Ok, so here's one for fun.
I'm ripping up the kitchen in Casa Gogar for a while here, removing a wall and making a few decisions.
This is a SMALL kitchen (about 150 Square Feet) even after I remove the wall.
My focus for appliances will be a SMALL amount of (relatively) high quality stuff. I do enjoy cooking and am ok at it, and I'm also a gearhead in general. (I'm here, right?)
I want a gas dual-fuel range or a cooktop/wall oven. Probably a range. Easier, cheaper.
I want a REAL hood. Not some useless thing that looks cool.
Counter-depth refrigerator. I'm not Jewish, and I like ice.
Looking at:
Wolf/SubZero (At the very top of my $$$ comfort level)
Viking (In my reach, just barely)
Thermador (In reach, just barely)
Dacor (Gosh, A lot more comfortable idea $$$-wise)
What I've noticed:
People seem to like
Wolf ranges but none of the other stuff, including
Sub-Zero.
Dacor ranges have great features (including an 18,000 BTU burner) and get pretty good reviews.
Viking consistently gets TERRIBLE reviews, all the time. And it's still super expensive.
Many
Viking products are just rebadged stuff. For Example, the $3500 Viking entry-level fridge is a rebadged Electrolux. Yes, I understand this happens a lot, not just with appliances.
Related -
Dacor Was bought by Samsung in 2016. Will that make it better? Or worse?
Thermador . . . I haven't looked a whole lot but seems cool.
What say you, oh sage pelican geniuses?
What else should I look at? I wanna feel like a cool guy, and have a small amount of nice, well-thought out stuff in my teeny tiny kitchen.
When I'm done I hope for my kitchen to be almost as good as a well-set up 944.
thank you!
