On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:48:41 -0600, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
>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.

All gibberish. You're just babbling off on tangents. You completely
ignored the entire point I made that "Professional Style" is a
meaningless term... anything labeled "Professional Style" may as well
be labeled "Bull Shit"... all that means is that it's an ordinary
residential model stylized with trim to make it look like a commercial
product... however a true commercial appliance is typically not very
attractive, they're designed for utility. The correct nomenclature is
*Commercial*. Btw, it's not difficult to make a Commercial stove
conform to residential code, however very very few actually have a use
for a Commercial stove at home, not many are making soup in 80 quart
pots that need the BTUs to maintain temperature of all that mass and
stove chassis strength so they don't collapse under that weight. When
someone buys an appliance, even if it says "Professional", and uses it
commercially they void the warranty. True commercial appliances are
built to much higher standards than those meant for residential use...
but they're typically not sold with a very long warranty (usually 90
days), to maintain the warranty longer the manufacturer expects the
business to purchase a yearly service contract. There's plenty of
appliances and cookware out there sold with the "Professional" tag but
they don't come close to Commercial standards. The first clues that
it's not Commercial is that it's pretty and the manufacturer stresses
a wattage rating. Watts is a measure of power consumed, NOT power
produced. Motorized electrical appliances to conform to commercial
grade must prominently display Horsepower ratings. Folks who buy
kitchen appliances based on Wattage are idiots, most of the Watts
consumed go to producing heat... your 600 Watt Kitchen Aid stand mixer
is the most expensive hair drier you'll ever own.