Hi, I'm Steve. This is Fran. Today,
we are going to rate the best luxury brands. The pros and
cons of both, and then we're gonna give you our top five.
So let's get started. Alright. What do you sell for?
We're talking overall brands, cooking, cleaning, refrigeration.
We're gonna talk about everything here.
So let's start first with Gaggenau.
Okay.
In terms of precision cooking, there's nothing better. I mean,
when you can control the temperature to a one degree,
that's pretty good.
Their steam ovens, they give you the percentage of steam.
If you really know how to cook,
they have seventeen modes in their oven. Seventeen. So
for people that really know how to cook, you know,
pastries and breads and and and and stuff like that,
this is this is
the precision line that we saw. Yeah. Really super premium.
Kinda that really went at the top of the line.
Luxury brand there. One thing they don't give you,
depending on what you're looking at is professional
ranges, cooktops, built in ovens,
their steam ovens and speed ovens really are top of the
line. Best of the best. Hilton's great.
Plumb steam ovens.
So you don't have to refill the water lot water there. I mean,
like you said, the precision cooking,
some people kind of maybe sometimes get a little scared
away with gagging out,
but truly it's Once you learn it and if you really love to
get engaged in the cooking,
there is truly nothing that gives you the control. One's
mode, one's temperature.
Yep. You know, once you once you get past that,
it's a lot easier. But it's not intuitive either. Like,
you know, some of the other brands is, like,
if you want to make bread,
there's a button for that particular type of bread,
and this is not the line for that.
That's the really weakness to it. The refrigerators,
you know, thermador, Bosch, and,
and Mila, and Gaginaw are all made in the same Turkish
factory. I think subzero is a little bit better there.
It doesn't have pro cooking.
But in terms of built ins, this is, this is good.
But you gotta like that style too.
You don't it's really unique.
When you see a row of wall ovens on display,
this one is the most unique, but still, precision wise.
Yeah. I I really like the line.
I I for someone who really loves to cook, this is
fantastic. I would say, a definitely a very high a for sure.
You know, that glass over stainless steel. Like you said,
they're really unique to time. I mean,
it's just so unique in many ways from design to
performance. So, a very high a there for sure.
Sure. Sure. Let's go with Mila.
Meal would be like kind of like,
gagging on a little bit notched down in terms of, precision. However,
way more intuitive, that M touch, I mean,
you basically put in whatever it is, how you want it cooked,
And it'll do it for you.
It's great, and it's great with steam assist.
It makes steam easy. Gagonote doesn't make steam easy. You know,
you can just basically go through a menu and just hit a
button and, and really be
proficient in steam.
Now we'll do all the functions of a gag and a once you want a
gag going, no, but nobody does. But in terms of easy, luxury,
I like it. But again, you know,
downside to them is their refrigerators made in the same
Turkish for plants as everything else.
But in terms of dishwashers that job, auto dose dishwasher.
We did test, actually, washes the best,
but it's over two grand to do it.
Induction is good.
The gas cooktops are good. The pro ranges have the m touch.
They're decent although, you know, it's half pro in the
back. It's it's it's twelve thousand Btu, which is normal, really.
Yeah. Range tops definitely kinda not, like,
in the same kind of thing.
They're not quite the same as maybe some of the other brands
as far as power and performance, you know,
they even have laundry if you're looking at the overall brand,
but it's only compact. Correct.
Yep. Dishwasher really is top of the line. Distrucks the
best. If you're looking at it,
what do you think?
Go with an
Okay.
Go to me.
Janaire.
You know, Janaire,
Jenna does a nice job too with their culinary center where if
you put in what you want,
it'll give you it'll only give you time and you know,
you put in that'll give you the time and temperature, right?
It does all that input for you,
but it's got the culinary center,
so I'll show you what it looks like in pictures.
I I think that's kinda cool.
The pro ranges are good. The refrigerator is decent.
I don't know why I don't love it much. Yeah. I just don't.
The refrigeration is kind of one of those complicated things.
It's up. The black interior where as soon as you're opening,
you're gonna know right away whether you even really wanna
kinda look at that any further.
It doesn't have the dual compressor in their pro
refrigeration. Refrigeration is really a dual evaporator.
So not quite at the same level.
It's like a sub zero or a lot of really the other brands there.
You know, there are styles and pro ranges. I think kind of, you know,
the rise in the war are kind of two extremes where kinda in
your face pro are really kind of contemporary.
So not a lot of in the middle there.
I think their wall ovens though are really great wall ovens.
Well, that's good with the culinary sun.
Dishwashers are re banded kitchenaids.
Frigeration isn't that good. You know,
given their due on their on their pro range,
the griddle is these you clean by far, you know.
Not all. Not all. I I I'd give it a solid b. Yeah. I'd go b.
Next, let's go monogram.
It's an interesting line.
I like the, the accents to it.
I like, it is twenty three thousand BTUs.
You get a decent griddle.
Decent dishwashers, the refrigerators with the,
multilevel and the,
professional, with the, with the,
with the drawers that allow you to autocool and, yeah, and,
and thaw or frost,
very decent all around. And and and at a decent price,
and it'll give you that thermador or Jania rebate. Yeah.
