Hello all (can I really say that since I have no followers yet?) and welcome to my first post. I titled this post "New Beginnings" for the obvious reason but also because I'm starting out with a new double wall oven.
We built this home five years ago and installed my first double wall oven. It was a Thermadore which was a pretty cutting edge brand, then. Five years later and miscellaneous problems, it needed to be replaced. Now, I know I used it a lot but I didn't think I deserved the following: door not closing all the way, unable to read display showing temperatures and modes due to electrical board going out ($600 replacement fee not counting labor!!!), door not closing at all and the last straw-top oven not working at all.
Seeing my sad face and frustration of not being able to bake in both ovens, Rick (my husband) took pity on me and said to go ahead and replace it. Now for those who know me, I really like to do my research. I posted on King Arthur Flour's website for advice, checked out Consumer Reports ratings and read up on all the features of the brands I was considering. Finally I decided on 2 brands, Kenmore Elite and Kitchenaid, and planned on purchasing them at Sears because of their extended service plans. Kenmore Elite had the highest rating in Consumer Reports, but if you take a look around my kitchen you can tell I'm a Kitchenaid girl and my mom is to blame for that one. LOL! The best wedding gift ever, my mom got me my first Kitchenaid stand mixer! I swear when I saw that baby, I heard the angels sing.
So now that I have decided on these two, I hike it down to Sears to see them in person. Of course, all the ovens displayed are in stainless steel to tempt me. My appliances are all black because 1) I like it and 2) black is cheaper than stainless steel. I keep telling myself, I don't need the extra expense and black is just as pretty. I look at the Kenmore Elite and then I look at the Kitchenaid and I fall in love with the Kitchenaid with it's pretty blue interior, stainless steel shiny racks with the full extension on the bottom rack and the openings at the front of the racks that can even fit an oven glove and the included temperature probe that plugs into the oven and notifies you when the inner temperature you have set is reached! Oh my gosh, I have to have this oven and by golly I want the stainless steel and it's available for pick up the next day!
So, Rick picks it up, takes out the old one and installs the new one (he use to install appliances back in the day). The first thing I bake in it? A box brand brownie mix and it comes out awesome! Hey, he didn't finish installing it till almost 5pm and I was making dinner and had to clean up and that was the fastest thing to make. You will be hearing about the various things I will be baking in it so I won't bore you with the details now. Here are some pictures of the process.
We built this home five years ago and installed my first double wall oven. It was a Thermadore which was a pretty cutting edge brand, then. Five years later and miscellaneous problems, it needed to be replaced. Now, I know I used it a lot but I didn't think I deserved the following: door not closing all the way, unable to read display showing temperatures and modes due to electrical board going out ($600 replacement fee not counting labor!!!), door not closing at all and the last straw-top oven not working at all.
Seeing my sad face and frustration of not being able to bake in both ovens, Rick (my husband) took pity on me and said to go ahead and replace it. Now for those who know me, I really like to do my research. I posted on King Arthur Flour's website for advice, checked out Consumer Reports ratings and read up on all the features of the brands I was considering. Finally I decided on 2 brands, Kenmore Elite and Kitchenaid, and planned on purchasing them at Sears because of their extended service plans. Kenmore Elite had the highest rating in Consumer Reports, but if you take a look around my kitchen you can tell I'm a Kitchenaid girl and my mom is to blame for that one. LOL! The best wedding gift ever, my mom got me my first Kitchenaid stand mixer! I swear when I saw that baby, I heard the angels sing.
So now that I have decided on these two, I hike it down to Sears to see them in person. Of course, all the ovens displayed are in stainless steel to tempt me. My appliances are all black because 1) I like it and 2) black is cheaper than stainless steel. I keep telling myself, I don't need the extra expense and black is just as pretty. I look at the Kenmore Elite and then I look at the Kitchenaid and I fall in love with the Kitchenaid with it's pretty blue interior, stainless steel shiny racks with the full extension on the bottom rack and the openings at the front of the racks that can even fit an oven glove and the included temperature probe that plugs into the oven and notifies you when the inner temperature you have set is reached! Oh my gosh, I have to have this oven and by golly I want the stainless steel and it's available for pick up the next day!
So, Rick picks it up, takes out the old one and installs the new one (he use to install appliances back in the day). The first thing I bake in it? A box brand brownie mix and it comes out awesome! Hey, he didn't finish installing it till almost 5pm and I was making dinner and had to clean up and that was the fastest thing to make. You will be hearing about the various things I will be baking in it so I won't bore you with the details now. Here are some pictures of the process.
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| The old oven |
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| Here it is pre-install. Isn't it pretty? |
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| Kitchenaid ovens are blue inside. See the cut-outs for pulling out the oven racks? Sometimes it's the small things that make it special! |
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| Here it is! So shiny and you know how us women love shiny things! |
