this is georgia, so i don't cook indoors for at least 4 months out of the year. propane grill. charcoal grill. big propane camping stove.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > If you are looking to get a good gas cooktop you need to look at the > higher-end units, which are gonna cost more than most of us pay for our > cars. The good ones have wide-range outputs (very low to very high), the > burners are arranged to put the heat in the middle of the pot and the edges > (some are a star kind of pattern), some have wok burners (which need to be > REALLY hot), etc. The low-end of the high-end (the medium end?) will be > like $1500-$2k, and the nice end of the high end will be like $3k-$4k. You > will need a good vent, which will run at least another $1k. But you will > really like the unit. > > I had a JennAir unit in my previous house, had a removable grill unit and a > center downdraft. We used the grill a lot and liked that (the first time, > like a week after we moved in, it set off the smoke alarms, I blew on one to > stop it, used the system panel to shut off the other one, a few minutes > later we hear sirens and my wife says, "Wow, someone must have a fire" as > the firemen knocked on our door...), the burners were not very high output, > the downdraft was very marginal, in general it was a POS compared to a good > unit. Looked to replace it, a new one was like $1k at Lowes. A > low-high-end Dacor, etc. was gonna be about $2500 with a vent (which on an > island, is a pop-up thing, which is marginal too). I put a really nice > Viking cooktop and overhead vent in my neighbor's kitchen remodel, over an > island install, that thing will melt steel and the vent will suck your > clothes off. > > I like the idea of restaurant auctions, that would be an ideal solution. > > --R > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090318/17fd09bd/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
