Major Kitchen Appliances

[antirabbit]

Those are the major....

 

[eg1]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

My wife, the engineer, has used one of her fancy programs to re-design the kitchen yet again. Might not do an island cooktop, but periphery again. That'll make hood choice better. Oy, it's gonna be a long build time.

Btw, current plan is to break ground Mar-May 2010.

Watch your "triangle" -- I am a kitchen n00b, but even I know that one.

 

[antirabbit]

now days you can have several, like a baking center with its own, a prep triangle, and of course the cooking triangle.

 

[spence]

Antirabbit, that's a very nice looking spread you have going there. I'm a pretty hardcore home cook and have a tiny kitchen in a little seaside cottage. There's so much crap crammed in there if I bought a new pot something would have to go.

Storage space, lord what I'd give for just a little storage space.

-spence

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by antirabbit

now days you can have several, like a baking center with its own, a prep triangle, and of course the cooking triangle.
That's what we're trying to achieve. A cooking center with a separate baking center. I'm the cook, she's the baker. On weekends she invariably starts to bake, just as I start to cook, and our current kitchen makes for tight quarters. We want distinct areas for ourselves, and also are trying to maximize storage space.

 

[antirabbit]

That is why we have a 12 foot long island, there is a bank of cabinets and drawers by the ovens, and two prep areas for the cook top.

The dishwasher is next to the sink, the sink is like a bath tub, its huge.
There is a walk in pantry behind the ovens and freezer/fridge for additional storeage.

I dont have any finished pics with all the lighting and what not.

 

[GQgeek]

Can't say that I'm a huge fan of cooktops. I like full-blown ranges. Your kitchen looks really nice though, antirabbit.

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Threads like this make me want to buy a place now instead of in a few years. I can't wait to have a decked-out kitchen built to my specs.

Threads like this make me want to do my kitchen again (I won't, until I move).

Is that perverse?

Originally Posted by antirabbit

We need to post pics of our appliances....Ill start.

I would, but I already feel like the kid at SF with the KC kicks.

FTR, I have a Bosch 24" dishwasher, an Amana 36" french-door fridge and a Profile 30" stove. It's an apartment...

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Threads like this make me want to do my kitchen again (I won't, until I move).

Is that perverse?


It almost makes you want to move to the suburbs.

Anyway, as much as it pains me, I will hold-off. I'll ideally be moving around too much in the next few years. Once I settle down, I'll be posting one of these threads. You can bet that my kitchen will be pimptastic. ^_^

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Threads like this make me want to do my kitchen again (I won't, until I move).

Is that perverse?



I would, but I already feel like the kid at SF with the KC kicks.

FTR, I have a Bosch 24" dishwasher, an Amana 36" french-door fridge and a Profile 30" stove. It's an apartment...

What has been your experience with the Bosch DW?

 

[antirabbit]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

What has been your experience with the Bosch DW?

We put one in, they do a good job, but realize that the Eurostyle dw's do not heat dry. So your dishes will be clean, but perhaps wet when you take them out.

Also, the famous smell...make sure your DW line goes higher than the drain line into the sink, that will prevent this smell.

 

[SField]

Good god guys... make sure you get some cooking classes to go along with that ****, otherwise it won't make much of a difference.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

It is a stovetop. I am assuming by "range" you mean a free standing oven/stovetop combo? It is not. We shall have double ovens mounted in a different location. First, no grill. Straight five burner cooktop, with the middle burner being 18k BTU. Second, the beauty of the ovens we are getting is, you don't need to brown meat prior to roasting. The convection oven takes care of it. We saw the demonstration today

We're not big on flambes either, so we should be good. Notice I'm going 42" hood over a 36" rangetop also

Would a range and the double ovens be out of the question? I ask since your wife bakes and you cook....I know that I am always staging things for the two ovens -- when to put the pie in when there's a roast, an appetizer and Yorkshire puddings? As for the flambes, even when deglazing with a spirit there is something about the volatility, or I don't know, but it seriously heads right for my smoke detectors. So if you can uprate without changing overall size, it might be worth considering. Good choice in going bigger than the range size, though.

Originally Posted by edmorel

I did the grill/griddle combo and went with 1400 cfm
You know, coming from you, there's a joke to be made, but I'm not the one to make it.

Originally Posted by Piobaire

My wife, the engineer, has used one of her fancy programs to re-design the kitchen yet again. Might not do an island cooktop, but periphery again. That'll make hood choice better. Oy, it's gonna be a long build time. Btw, current plan is to break ground Mar-May 2010.
LOL, I like her already!

Originally Posted by antirabbit

Those are the major....
Awesome island. This is me. http://www.styleforum.net/attachment...8&d=1231476392

 

[randallr]

wolf ranges and subz fridges

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

This is me.

http://www.styleforum.net/attachment...8&d=1231476392

Nice kit. Is that a sophit above the cabinets? I have that now but will be going up all the way to celing with the new cabinets.

Any thoughts on Electrolux DW? I am not going to pay the ridiculous premium for a Thermador/Viking washer given that we very rarely use the DW but want something with no branding on the door and one that is not plastic inside. The Electrolux fits the bill and it is under $900. Wondering if I am missing any others.

Originally Posted by randallr

wolf ranges and subz fridges

Less talk pleaz, more pics of girl to my PM, thxbai.