If the smart controls now that they really integrate into job.
Yeah. Their smart HQ is is really good. And you've got
that, you've got that, that, heston Q burner that'll
automatically modulate the flame as you go on your recipe.
I I like the line at it.
For priceline,
I don't think it's I don't think it's to the level of the
gaggon up, but it's certainly not a price.
I would say price features, everything. I'd give it a
I'd give it a net. Yeah.
Solidade for sure. Great luck. You know,
the refrigeration and the columns are kind of really new
and really nice with stainless steel interior,
the bottom mounts are starting to come out with their new
series now as well.
So I would definitely go with a solid day there.
DC.
SKS.
Well,
you know, I I've said this before,
anything LG has done in the last few years.
I know they had their compressor issues in twenty
nineteen has has has been really remarkable.
I like their pro range. Yeah. It's got the it's got
induction. It's got sous vide. It's got steam.
The, column refrigerators have the most capacity.
They're new forty eight inch integrated is really, really
cool. Their dishwashers are the most reliable that we sell,
and it employs steam, functionality,
and they did really well in our tests.
I really like the line. Whether you buy it,
like I said before or not,
it's something you should consider it in the next.
Certainly not this renovation, the next one. Yeah. Uniq,
even their co their cooktops are really good.
Their wall ovens have nice controls there as well.
Three year parts and labor warranty,
which is always good as well. You know,
definitely a brand that isn't always there kind of talked
about with some of the others, but definitely what one,
like you said, you should definitely consider. Strong b?
Yeah. Strong b. Strong b.
And all depends really what you're looking for, obviously.
Therminor?
Great line in terms of, the pro ranges are good.
You get the two different styles, the star burners,
excellent because it's raised.
I don't buy into the whole spreads the heat. So, you know,
you get it more even in your pan.
The pan cooks the food.
But it's got a lot of good functionality that way.
I think their induction And I say that bugging out because
thermogagonal really the same.
Their induction is is is the best between the liberty that
you can move it back and forth.
At different temperatures and the freedom when you go side to side.
Their gas cooktops are truly one of the best on the market
there. Like I said, with those same kind of burner style,
power there, the the extra low simmer with the on off.
That's really low
built ins, you know, wall ovens, I think. Single
convection, basic style, higher price.
I get that you're getting a free dishwasher,
to a certain extent.
To me,
the cooking, the the cooking needs help,
the the built in cooking. Other than that though,
it's pretty competitive. They're low at price.
Which is good. I I'd say strong b low a. Yeah.
I'd call low a too.
They do have some new refrigeration coming out
beginning of next year too with the third half forty two and
forty eight inch front door integrated models as well,
which will be really nice. Good overall line,
good overall value, I think. But, yeah,
definitely needs a little bit more innovation and
specifically in their built in cooking for sure. So low a?
Sure. K. Blue star.
You know, everything we've looked at is like one color,
one. Yesterday, you get a choice of stainless. You know,
the generic, you've got
you get the rebellious choice of two different stainless
steels. And this one, you get,
you get a thousand different colors and ten trends.
And that's not enough. You can customize your own. Yeah.
You know, another American made small family company.
I I really like the line. I love their pro ranges.
Their dual fuel is good.
Very powerful twenty five thousand meet you in the front.
Was it fifteen to eighteen in the back?
Great controls in the new dual fuel.
I think the refrigerators are underrated and get the color.
They're all stainless steel on the inside.
They're all made to for chef's pans. Mean,
they don't have dishwasher. They might think they made
form, or do they even have dishwasher? They don't.
So you can they'll offer, like,
if you get a panel ready dishwasher,
you can get a matching custom kind blue star panel as well to
kind of get the whole look,
but they don't actually make the dishwasher.
Problem is the wall oven. The the wall ovens, I, you know,
you do get a really good gas oven. Nobody has gas wall
ovens. It's like a bad thing, but,
and you do have the French stores, which is nice.
I think French store wall oven,
especially with a lot of people of islands, You know,
the French doors don't take up the whole thing.
And when you open a French door, you're in the oven,
you have to lift up over that.
I think there's some value to that. I really like the line.
Again, you're not gonna get a dishwasher.
Some of the built in cooking isn't, but Yeah.
The cooktops are gonna be redone to mass a new X eight
burner that you see in the dual fuel, but not quite there yet.
Like I said, the refrigeration is really solid as well. Yeah.
I like the refrigeration. What do you think?
I I look, you know, for someone that's looking for a departure
from stainless, this is really a good choice. I I like it. I'd
say I would say for me, for pro ranges, it's it's really
competitive, solid. Yeah.
Everything else, refrigeration, I I give it an a,
and we haven't been able to sell some brands because of,
supply chain issues. And it's done a really nice job.
I would give it I'd give it an a. I'd go away too.
I was I was waiting to disagree. Yeah.
A little bit the way you were going. I wasn't sure. Alright. Let's go
Fisher Peco.
Good columns. Very underrated.
Pro ranges are basic,
but it gives you the basics that you want.
I like the fact that going into it,
they'll have the first forty eight in induction range.
