On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:34:34 -0400, Mr. Bill > wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:19:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>This a Kitchenaid. I know! Who knew they made cooktops? It was
>>pricey, but in the neighborhood of $1,000 less than Wolf and Viking of
>>the same configuration/size. Plus it was on sale and shipping (from
>>Michigan) was free!
>
>It looks like a beauty!! You must be very proud. I bought a Wolf
>with the grill, (I knew I would never use a griddle). I have a
>griddle that fits perfectly over two burners.
Thanks for the compliment and the griddle was exactly what I needed to
know about!
Wolf recommends
>that you never use any "cooking vessels" on the grill. It is meant
>JUST for grilling.
DANG! One fabulous thought shot to pieces... did you find it has a
cool spot in the middle (if you ever tried)?
>Mine sat in the box for three months while the
>new house was being built.
Cross your fingers.... I thought mine would be operational next week,
but then we decided to do more. You know how that goes.
> I couldn't stand waiting to use it. We
>couldn't even cook lobsters on the old "glass top" at the condo in
>town since the water would never come to a boil in a ten gallon pot.
>Now it is a snap and you will find out that also. I do hope you
>enjoy the wok....You will feel like a pro after that.
I can hardly wait!
>
>Now...for the hood...what did you choose. The building inspector
>gave us a very bad time as to how we vented. He finally approved a
>roof mounted exhaust fan at 1200 cfm. Being on the roof, it is almost
>silent. Your rangetop is going to put out more heat that you can
>imagine. He even started on us about installing a fire extinguisher
>inside the hood like at restaurants. I know he was being very
>cautious since we live out of town by five miles and live on the top
>of a mountain on 10 totally wooded acres. Just like being in the
>Smoky Mountains. Fire does scare the bejesus out of me....so I do
>have three portable extinguishers handy in the house. The house would
>burn to the ground before the fire department could get up here...and
>then we wouldn't have sufficient water pressure.
I have a decent hood that I don't intend to replace at the moment. It
was purchased with the intent of handling what my cook top can
produce. The good thing I realized tonight is the grill is on the
same side as the strongest exhaust fan. It's a good thing! LOL
>
>Considering all that we had to endure....I have never had a regret and
>I know you will be so happy with your new rangetop. Good luck and
>happy creating on that marvelous instrument.
>
Thank you, Mr. Bill!
>
>Here is our arrangement.....post pics of yours after completion!!!
>Love to see it.
>
>http://i37.tinypic.com/11tqwe9.jpg
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>http://i33.tinypic.com/vqn0g0.jpg
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>http://i38.tinypic.com/30lpjz9.jpg
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>
>Wishing you and yours a Blessed Holiday!
>
Thanks again! It's great to see what other people have done.
I just want to be clear that I am in no way "remodeling" my kitchen!
I'm only "updating" it.
I have a fairly new, decent, hood which I talked about when it was
installed a couple of years ago. I'm not replacing cabinets or
reconfiguring the kitchen (reconfiguring is my dream). I'm just
putting painting the cabinets, putting in granite counters and a new
cook top. Oh, yes... I'm replacing a BIG window and painting the
kitchen - saying again, it's *not* a remodel. No how, no way... it's
just an update. My kitchen is so old the copper hinges are back in
style and I'm actually looking at antiqued copper handles to match
them.
How bad is that?
--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.