My BIL is building a house and has asked me for some advice. He's not a gourmand, but does a fair amount of cooking - especially in large groups. I want to give him recommendations that are very good performers, rock solid reliability, and ideally easy clean up where it's applicable. Money isn't a huge constraint, but where's there's a huge jump to the highest end, that won't be necessary. He doesn't need exotic. Appearance is important, but not the #1 consideration.

My first advice on refrigerator is to go ahead and spend the money on Sub-Zero. Ours is 20 years old and performs great.

Need advice on stove top and ovens (double). Is Blue star worth it?

Thanks!

 

We have a double sink where the divide comes about 2/3 way up so you can get extra wide stuff in across both sinks. Franke Fragranite Peak Onyx matte black (PGK1600N iirc). Tones with Caesarstone Jet Black counters. Of course that likely isn't in your palette! But thought I'd mention the idea. Very happy with the sink,it's very affordable even when you add the extras (steel roller bar drainer is great idea.

Sounds like your budget for stove and fridge is way above what mine was so my recommendations there likely not relevant.

Pot filler - a related idea would be one that runs boiling water for tea etc. Would depend on where things are, appliance garage, sink, kettle etc. If I had a larger budget I likely would have done that.

 

Hmm, I think I know how to help you)
The fact is that my toaster in a cafe recently broke and for a very long time I was looking for a company with a good reputation and high quality products. After 3 weeks of searching, I found out about one company very popular in Australia and ordered a commercial type toaster from them and they still work. As far as I know, they still work, so you can find stoves for non-commercial use in them. Good luck to you!

 

Hi all. When renovating my kitchen, I paid great attention to the bathtub water filter. I recently talked with a friend who works as a chef and learned that cooking depends on the purity of water and its properties. I was astonished by this fact because I thought that cooking high temperature allows you not to think about the purity and properties of water.