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Getting ready to go fishing, but thought I would chime in on this one... First, I am glad that you are getting rid of that flat top.... When we purchased this house and started remodeling it, the wife just had to have one of those new fangled flat top ranges / ovens... worst pieces of crap ever invented... I believe that they are designed for people that do not know how to cook, and that usually live off frozen dinners... That being said they do work, but the only way to actually cook a steak at our house now is outside on the grill... due to these flat top ranges having t-stats built in, you can not get the temps right to quickly sear a steak...

I would like to recommend the following to you.... Go to a restaurant supply wholesaler and pick up a 6 burner gas range / oven.... I went window shopping about 6 mos. ago or so and found brand new equipment such as this in the $1500. price range, and they are heavy duty, probably the last range / oven you would ever have to buy.... This is my goal when I come up with the cash... I have advised the wife that her desires will not come into play when it comes to the purchase of appliances in the future unless it is the color... I mean, when you can't make a descent shrimp scampi because the juices come out of the meat and start to boil... there is just something wrong... well, good luck and hope you find something that makes ya happy, I know since I am basically in the same shoes, that a spare tire with burning logs in it, would be more appreciated than a flat top.... Yuk!!!!