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Good downdraft ranges?
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Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 20:43
| I'm looking for recommendations on downdraft ranges. Anybody have a newish one they particularly like? |
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RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| Jennair and Dacor are the only brands of ranges that work with downdrafts. With cooktops you have more choices. |
RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| I don't know about good ones but my last kitchen had a down draft Jennair. I loathed it. Exhaust air removal was very weak but the down draft fan pulled my gas flames toward the vent. It was terrible. |
RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| They are all horrible. The downdraft is working against the laws of physics. |
RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| That's an oxymoron. They all suck because they don't suck. |
RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| We have a smoothtop Jennair. Horrible range. Takes forever to boil water on 3 of the 4 burners. The oven bakes hot on one side, underdone on the other. The oven temp is off by 15-20 degrees, although the repairman says it is fine. The electronic control board has been replaced once. |
RE: Good downdraft ranges?
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| I'm not sure how newish my JA downdraft is. It came with the house. It has the swappable electric elements. I haven't swapped them. It has a convection oven which is excellent. The cooktop is about as good as electric gets. (I prefer induction or gas, but for electric I can't complain.) The downdraft...I can't review it properly because it is not ducted. It just dumps directly into the crawlspace. So I don't use it. I have tested it and it absolutely does suck down effluent like it's supposed to do. How good would it be with a duct? Probably less good. You may be told differently by the hood police here, but downdraft is absolutely better than no ventilation. I sure wouldn't do it on purpose, though. |
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