"Kent H." wrote in message ...
We are looking at pretty much what you are looking for. We went to the
Viking cooking demo and were impressed, although we are still leaning
toward a Dacor Product. Look at:
http://www.vikingrange.com/welcome.html


Joe Helmick wrote:

Hi everyone,

Reading an ancient thread on google groups has me wanting to pose the same
question again: I am trying to get opinions and actual owners' experiences with
the higher-end gas ranges.

As part of a kitchen renovation, my wife and I are considering a nice range,
36", stainless, all-gas. We do not need a self-cleaning feature. We cook and
entertain A LOT, and we want the satisfaction of a using a good tool when we
cook, but we are also mindful of cost. If we can save $1000 on one model over
another and get the same results, that's just fine -- name recognition is less
important than performance.

We're looking at DCS ranges, and looked up Wolf today, but was dismayed to see
that they apparently have discontinued their residential line. (?) We've seen
the kitchen magazine ads for many of them but want to solicit real experiences
and opinions.

Joe


We bought (one year ago) a Dacor duel-fuel (RSD30). I'm very happy
with it. But I found that the 12000 BTU burner is a little too low
for my needs. It works fine, but sometime I have big pots that I'd
rather have more BTU for. but I love their continuous grates, which
was one of my prime factors. The elec oven works really well, and the
2 different convection features also work well. The cookie sheets
that came w/ it were worthwhile. 3 racks in oven are great. I clean
it with a liquid cleaner, so that's easy, and does not scratch. I
like the knobs, the feel and location of them, the very flat top,
nothing sticking up in back to get dirty and that you need to reach
across hot pots to get to.

We looked at others, but the combination of e-oven w/ continuous
grates and flat top did ti for me. I wrote them and told them to go
higher than 12000 BTU on their next models, though. But generally, I
don't need that much anyway, just occasionally. Have not yet had any
problems at all.

just my $.02
betsy