Viking Ranges

[bigswede]

Anyone have experience with these?? We are building and I love to cook, but teh wife eyed a Viking while looking at appliances last week. Are they worth the $ ???? what about a Bertazonni??

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

[Back2Dakota]

Very nice units and if you have the cash and love cooking it will be worth it.

[Esox_Magnum]

Vikings are quality units, spendy but nice. Most our high end homes we build use them or Wolfs.

[PurpleFloyd]

They are nice ranges and I agree that wolf and Viking are both quality units, although IMHO the newer Thermador products are really with a close look as I feel their engineering is a step ahead of wolf etc. Same goes with refrigeration. If we have to build one more armoire cabinet for those sub zero 700 units I think I am going on vacation when it comes time to attach the panels to the front of them. What an engineering nightmare those things are.

[Esox_Magnum]

I agree with the Sub Zero PITA...... Don't think we have ever installed one yet that the panels fit right.... You would think a $5000+ fridge would be better thought out....

[PurpleFloyd]

It's only half bad when you have one by itself but when you have 2 side by side it is really a bugger. I had one customer a few years back that would not let me put a stile between the two units so they were right tight to each other no matter how hard i tried to convince her it was the best way to do it. My guess is she would change her mind if she was asked again.

[dougger222]

A good friend of mine has a Viking range. It's only a few years old and he's had to have it serviced on two occasions.

My wife is set on a Viking range. Luckily with a 5 year old house it won't be time for a kitchen remodel for a few years!

I'm trying to talk her into Thermador.