We don't talk about induction very much. Good induction cooking
decent wall ovens. You know, Gagon has been seventeen,
but they've got a lot of pastry modes and everything else
you're not going to get from a lot of Even the knob controls
where everyone's kind of gotten away,
gotten from the knobs to some degree.
You know, the knob controls are pretty nice.
They've done a nice job incorporating those.
Where where people are buying Fish Pango is builders that
want something edgy.
That's the word when you use for fish pick pellets.
It's edgier. You're not spending as much,
and it can be it is strewed as a luxury brand,
although they have a whole separate one.
And if if if you're not interested in luxury, they
have, the integrated French store,
which you can buy for a lot cheaper than anything else.
I I like the brand. I think it's a solid b. Yeah.
Definitely a b, you know,
their pro refrigeration gotten there a little bit with their newer columns.
Sure. Sure. They bought amount professional refrigeration.
They will get there with that kind of traditional eighty four
inch height, not quite there yet, but You know,
I think that's where they'll you'll see the next,
innovation from them.
But for now, definitely a solid b. Cool. Viking?
You know, Viking,
we were one of the first dealers back in nineteen
ninety. We don't sell them now.
And I think they lost their way when they invested in culinary
with culinary centers in forgot about the product. You know,
this is a company that owned the market.
Fifty six percent of it was Viking.
And they just stopped innovating. In the refrigeration,
which was
I saw was the original,
a manor refrigerator designed in Iowa that they bought kept
an hour for years.
You know,
you can't mention that product without service issues.
You're talking you know, you're talking near a hundred percent,
and then they had that tragic d three thing that they came out
with lesser price that that had problems.
I do think that they've got the right leadership.
I think Middlebee is the right company to right the ship.
They have seventeen colors. They've got very good pro
ranges. They've got that tuscany look. If you like that
kind of different look, I like all that stuff, but
I would really look reviews and make sure whoever you buy from can fix it.
So I would say it's, again, American made. I I would say
b to c, maybe. Yeah.
I don't have as much experience with the brand in general, but,
you know, definitely for me,
service is such an important thing,
but I think that's really the most important thing to look at here.
So I'd lean towards you there. I'd say probably low B Cs.
Okay. Alright.
So final one.
Sub zero
wolf. Oh, yeah. We've Jesus, man. Wonderful. We've forgotten
we've forgotten a brand on every one of them.
Yeah.
We need to I think we need to get some I have to double check
us here. We have been double checking. Sub Zero Wolf, I
mean, what can you say?
The only knock against them is they they aren't available.
They aren't available because everybody wants them.
And when you make a unique product and you get a unique
supply chain issue, you're gonna have unique problems,
which they've had. But nobody makes a better refrigerator.
You know,
in terms of the fronts with ethylene gas scrubbers and, you
know, humidity, they've got the new one with split humidity. One you know,
the airflow goes it differently in the crisper bins than it
does in the regular unit. Better lit.
A ton of variety there from the columns to the side by side,
to the French door option.
So, I mean,
dual fuel range is really kind of top of the line as far as
that with the kind of unique convection, bigger rubbing, great controls,
really with their, you know,
their cooktop induction cooktops as well and gas
cooktops. They have a new induction. Yeah. I saw it, you
know, with the, screen on it.
You have really intuitive. Yeah. I I mean,
anything that they've done, they've been first.
They've got the the best convection system.
They actually, you know, a lot of people are looking for wine.
They've got the wine storage because it's not just a
refrigerator with wine shelves.
They actually split it up with two unique temperature zones
and all that other stuff. So
The only problem with them is availability,
and I think their gas ranges need an need an update,
but other than that though, it
and to me it's well deserved,
and they're on top of the parts and service better than anybody
else, without question, family owned.
And operated, which, certainly means something, you know,
American made, but American made, but good. Yeah.
Maybe dishwashers can get this definitely some solid
competition with their cove dishwasher there. Yeah.
You know, you're starting a factory. Yeah. Dishwasher.
They haven't made a lot.
They've they've had their they've had their problems,
but they'll address them.
But I I look at it as more of a refrigerator cooking line.
Their dishwasher will come. They're nice. Yeah.
They just can't produce enough of them.
But in terms of the best,
I would say this is it for me.
This would be the, the, the best that we sell. Yeah.
No question. I'd go I think we go s here for sure, you know,
just from the overall cooking, refrigeration.
They're really top of the line in both those, obviously,
super important categories. So hard to beat there. Alright.
You're tough five.
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but what is your top five? So my top five overall,
no particular orders here, but my
overall, I'm gonna go sub woof thermidore, monogram,
gaganau, and Mila.
Alright.
I would do Mhmm. In
order, sub zero gagnon, Mila, blue star, because, you know, Yeah. I mean,
if somebody wants some if somebody wants some other than
stainless steel, well,
there's not much on the system than Viking and,
and it it basically blew start, and they get a thousand colors.
And I like the monogram from a price point.
Yeah.
I think for someone they're looking for a decent quality at a lesser price,
I think they deliver on So we didn't hear that much. Yeah.
A little small difference.
It's a small difference. Okay.
It's always good to have some small differences. Yeah.
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