Hi,

I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
one provided.

To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"

What is yours?

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
>
> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
> What is yours?

I wonder how standard the distance is for appliances. I just measured our
Roper and it is also 9 1/2" To go greater distance, the range would have to
extend out past the cabinets more as space to the back is also limited.

Another inch would be nice. My wife tells me that all the time.

"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
>
> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
> What is yours?

I wonder how standard the distance is for appliances. I just measured our
Roper and it is also 9 1/2" To go greater distance, the range would have to
extend out past the cabinets more as space to the back is also limited.

Another inch would be nice. My wife tells me that all the time.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>
> I wonder how standard the distance is for appliances. I just measured our
> Roper and it is also 9 1/2" To go greater distance, the range would have to
> extend out past the cabinets more as space to the back is also limited.
>
I just measured my Fridgidaire Gallery Pro - it's 9 1/4"

My old cooker (I can't remember the name - it was bought nearly 30 years
ago) had an inch or two more, but it was a deeper unit. The current one is
the same depth as a standard kitchen cabinet, the old one stuck out a few
inches.

Sheila

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 02:38:50 GMT, Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

>I wonder how standard the distance is for appliances. I just measured our
>Roper and it is also 9 1/2" To go greater distance, the range would have to
>extend out past the cabinets more as space to the back is also limited.

Ah, one of my pet peeves. This 24" cabinet depth. In this era of mega
kitchens they still force major appliances to only be 24". I am a big fan
of 30" deep base cabinets. (And I'd make the upper cabinets 3" deeper.) For
this reason I will not be putting in a built-in refrigerator. With one I'd
have 6" of lost space behind, and I would not be able to have a large (wide
and deep) cabinet above it. Now if only one of the pro style ranges was 30"
deep...

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

>To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
>my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
>What is yours?

my 30" viking is ~11 1/2". Definitely helps make all 4 burners available when
cooking for a crowd.

eve

>To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
>my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
>What is yours?

my 30" viking is ~11 1/2". Definitely helps make all 4 burners available when
cooking for a crowd.

eve

DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .

Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
heavy duty units.

They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
Well anyway it works here .

"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
> one provided.
>
> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
> What is yours?
>
> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .

Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
heavy duty units.

They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
Well anyway it works here .

"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
> one provided.
>
> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>
> What is yours?
>
> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
wrote:

>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>
>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>heavy duty units.
>
>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>Well anyway it works here .
>
>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
>> one provided.
>>
>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>
>> What is yours?
>>
>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>

Howdy,

I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:

Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)

All the best,

--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
wrote:

>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>
>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>heavy duty units.
>
>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>Well anyway it works here .
>
>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
>> one provided.
>>
>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>
>> What is yours?
>>
>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>

Howdy,

I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:

Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)

All the best,

--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
wrote:

>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>
>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>heavy duty units.
>
>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>Well anyway it works here .
>
>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on its
>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance isn't
>> one provided.
>>
>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance on
>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>
>> What is yours?
>>
>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>

Howdy,

I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:

Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)

All the best,

--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
>>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>
> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)


Ah yes another thing I dislike about the DCS design.

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
>>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>
> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)


Ah yes another thing I dislike about the DCS design.

The Dacor Epicure ranges allow you to put a pair of 12" pans on
adjacent burners. The 48" model has six 14" grates; the 30" has four;
the 36" has two, with four smaller ones on the left and right sides.

--
- rick http://www.cfcl.com/~rick/
Rick Auricchio Macs Only: Macintosh support
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surge suppressors.

The Dacor Epicure ranges allow you to put a pair of 12" pans on
adjacent burners. The 48" model has six 14" grates; the 30" has four;
the 36" has two, with four smaller ones on the left and right sides.

--
- rick http://www.cfcl.com/~rick/
Rick Auricchio Macs Only: Macintosh support
I acknowledge the existence of a higher power, and have therefore installed
surge suppressors.

This vent lip does not exist on my cooktop ..only a stainless backsplash
the vent is overhead...??? maybe a stove has a lip not the cook top ??

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
> wrote:
>
>>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>>
>>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>>heavy duty units.
>>
>>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>>Well anyway it works here .
>>
>>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on
>>> its
>>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance
>>> isn't
>>> one provided.
>>>
>>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance
>>> on
>>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>>
>>> What is yours?
>>>
>>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>
> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Kenneth
>
> If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

This vent lip does not exist on my cooktop ..only a stainless backsplash
the vent is overhead...??? maybe a stove has a lip not the cook top ??

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
> wrote:
>
>>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>>
>>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>>heavy duty units.
>>
>>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>>Well anyway it works here .
>>
>>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on
>>> its
>>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance
>>> isn't
>>> one provided.
>>>
>>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance
>>> on
>>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>>
>>> What is yours?
>>>
>>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>
> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Kenneth
>
> If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:47:35 GMT, "Jimbo" >
wrote:

>
>"Kenneth" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>>>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>>>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>>>
>>>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>>>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>>>heavy duty units.
>>>
>>>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>>>Well anyway it works here .
>>>
>>>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on
>>>> its
>>>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>>>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>>>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>>>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance
>>>> isn't
>>>> one provided.
>>>>
>>>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance
>>>> on
>>>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>>>
>>>> What is yours?
>>>>
>>>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>>
>> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
>> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
>> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
>> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
>> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> --
>> Kenneth
>>
>> If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."
>
>This vent lip does not exist on my cooktop ..only a stainless backsplash
>the vent is overhead...??? maybe a stove has a lip not the cook top ??

Hi Jimbo,

(I corrected the top post because I was taught to read from
top to bottom...)

I suspect that you are correct. That is, the vent certainly
does seem related to the oven, rather than the rangetop.

All the best,

--
Kenneth

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