
MizLizzie
4 years ago
Kathryn, it was the 800.
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wekick
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
“if memory serves, the consensus here seemed to think it was a PNW, West Coast batch. it seemed that KT'ers on the east coast weren't having any issues. that was a while ago, i would think Wolf would have fixed the issue by now.”

A batch? This has affected every line E, L, M and DF ranges for at least 10 years. The M with a replaceable bottom was designed to be easier to repair.
sprtphntc7a
4 years ago
sorry but i do remember reading that on one of the multiple threads a while back... 2012 +, but of course it could have been one person's opinion or observation that stuck in my head...

but my oven, circa 2013, has been fine, so i guess i am one of the lucky ones.

sorry to all that have suffered through this flaking issue, since an appliance at this price should be flawless.
Carrie & Marc
2 years ago
Reviving this thread because we're in almost the same position: putting in a 36" Wolf rangetop and trying to decide on a 30" wall oven/speed oven combo. The Wolf oven flaking issues concern me, as I use the oven at 500 degrees to bake bread and I've heard frequent high heat can exacerbate the issue.

Thermador looks good, as does Miele (for those who don't need service). And any feedback on why to choose CSO over speed oven? We'd hoped to eliminate the need for a separate microwave . . .
Vero C
2 years ago
hi! on the same boat as Carrie & Marc here. Wondering what you decided on?

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