Elliott Plack, USAR wrote:
> Thanks for all the feedback/criticism. First of all, I'm not rich or
> anything, this question is just for personal interest. My family did
> restore the kitchen lately and did get the aforementioned range in the
> OP. However, I am not the "Head of Household" and I certainly don't
> make key spending decisions. I like it a lot but I was just wondering
> if the Viking competition is any different. I have to agree with Rod
> about ventilation...

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I remember watching This Old House back in the 80s and early 90s when
starry-eyed home owners tried to install real commercial ranges in their
erstwhile ramshackle houses. They routinely blew their budgets and utterly
ignored the advice of contractors, registering only the oomph factor that
these appliances could generate. It wasn't long before house fires
attributable to these ranges were breaking out left, right and center.
Oopsey daisy then, I guess. Shoulda listened when they had the chance, huh?.
Oh well. I'm sure they learned nothing from the experience. Manufacturers
learned a passle, though!

FWIW, it was about this era of This Old House that featured the homeowner
who wanted a butler's pantry and was willing to move heaven and earth to get
it. He was warned away from it again and again on multiple grounds: it was
an unnecessary space to create (no butler, no household tasks existed to
which to devote a space of that nature... in short, no need for a space like
that) that would cut masses of square footage from his kitchen and living
areas, carpenters would have to replan rooms and rebuild walls and plumbing
to accomodate it, it would put him severely over budget... No matter. The
homeowner wanted a butler's pantry. He wanted one, damn it, and he laid it
on the line with the production company and the contractors: it was his
house, his money, and he was going to have what he wanted. When it was
finished, he complained about the cost. He also complained about the useless
pantry making the kitchen too small. Go figure.


> I also enjoy cooking and am considering culinary arts school. I don't
> know much about the technicals though, which is why I turned to good
> old newsgroups.

I'm told that cooking and culinary arts are disparate things. If you enjoy
cooking, just cook for the hell of it on whatever you've got.

<unless it's electric, of course. I mean..., come on, eh? Don't get me
started! >