On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:44:46 -0600, graham > wrote:

> On 27/06/2015 6:55 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:24:14 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >
> >> On 26/06/2015 8:51 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> >>> What item(s) do you own which you balked at, price seeming high, but has turned out to be a great tool?
> >>>
> >>> Me: Rubbermaid high heat rubber spatula.
> >>> Bread machine
> >>>
> >> My Bosch oven is poorly designed and the
> >> Bosch dishwasher became very noisy after the warranty expired.
> >> I wish I had bought Miele.
> >> Graham
> >
> > I love my Bosch dishwasher, which is getting to be older than the
> > hills now. DD has a current model Bosch that's super quiet and it's
> > not even the most expensive one, but I prefer the design of the bottom
> > rack on mine so I'm not tempted to replace mine yet.
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by a poor oven design.
> The placement of the thermostat. In bake or roast mode, the temperature
> swings are huge - +/- 50F!!

Sounds like you need a new thermostat. I had to replace mine a few
years ago, so it happens. My pizza tiles live in one oven and my
pizza stone lives in the other, so they help keep the temperature even
too.

> In convection mode, which I now use all the
> time, it stays on temp. Furthermore, there is no indicator to tell you
> that the oven has reached the set temp. The door hinges are weak and
> I've had to have them replaced.

Too bad! I've never thought twice about hinges.

> It was the first Bosch oven made (in Italy) to US dimensions. I bought
> it on reputation as I did the DW.

That's probably the problem. My cooktop is the first or near first
generation of that particular Kitchenaid. 5-6 years later, I can see
the improvements they've made since then because my DD bought a KA
range in the same quality category last year.

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sf