I'd take a serious look at BlueStar. We bought a 30" BlueStar range a few months ago and LOVE IT! We had considered Wolf and a Viking, but our gas company tech told us a few horror stories about owners being unable to get the burners adjusted to the high altitude where we live. I was also looking for an open burner stove like what I cooked on in the food industry, and BlueStar was pretty much the one to get based on all the research we did. We were concerned about the altitude issues, but when our stove finally arrived, it adjusted beautifully and this same gas company tech remarked on the build quality, the close similarity to actual restaurant stoves he maintains at local Ski Resorts and how easy it was to adjust all the burners for a perfect burn ratio. In addition to that aspect, I personally think that Wolf and Viking are FAUX professional ranges, not truly in the same league as a BlueStar or other restaurant caliber ranges. The BlueStar, although it doesn't have pilot lights and such like a restaurant cooktop, still reminds me the most of the Garland stove I cooked on when I worked as a line cook at a steak house many years ago. They are not cheap and have few if any bells and whistles, if you are used to consumer brand prices and features, and we had to wait almost three months from the day of the order till delivery, but it was worth the wait and every penny we paid for it! And contrary to some of the older posts I read on this forum about customer service, the few minor issues we had with our unit when it arrived were resolved with a single phone call to the factory, who express shipped at no charge to us, replacement parts the same day we called. I couldn't be more pleased and satisfied with my decision to go with BlueStar. A true JOY to use! Hope that helps. GG7 Here is a link that might be useful: BlueStar WebSite

I have the Jenn Air pro style range and like it very much. The control pad is a bit complicated but after a couple of weeks I have figured it out and it is easy now to use and remember. THe oven preheats very quickly and the burners are quite powerful...at least for me. If your knobs are rubbing it is simple to correct -- remove the knob , loosen the screw holding the ring around the knob, and shift the ring a little bit up, down or to the side. It may take a couple of tries to be sure the ring is in the right place.

Hi, Weissman, I do plan to do something here...this is not right! Like you said, I think it's illegal, too! I asked this woman on the phone (the number they make you call to start) and she couldn't be bothered with anything....can you say "Lazy"? But, neither she (nor I at the time) had any idea whatsoever what the heck would have been wrong, therefore, how could she tell me that it (the warranty) would not be honored?? Go figure. I think the deal is that I live in a small-ish city (180,000 people) that does not have a warranty tech that works here. (There is one that would work on my Lacanche Sully! But not GE Monogram??) SO, they have to wait until they have enough warranty work to fly some guy from Dallas to my town, put him up in a room, and let him work non-stop on all the cases. Could take months to do this! Can you believe that? This is enough of a reason for me not to ever purchase from them again! And, why do they even sell them here if this is the case?? But since I got someone to come service it they won't honor the warranty anyway...even if I can pursue it...because it was not by one of "their" reps. I do not like warranty stuff because of all the little technical details that always come back to bite you. Our new house warranty? Oh, gosh....that covers almost everything...but certainly not the refrigerator! That, of course (and we didn't know) was an extra! Go figure! I believe they call it Murphy's Law...

Hi Kayla - overall I like the dual fuel range. My husband loves the digital meat thermometer that came with it and we've made the best prime rib roasts since we've gotten this oven. The pre-heat does take awhile but we've gotten used to it. I've made cookies and they turn out great. We have also started using the lower oven more if we're baking something in a shallow dish, frozen garlic bread, rolls and etc. because it doesn't take as long to heat up. We've used the griddle to make sandwiches and pancakes and I'm happy with how that works and the easy clean up. I would say the stove top is easy to scratch if you aren't careful when you clean around the burners. Make sure you lift the grates up, off and set aside to clean and not just lift the front of the grates so you can wipe underneath. You'll scratch the little raised lip on the back of the stove top with the burner grates. I'm still not crazy about the overall height of the stove top but that's not really a fault. My husband on the other hand (6'2" tall) LOVES the dual range and all of it's features. He would highly recommend it to everyone. I like it. We also bought the matching over the range microwave. We bought it because you can bake in it and I thought we would really use that feature a lot but have found it takes a really long time to pre-heat the oven feature of the microwave and you have to use this little round raised baking rack which I have very few dishes that will fit, actually none now that I think about it. I thought it would be more like my old toaster/convection oven that sat on my counter top and it's really not at all. For the most part we just use the microwave to re-heat and warm things. I hope this helped