"Perhaps you are used to a smaller deli drawer in a freestanding fridge and having a hard time seeing how it will work to have something different?" lascatx-yes-guilty as charged ;) I guess I don't need them exactly eye level, but so many just seemed to have only the drawers at the very bottom and I'm trying to get away from stuff rotting out of sight/out of mind in the bottom of the fridge! If I'm remembering right, reasons I ruled out the Thermador were: 1) It didn't have the higher deli drawers 2) the curved, contemporary Thermador logo panel on the exterior and 3) I didn't find them to be quite as well lit inside as the Viking and the Monogram. Honestly, if I could get the Theramador without their curvy logo but with something more "commercial" looking like the open grille look of the Viking/Monogram, I might consider them. I have read good things about their fridges, so thanks for encouraging me to take a second look. maks 2000-That is interesting. I was quite shocked at the high price tag of the Monogram fridge. I still think of "GE" as more budget friendly because it doesn't enjoy the cachet of the higher end brands, but it cost almost as much as the Viking. Thank you both for posting! Dawn

I am going through this exact same decision. I am going to ask my salesman when we meet about how they compare, but I found out that the lead time is 6 months for Jenn-air and 1 year for Sub Zero. For the little bit of savings with Jenn-air, and if wait time were the same, i would probably go with Sub Zero, just because all sales people say it is the best. But if they are same in quality, and the wait is that much less, then I may go with Jenn-Air. Who's going to know what it is if the label is covered by a panel, except for if they ask, but I am now discovering that people DO ask, because they are looking for one themselves, and they DO know that they are a status symbol, which I totally don't care about, but maybe just a little. I haven't looked into Thermador, but I've heard its lead time is also a year. I am going to compare Thermador too.

@Dave H: If you really want the Pro, don’t let $2K stop you. It is a completely different model, so the upcharge isn’t for something trivial like color or door handle style. For example, when I was buying my SZ, circa 2000, the only decision I had to make after settling on the size (36”, 42” or 48”) and configuration (o/u, s x s, etc.) was which trim package did I want: the “basic” framed door model with the full-length handles (I think they’re aluminum) and standard louvered aluminum(?) grille (a.k.a., the classic SZ look) or did I want to match my cabinetry and go with the panel-ready version? Or, for an extra couple hundred (or whatever it was), did I want to project an air of modernity and chef-i-ness by going for the crème de la crème: the all-new, all-stainless (but just on the front), PRO model with the tubular stainless handles and the sleeker but still louvered (fewer louvers) stainless grille? In the end I chose the the framed model because I just liked the way it looked—that classic, old-school SZ look. But if I had preferred the look of the Pro-model, I’d have spent the bucks to get it. I mean, once you’re there, you’re there, so you might as well buy the damn t-shirt. @boschboy: Where’d you get those sheet pans from? Do you love ’em? Are they nice and heavy like steel ones? I assume they’re aluminum.

Our SZ has a flat side panel on the right more like 7/8 of an inch that is identical to the cabinets and butts flat against them with a tiny crack separating upper and lower cabinets and fridge. Same panel on left side that is open to passage way has a panel like the fridge front on top of it. Photo seems tiny, not sure what will happen when I post.