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Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: LeeJ on November 17, 2012, 02:08:59 am
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I'm taking out all our appliances and starting again!
New oven, cooktop, fridge and range hood.
Thinking a freestanding 900ml oven.
Please give me any advice or recommendations on any if the above :)
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Love Miele, expensive but fantastic. Everything you cook is perfect :)
H :)
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We didjust that 2 years ago and went with Smeg pyrolitic oven - love it to bits. Smeg induction cooktop - not so taken will go back to gas next time. Asko dishwasher - can fit loads in, cleans beautifully, bit noisy though. Panasonic convection microwave - nothing bad to say it is fantastic. Schwegan range hood - very quiet and very powerful - brilliant.
Hope this helps a little
Moptop
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We did a whole new kitchen 14mths ago, I went for Euromaid - ovens (2x single), rangehood, induction cooktop....I love them all and would reccomend them to anyone. The ovens are so even, cook evenly and if the recipe says 15min @ 180, that is exactly what it needs. Love love love my appliances. Kept my old dish drawers as I didn't want to get a dish washer - love my dishdrawers too. :D
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Worked in building industry before babies and Miele was always the best, but very expensive. We replaced our horrible kleenmaid wall oven two years ago with a Blanco pyrolytic and haven't looked back. It is fantastic, temp spot on and cleans itself. :D
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Oh, I want a oven that cleans itself. I cleaned mine this morning....
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We recently re-did our kitchen and went with Miele appliances - fantastic. As Hally says, perfect every time.
We went for a Liebherr fridge, which was expensive, but it has a separate Biofresh compartment which runs at 1 degree - so colder than the fridge but not as cold as the freezer. We use it for dairy, meat, and some fruit and vegetables (doesnt work well on veggies with high water content, like tomato and cucumber, but is great for broccoli, carrots etc). It has saved us heaps and heaps of money already be extending the life of the stuff kept in it. Cream and milk last well beyond the use by date on the package, ham and cooked chicken last heaps longer, mushrooms dont go brown and slimy and the vegetables stay fresh for ages and ages. Would highly recommend investigating getting a fridge with a similar feature - it is wonderful
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Don't buy an Ilve freestanding 900 ml oven.
I researched for months and chose this myself so I can't lay the blame elsewhere :(
It's the worst stove that I have ever had. >:(
I have had nothing but problems with it since we moved into this house 3 years ago and the problems are still not fixed.
I would go Miele next time for all my major appliances.
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What are everyone's thoughts on dishwashers? I strongly suspect that ours is about to die - I certainly hope so as it is useless - doesn't dry very well and I have to prewash and wipe most things before putting them in to wash
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Love my F&P dish drawers. Would not swap them. They are a bit expensive to start with tho. :D
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We have had a miele dishwasher for years, and I wouldnt swap it for anything. Does a great job, economical on water, very quiet when it is running, and dries things really well - except for plastics, but I dont think thing dries plastics well.
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Thanks guys, just the info I'm fishing for! ;D
Thanks for the heads up on ilve, I've read in a few other places similar stories, it seems quite hard to find a decent 900mm unit!
We have the bosch sm...068 dishwasher, only purchased a few months ago, I searched high and low, and kept coming back to it, the cutlery draw is sooo good! Makes stacking it so much quicker!
They only had one miele inbuilt oven there, and it seemed to lack quite a few features of others (ie smeg), so had steered away a little.
Keep it coming! :)
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Miele dishwasher here 2, we built our house 2 1/2 years ago.
Washes & dries & its in our open plan area & you cant even hear it. Sometimes we have to check to see if its on!!, LOL
H :)
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Normally I wouldn't choose a Fisher & Paykel appliance, but I love my two drawer dishwasher. Love my Bosch washing machine (front loader), but not keen on my Blanco wall oven, temperature is too hot.
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My recommendation would be Miele ovens and induction cooktops. Enjoy your new kitchen!
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Hi LeeJ just read the bit in your post about the 900 freestanding oven I used to have one of those a DeLonghi duel fuel. Fantastic for cooking large meals but a nightmare to clean, the cast iron tops were too large to fit in the sink and I had to clean the, outside or in the laundry. My husband chose it!!!! But never cleaned it! I'd say think very carefully about the big freestanding ovens!!
