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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My budget won't allow for top of the line; I'm hoping I can keep this purchase under 2.5k but willing to go up to 3k if necessary. Any suggestions on must-have features or features you thought would be great that aren't? What's the best way to shop for and find a good deal? Favorite stores to buy appliances from? My home is all electric so a gas stove is out. [/quote] We just got all new appliances - went with the GE Cafe line, which is supposed to be a little more modern/high end than than the GE Profile line, which is probably GE's most popular line. This is the first time we've had to buy kitchen appliances and frankly we didn't do like hours of research because I knew I wanted reliable, all from the same brand, and didn't want to go crazy on the price. Also, we needed to order ASAP due to our kitchen remodel. I am sure others will criticize this approach, but just wanted to let you know that my opinions are not based on meticulous compare and contrast. All in all, they are appliances and they work. That is my overall review. They are also attractive in the kitchen. The dishwasher has a lot of bells and whistles and a million different settings. The best thing about it is that is is quiet - you can talk on the phone, watch a TV show, listen to music while the dishwasher runs. It has this top drawer to lay things flat to wash, like spatulas, jar lids, etc. I like that drawer thing, but it makes the rest of the dishwasher small and nothing can stick up too high on the upper or lower rack. The rack is your same old kind of flimsy dish rack with plastic containers for the utensils. The salesman told us it would get the dishes totally dry - no wiping tops of cups! and it does on the Ultra Dry setting that takes 3 hours. It is fine. The stove/oven is a double oven slide in gas stove. It has the controls on the front (pic below). It is also fine. If you are not tall and skinny you risk your body running into the knobs on the front as you try to cook on one of the back burners. I wanted the double oven with the small oven on top and I still give this feature a thumbs up. It does make using the lower oven a little odd as it's really low to the ground, but I lived in USG provided housing for a long time, so this is an improvement over lighting the oven with a pilot light every time or trying to cram a turkey in my Euro oven. There are different size burners and the boil one does work really well. I like that. [img]https://assets.ajmadison.com/image/upload/c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy.progressive,h_350,q_auto,w_500/v1/ajmadison/images/large_no_watermark/cgs750p3md1-15c924ecade9991.03440150_3c0ce.jpg[/img][/quote]
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