Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Btw,
> there's a huge difference between "professional" and "professional
> style". Hardly anyone puts true professional [commercial] equipment
> in their home... 99% choose professional style (looks like).
> Professional style performs no better than ordinary models, just makes
> folks with more dollars than brain cells feel like they know.

Partly true. The key difference between true professional equipment and
professional style equipment is that the true professional equipment
isn't generally insulated and won't meet residential fire codes with
flammable cabinetry in close proximity. Professional style equipment
will be insulated to allow flammable cabinetry to surround it.

True professional equipment typically has higher gas or electric
requirements than what is available in most homes and as a result can't
operate in a typical residential environment without electric or gas
service upgrades. Professional style equipment will be designed to fit
within residential limitations and as a result usually won't have the
BTU capacity of true professional units, even if they look cosmetically
similar.

The bottom line is that the professional style appliances are generally
comparable performance wise to the upper end normal residential
appliances and the difference is mostly cosmetic and of course the
expensive foofy brand nameplate. Where the real differences are is
between the low end appliances and the upper end appliances. Don't
expect much from a $500 range, but also don't expect to find much
functional difference between a $2k range and a $4k range.