I own a custom kitchen & bath design and contracting business. Forget Consumer Reports as they are not properly informed about many of the appliances they critique. REALLY!
Look into Sub Zero, Wolf, Fisher Paykel, the newest JennAir products, Miele, Bosch, Gaggeneau, DCS.
Amana makes high quality refrigerators at a good price. They are now part of Maytag Corp. and are building the top-of-the-line JennAir models, which are very good. Amana is our second choice to Sub Zero.
Very little out there comes close to the consistant quality of Sub Zero,Wolf, Miele,Gaggeneau, and Dacor. Fisher Paykel offers very good quality for the money.
Thermador has been having serious quality problems for several years now. Viking is seriously outperformed by a lot of the commercial-style equipment on the market but their price is still as high as the others. Stay away from GE Monogram. Kitchen Aid is overpriced for what can be had out there (riding on marketing wave given their good name).
All of these companies have wonderful web sites.
Look into Sub Zero, Wolf, Fisher Paykel, the newest JennAir products, Miele, Bosch, Gaggeneau, DCS.
Amana makes high quality refrigerators at a good price. They are now part of Maytag Corp. and are building the top-of-the-line JennAir models, which are very good. Amana is our second choice to Sub Zero.
Very little out there comes close to the consistant quality of Sub Zero,Wolf, Miele,Gaggeneau, and Dacor. Fisher Paykel offers very good quality for the money.
Thermador has been having serious quality problems for several years now. Viking is seriously outperformed by a lot of the commercial-style equipment on the market but their price is still as high as the others. Stay away from GE Monogram. Kitchen Aid is overpriced for what can be had out there (riding on marketing wave given their good name).
All of these companies have wonderful web sites.