I posted recently about how much my expensive Blue Star sucks so I wanted to update you on the developments. The repair guys just replaced the electronic igniter in the oven which cost me $475. Ridiculous for an oven less than two years old, but I had no choice. I need a working oven right? Let this be a warning though. I spoke to the repair guys and they said high end ovens/ranges like Blue Star, Viking, etc are generally unreliable. He repairs relatively new ones all the time. GE and Kenmore, the regular home lines, last much longer. I had a GE Profile in my last apartment and I never had a problem. Next time, I'm buying the GE again.
I can't express how disturbed I am by the fact that Blue Star has to know about their fail rate and continues to sell their ranges at super high premiums and are not doing anything about the construction of their products.
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Sara said:
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I loved my 50-year old GE double-oven stove/range, so when I remodeled in 1999, I put in a GE Profile oven, which they touted as being able to evenly bake 7 racks of cookies! |
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Jessica said:
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Ugh! With all this modern technology, we can't even get ovens to work consistently. |
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DelectaBILL said:
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sorry about the blue star, we have one and it works pretty well (the big problem for us is the oven door gets too hot so it sucks for kids). I will never again get anything other than induction cook tops and electric ovens - they are THE superior technologies (you miss out a bit on broiling w/ the electric, but it's a small price to pay, temperature control is so good). |
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TroyBoy said:
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Alotn Brown got into the topic of the eveness in heating of one's oven on the Souffle episode. He said to put a pizza stone or a brick on the bottom of the oven. |
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Jessica said:
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Thanks for the tip Troyboy! |