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I have an Asko dishwasher, and I really love it. My dishes fit in it much better than my mother's Miele one. However, she loves her Meile .
I recommend taking part of your everyday dinner setting and glasses with you and try them in the dishwashers that you are considering buying to see how well they fit.
My brother has a freestanding 900 mm Ilve oven Nd he hates it.
I have a 900mm Linea oven and have never been happy with it. I am currently waiting for a new hinge and thermostat for it. >:(
My mother has a blanco 600mm oven plus a smaller Blanco oven. I think that a 1 1/2 600mm oven combo is better than one 900mm oven. If I just want to cook one thing in the o ven, I feel guilty heating up the whole oven as it seems a waste of power. Most people I know with the combo find that they use their small o en most of the time. However, the 900mm is great at Christmas when I'm cooking a lot of dishes, and I can fit 4 trays of biscuits at the same time. It's also good if you need to cook a giant Snapper!!
Have a think about what you use the oven for and it you really need the extra width.
I have always had a Sharp carousel microwave which has always been reliable, however, next time I would look at a convection one so that I don't need to heat up my big oven for small things.
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I like the idea of two ovens a small and a 600mm. Great for those times when you want to cook two things at different temps or just using the size you need at the time. We are looking to upgrade our kitchen soon and will certainly be getting two ovens, and am yet to decide if we willwill get 2x 600mm or 1x 600mm and a half size....maybe the latter as it will be cheaper upfront and cheaper to run.
We are also looking into options for an extraction fan specifically for the TMX...however have not done enough research to pass on yet!
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I have a 900mm freestanding Smeg and am very disappointed in it - would never go 900 mm again and would never go Smeg based on ths experience. Just waiting for it to die (it's only 5 years old) so I can justify a new one!
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It seems you guys are going to save me a world of pain and regret!
Looks like I need to revisit the freestanding idea. I was liking the idea of a larger oven to do things like bake a batch of cookies in one go.
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That's wise LeeJ. If you have the space then two smaller ovens great .pop over to the section with photos of kitchens.
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=7397
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I agree wholeheartedly with GHM ...... if you have the space, 2 ovens are fantastic. I never realised how often we would use both of them at the same time until we had them both. You can cook 2 different things at different temps, or else use one oven to keep things warm while you cook in the other.
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We are building a new house, currently I have a 900mm oven and it is great, but in the new house I wanted a double oven, however after speaking with our appliance supplier, he told me that a double oven is not the way to go if I wanted more cooking space as the second oven even if the same size, is generally only a grill or warmer. He told me the best way to go is to have 2 of the same ovens one on top of the other and all that has to happen is the cabinetmaker outs a shelf to sit the top oven on, he explained that with the 2 ovens together the fascia is only mm's apart so it looks like a double oven, I have taken his advice and that is the way I am going to go. :)
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I agree 50plus. I have two ovens same side by side but second oven has addit features, it steams and microwaves as well as normal oven functions. Way to go I reckon!!
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Recently we have had to replace our kitchen appliances. We ended up with a bit of a mish mash but we are very very happy. Got a Bosch pyrolitic oven and a Bosch combination oven/microwave (which I just love as I have the flexibility of 2 ovens but also a microwave) a St George cook top and a Miele rangehood. We also had to replace our diswasher and ended up with an asko which is great.
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Shazzy,
Does the microwave/oven just require power?
Certainly lots to think about! I don't have enough space to have then on top of one another, but I have a space in my walk in pantry room for my current microwave, and I'm wondering if the microwave/oven set up might be able to slide in there!
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2 ovens is a winner, that was my first choice when we built, but it didnt work out. I do love my huge 900mm wide oven, you can fit o much in ;D
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It required an electrician to come in and change the power abit. The one I have is a full built in oven so wouldnt work in the pantry unfortunately. I know many others here on the forum though have a combination microwave/oven that is free standing. The only requirement though for that is to make sure there is plenty of space around it I think. Sounds like people love them though - so that may be a good option for you.
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The freestanding one is the Whirlpool