I've recently been browsing these forms, and they have led me to really focus on the NXR for a replacement range in my kitchen. I went to look at one today and was pretty satisfied with the product, for the price. The showroom, however had a Jade RJRD3010A 30" range that was a display model in perfect condition. He is willing to give me the Jade for $2900, about $800 than the NXR would cost me. I've done some research on Jade, but they don't seem to be as popular as the others. Do any of you here have any personal experience with them? Would it be worth it to me to spring for the Jade?

Is there a warranty? Who will support that?

Here is a thread I found about finding a manual. Jade RJRD3010A

How many electronics on the electric oven? This can be very tricky if not a proven thing.

I would search this model number some more if you are interested still.

For example, have you seen the latest Capital MCR304? Since the NXR would need to be ordered and shipped for most, the MCR304 can also be purchased from one of the big internet merchants for about $200 more and it comes with the center grates ( NXR center grates are option adding another $60-70). So the MCR304 looks like a bargain.... especially when compared to the more expensive Capital models, not too mention it has the same burners as the Pecision line and a much bigger oven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luetineJ1KE

Further more, an important factor for me is easy cooktop clean up. As far as I can tell, the NXR has at least 4 separate seems on the cooktop... a real trap for spill etc....The MCR304 looks ( I cannot confirm) like there are no seams on the cooktop.

Mentioning seams on the top of the NXR suggests a cause for worry which turns out to be no big deal, so far. Visions of cleaning them out with toothpicks and toothbrushes, right? But, as has been noted in other threads, the seams are mostly covered by the burner grates when the stove is in use and most of us with NXRs find them easy to clean with a spray of cleaner (Windex, Pinesol, whatever) and wiping with a microfiber cloth. (Much easier to clean than my previous stove, a GE dual fuel with no seams but burner pans and shallow burner wells where things get baked on easily and then hard to scrub off.) There are numbers of threads where this aspect of NXRs get discussed.

But, back to the question about the Jade range. As wekick says, Jade/Dynasty was purchased by Maytag under the management who all but destroyed the Maytag brand. Jade was the commerical line, Dynasty was the residential "pro style" line when Maytag acquired the company in 1999. That all seems to have gotten blurred over the ensuing years When Whirlpool bought Maytag (in 2006), Jade/Dynasty was in serious trouble and Whirlpool sold it to the Middleby group. I kind of recall that Jade was run from some place in Illinois (Elgin?) but now is run from southern California. (Sounds like a neighbor to Duro, the company that owns the NXR brand.) Jade has been back for a few years in the commercial equipment line.

Last summer, when I was stove shopping, there did seem to be some Dynasty/Jade residential stoves, too, but I only found them at Dvorson's.

Jade/Middleby's own web site did not show any residential products. Dvorson's showed a 30" gas range but no dual fuel models.

Did a quick google search on the RJRD3010A and the first few pages of results were all hits on parts houses such as Sears PartsDirect.

Makes me suspect that the $2900 dual fuel might be a left-over from the bad-old days.

IIRC, there have been several mostly inconclusive threads on the line, the following being an example that turned up in a quick search here:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/appl/msg0317173115988.html

Middleby, btw, just acquired VIking so the future of Jade/Dynasty residential ranges may be in doubt.

As far the cleaning there are only 2 grates and the rest is very easy clean up, in fact the easiest stove top I have ever cleaned.

Or, are they giving you a Chef-King griddle or equivalent? If so, cool.

Let us know how the propane conversion works out for you. I don't recall reading any write-ups on that aspect of the NXR.

I'll post back here once we get the range in and installed and I have had some time to cook with it.

Thanks again everyone.