Just curious if anyone else has had the new Blue Star wall oven installed yet. It seems that they just recently started to ship.

We really loved the cook top and decided to go for the wall oven too because of the no frills design and the infrared broiler. Can't wait to try steaks... FYI we decided on the 120v Advantium to round out the cooking options.

I would think that someone would be pretty eager to share their experiences with the wall oven and suspect that we may be one of the first to get one.

That's what we heard too from our BS dealer. Guess we'll have a hole in the wall for a month or so once the kitchen is done. I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

Good luck with yours.

Skwid,

I'll be sure post once I get to try it out.

I have been told by the distributor for the southeast US (not my sales person) that they are in manufacture and waiting for stickers from UL. They have been UL Certified. Delivery on units is currently slated for Dec, Jan, Feb.

I was also told they were building in Size order. 24" single units will be built, then others in size order. So..I'll probably see my 36" double sometime in February, a year after I ordered it. Thank goodness I live in NC and can basically grill 3/4 of the year. Longer if we have a good winter.

Laney

The french doors appeal to me as I'm installing a 30" oven in a corner location where there's not a lot of space to maneuver with a traditional oven door.

Thank goodness for our Advantium. We have done some unexpected things such as baking cookies and bread, broiling, etc. in addition to microwaving. Otherwise the past 7 months without ovens would have been much more challenging.

Hope we do not regret waiting.

If and when we get anything concrete I'll update the thread again.

Er... can we?

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Posted by guadalupe (My Page) on Wed, Feb 11, 09 at 13:16

24" ovens release 1st week March - 30" release 2nd week March - 36" release 1st week April - Stacking kits for double ovens
2nd week april as told by the factory
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Posted by dcunited_2009 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 22, 09 at 14:03

Here are the facts:
24" SINGLE wall ovens have shipped and are available
30" SINGLE wall ovens will begin shipping next week. They are in production as we speak.
36" SINGLE wall ovens will begin to be produced sometime in mid-May with shipment towards the end of May.
Double ovens will only be achieved by stacking two singles.
I am NOT sure there will be a kit to stack. A shelf will need to be built to support the top oven. Each oven will have to tee-off from a single gas line and there will be two plugs (20 amp will suffice).

There you go!!!
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At least I do get a sense that this might happen sometime this year!!!!

Of course back at the beginning of this thread people got the sense that it might happen sometime in 2008. LOL!

Well I hope it's soon as I'm looking forward to hearing some objective reports.

I find it impossible not to ask though, your initial question was posted 10 months ago. When were you made aware that the cabinets needed to be changed?

That aside, best of luck!

We started getting a clue around the end of the year and confirmed probably in February??? Going in we knew it was a new product and there was some risk that changes could happen to the design. For us the combination of the french doors, IR broiler, capacity, and design were worth the wait. We looked all of the usual suspects but found that the none offered the right mix of features for us. We also wanted a more simple, traditional look so the Wolf rotating control panel for example was a little too space ship looking for our taste.

I think there may have been some issues with the double oven config during the whole gov't testing/approval process that led them to go with the stacking approach, at least that is what our retailer told us. Obviously we are fine on width but two stacked units will be about 6 inches taller than the original double. As a result we are having our kitchen guy come out to decide if we are going to lose a drawer/shelf or just have that cabinet rebuilt. That cabinet is mostly air anyway so we are not losing too much sleep over it.

We expect that no changes are needed on the gas hookup or electric.

Ovens showed up today and are in my garage! As soon as we get them hooked up I'll be sure to post some photos and share my experiences. You will notice that the photos on the BS site are updated now with the *real* ones.

Now I've been living in a house without an oven since August of 08, and just got told the size of the oven changed. I've been in contact with my retailer, with my distributor and with bluestar themselves and no one ever mentioned the size change.

I don't know what's going to happen here...but we're pretty peeved. BTW, what size double did you get Panther???? We're still waiting for our 36".

Laney

To clarify, the oven size has not changed as far I as I know, only that they are not doing a double unit. Double is really two stacked singles resulting in more height in comparison to the original specs due to the additional control panel. Our kitchen guy is coming by on Tuesday to assess our situation.

You waited this long - don't panic on the cabinet if you are only putting in 1. I think the BS web site has updated drawings too.

I was dead set on AR, but now im thinking bluestar, but might a little more home friendly..