About to buy a house and completely redo the kitchen. The wife has all the design authority, but since I do all the cooking I have quite a bit of leeway on appliances and layout. I've never had a decent kitchen and I want to do it right the first time. Trying to figure out if there brands/features I'm not considering, or overrating. I can't go Viking level good, but I don't want spec house quality either.
Right now I've got my eye on this samsung range - I like the idea of the available griddle, even though I have a similar one I can use. I've also used a long burner before with my griddle. I wasn't impressed but it could've been a mediocre range. Saw this one by GE today. Similar features and cast iron supplied by lodge. With any of these supplied cast iron griddles I'd sand them down smooth and re-season. But you get an idea what price range and features I'm looking for.
Is there a point where more Btus aren't useful unless you step up to a real pro range? Another thing I like about these is the "power burner" has the double ring. I've used one of those power burner things before, and the flame was too wide to be useful for anything except boiling water. Again, maybe it was just a mediocre range and I'm overrating the double ring.
I've always wanted a really good vent hood. I want to be able to blacken chicken, fish, make griddle burgers in the house etc, without smoking up the joint. I read somewhere that the hood should be wider than the range, and at least 600 cfm if I want to be able to mount it well above the cooking surface. Something like this one would meet that criteria, but I don't know the brand, or if the website I read that on was full of crap.
Pot filler - yay or nay?
Insta Hot water heater under the sink - yay or nay? I like to make pour over and french press coffee.
Ovens - double oven or no? I've used convection before and I like it. Any other new features that are must haves?
The kitchen currently has an island, but in my opinion the space isn't wide enough for a good island. Wider than a standard galley, but not wide enough for a big open kitchen with island. It's basically going to be a really wide galley with extra deep counters I think.
On one wall I should be able to fit it like this:
fridge -- 30-36" counter -- 36" range -- 30-36" counter -- double ovens. That will be pretty much all my cooking space. That seem like enough? There will be room on the other side for some prepping. but that's the side where I'll be rangling pots and pans, mise en place etc.
The other side will be about 12 feet long, but mostly counter and sink with some built in pantry. If the wife wants to pull out the stand mixer and do some baking, I'm thinking it will be over there. Should only have a coffee maker as a permanent counter top appliance.
Right now I've got my eye on this samsung range - I like the idea of the available griddle, even though I have a similar one I can use. I've also used a long burner before with my griddle. I wasn't impressed but it could've been a mediocre range. Saw this one by GE today. Similar features and cast iron supplied by lodge. With any of these supplied cast iron griddles I'd sand them down smooth and re-season. But you get an idea what price range and features I'm looking for.
Is there a point where more Btus aren't useful unless you step up to a real pro range? Another thing I like about these is the "power burner" has the double ring. I've used one of those power burner things before, and the flame was too wide to be useful for anything except boiling water. Again, maybe it was just a mediocre range and I'm overrating the double ring.
I've always wanted a really good vent hood. I want to be able to blacken chicken, fish, make griddle burgers in the house etc, without smoking up the joint. I read somewhere that the hood should be wider than the range, and at least 600 cfm if I want to be able to mount it well above the cooking surface. Something like this one would meet that criteria, but I don't know the brand, or if the website I read that on was full of crap.
Pot filler - yay or nay?
Insta Hot water heater under the sink - yay or nay? I like to make pour over and french press coffee.
Ovens - double oven or no? I've used convection before and I like it. Any other new features that are must haves?
The kitchen currently has an island, but in my opinion the space isn't wide enough for a good island. Wider than a standard galley, but not wide enough for a big open kitchen with island. It's basically going to be a really wide galley with extra deep counters I think.
On one wall I should be able to fit it like this:
fridge -- 30-36" counter -- 36" range -- 30-36" counter -- double ovens. That will be pretty much all my cooking space. That seem like enough? There will be room on the other side for some prepping. but that's the side where I'll be rangling pots and pans, mise en place etc.
The other side will be about 12 feet long, but mostly counter and sink with some built in pantry. If the wife wants to pull out the stand mixer and do some baking, I'm thinking it will be over there. Should only have a coffee maker as a permanent counter top appliance.
Have a deep farm sink....