silkee's Profile

We have this blue star but ours has a window and oven light. It is an absolutely fab stove. We have had 4 stoves in our 23 years of marriage and were fed up unto death with their shoddy workmanship and poor lifespan. This stove is quite expensive, but it is a joy to use. It is also easy to clean, with easily removable parts. We previously had a tough time cleaning the enamel burners of our junk GE stove, but this Blue Star has cast iron burners. If they are coated with crud because you haven't cleaned them in a dog's age, just pull them out, and wire brush (or even wire wheel them). Everything just pulls out of this stove. You can easily clean all the way down from the burners, or you can go in from below and work your way up. Parts slide out, lift up. The cooking surface is larger than the old stove. The top is flat and huge pans (20 qt pots etc) sit easily on the stovetop. Whereas the pans used to be crowded, the large pans play nicely with their neighbors on this stove top. The burner grates are nice and big. The top is flat so you can have a pan that goes all the way to the edge of the stove. You can just pull that center metal piece right off the stove, and drop it in the sink for scrubbing. A well thought out stove. Do you remember when your mom got her stove and it took 3 men to carry it in the house? Do you compare that to your present crap stove that your husband can pick up by himself? This one weighs a few hundred pounds, and you need 3 guys to get it in the house. Also, the burners have a lot of BTU power and can really cook up fast, if necessary.