Are you already set with your vent hood's CFMs and MUA? Those can be a big expense for the pro-style ranges. Like a budget buster expense, so please check into it before committing to a pro-style.

That's most of my contribution, but I'll just note that I'm going with a 36" dual fuel from Five Star. It's made in the USA, has very minimal electronics, and I'm paying about $6400. It'll ship direct to my house and a local installer will install it. They provided me with a list of local companies that service their products, and I called one. The repairman said they're super reliable and easy to service. I had one in my old house; it's been in place since 1998 or so and is still going strong.

The biggest selling feature for me is minimal electronics and ease of repairs.

Yes! Good advice and we had our hvac company out yesterday to discuss the vent and look at the specs for the 3 models I thought I was deciding between. Also the timing is right if we decide to switch to dual fuel bc the ceiling is open downstairs due to a complete gut job of the whole lower level. ( bought a house in October with lots of mold and water issues) Thanks for letting me know about Five Star- I will look them up tonight. Thats great that you have had one last such a long time. I completely agree with you about minimal electronics.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who stopped reading after a couple of sentences. We were all taught about using paragraphs in school, for a reason.

I actually did use several paragraphs. They disappeared when I posted to my surprise and disappointment. I wonder if it is because I used my phone? Thanks for your kindness and help.

I can't comment on the ranges you are considering but if I were getting a 30" range, I would consider the ge with double ovens.

^^^ Spaces between sentences appear my post above, but no paragraphs.

I apologize, then. I have several issues with Houzz while typing on my iPad, but paragraphs is not one of them. Are they showing up on your end, but not showing up to the rest of us?

Yes, I make paragraphs but they don’t show up 99% of the time.

Thanks I am using an iphone and all the paragraphs just condensed down into a brick. I immediately knew it would be hard to read and wished I had made it shorter but I guess I had a lot to say. Now my SO wants to move the walls 2 feet into the den which would give me room for a 36. I guess I will go back to the store

From a cooking functionality standpoint a Bluestar RNB is the better option with much better burners. The oven is about equal to Wolf (not sure vs others). Wolf has a better griddle/flat-top but not enough better to warrant the much worse burners. More: https://bamasotan.us/2020/12/the-kitchen/

"Are you already set with your vent hood's CFMs and MUA? Those can be a big expense for the pro-style ranges. Like a budget buster expense, so please check into it before committing to a pro-style."

You need the same MUA regardless. As to budget-buster, not typically. More: https://bamasotan.us/range-exhaust-hood-faq/

"I have several issues with Houzz while typing,..."

Houzz writing/editing capabilities leave much to be desired. :-) Something that can help is to do a shift+enter rather than just enter as it is a forced CRLF rather than interpolated.

With this amount of $$ and the MUA, absolutely go for the 36" if you have an opportunity! You will not regret it. I jumped from a 30" to a 48"...I cook for 6 all the time...no, I will never need 7 burners at the same time, but the SPACE is amazing! Large pots/pans that don't touch, and I can cook next to my kids and teach them. The only thing I would pay a lot of attention to is how long that larger 36" oven takes to warm up...if you use your oven daily (I don't, I love cooking mostly with the burners). I have a dual fuel Hallman and love it!

Ipad and trying to post…so frustrating that i have almost stopped posting.

I am interested in what you decided upon and if you are happy with your choice. I have been in a similar dilemma. I would have gone with blue star for all gas, but I wanted an electric oven for baking.
I ultimately decided on the Sophia, but have not started any project yet. The monogram was also highly considered, but the salesman discourage it, citing baking is great but the stove top isn’t as good at heating the whole pan (based on how the flame comes out of the holes, or something like that).

I ended up going with a 36inch Wolf all gas. It is sitting in a box in my garage waiting on cabinets. Cant wait to try it!