Posts Tagged ‘ge cafe appliances’
Cooking With Curto’s: Spaghetti All’Amatriciana
Kudos to my wife, who cooked this up on our Kitchen Aid dual fuel range. When’s lunch?!
The Roman favorite, spaghetti all'amatrciana
Theresa’s GE Cafe – GE Profile Kitchen – Larchmont, NY
The following kitchen is an example showing you don’t need to take out a second mortgage in order to fit a kitchen with beautiful, functional kitchen appliances. It also shows why GE Cafe appliances have been such a tremendous hit for the last few years…professional look yet easy on the wallet. Nice!
Appliances used in Theresa’s Larchmont kitchen:
- GE Cafe CGS980SEMSS 30″ gas range
- GE Profile PFCS1NFZSS 36″ French Door Refriegrator
- GE Profile 30″ Hood JV936DSS
- Bosch SHX45P05UC – SHX45L15UC dishwasher (Basically the same model…we own the L15UC and love it!)
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- The yellow paint and white cabinets lend a sense of airiness to the space, so much so that the large stainless fridge does not weigh down the kitchen.
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- The GE Profile PFCS1NFZSS French Door Fridge, the pivot point in Theresa’s kitchen.
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- A side view of Theresa’s kitchen. Note the counterdepth refrigerator side-profile. Great choice, as a standard-depth unit would have protruded too far into the kitchen.
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- Theresa paired the ultra-popular CGS980SEMSS GE Cafe gas range with a pro-style GE Profile hood. Most of the time people will combine this range with the GE Cafe microwave, but this hood definitely works within the kitchen’s design scheme.
Best Value Kitchen Appliance Packages: GE Profile Package
In the first installment we discussed the Frigidaire Gallery Series and the great value as a kitchen appliance package that it brings to the table.
Now we’re going to shift focus to GE. In the last 2 years, it seems all of the noise out of the GE camp has been about their Cafe line of appliances.
No doubt, Cafe has been one of the top success stories in two years of dreariness for the appliance industry. GE Cafe appliances boast pro styling, some pro functionality, and price points that won’t make most consumer pass out. However, lately I am recommending that people consider the GE Profile line as well. For less money than GE Cafe, you can receive many of the same benefits, albeit with a different look.
Let’s take a look at a GE Profile value package in stainless and compare the dollar outlay to GE Cafe.
30″ Gas range – PGS975SEPSS – The range offers convection cooking, deep recessed cooktop for easier cleaning, extra-large oven and a stacked burner which ranges from 18K BTU to 140BTU for a low simmer. It also offers self cleaning, glass touch controls and double coated racks that you can keep in the oven during self cleaning. Retail is $2649 ($300 less than the Cafe FREESTANDING unit).
GE Profile PGS975SEPSS gas range
Dishwasher – PDWT380RSS – If you want to save a few dolllars, GE Profile offers the PDWT380RSS which is also Enery Star qualified , offers the Smart dispense technology, and offers 4 wash cycles. The retail on the PDWT380RSS is $1099.
The GE Cafe CDWT980RSS dishwasher is $1449.
Free-Standing French Door Refrigerator – PFSS6PKXSS – This is a 26 cu ft French Door refrigerator with external ice/water dispenser. It is Energy Star rated, 36″ wide and 70″ high. It offers energy efficient LED lighting and a full-width drawer that maintains freshness and crispness. Retail is $2699. GE Cafe does not offer a freestanding french door refrigerator. Their counter depth unit has a retail price of $2999 retail.
GE Profile French Door Refigerator
Over the range microwave/hood – PVM1870SMSS – This combo micro/hood offers 1.8 cu ft of space and is powered by 1100 watts. This is NOT a convection micro. Retail is $569.
So total these up:
GE Profile Range – $2649
GE Profile dishwasher – $1249 (top of the line)
GE Profile French Door fridge – $2699
GE Profile micro/hood – $569
Total – $7166.
Then take $300 off for GE Combo rebate
Total – $6866
Keep in mind we are using retail prices. If you’re actually paying these numbers, you’re getting robbed!
GE Cafe CGS980SEMSS – Best Value, Lowest Price?
Had to do a post on this piece…while 2008-2009 proved to be tough shakes for appliance manufacturers, you can bet that the folks at GE Appliances are dancing a mad jig about the GE Cafe 30″ gas range – CGS980SEMSS. This gas range has proven to be an absolute rock star. GE actually couldn’t have timed the introduction any better – just as the economy was starting to slow up, here comes a cooking range which gives off a pro look, sports some pro features, but comes in THOUSANDS of dollars lower than other pro cooking appliances by brands I won’t name here. Look at the features:
- Self cleaning oven
- 18K BTU power burner and a 150F degree simmer burner
- PreciseAir convection system means accurately baked foods in a gas oven.
- Super-large capacity in the oven
- Warming drawer offers an addition 1.0 cu ft for baking 140 – 450 degrees.
GE Cafe CGS980SEMSS Gas Range at Curtos.com
Considering the MSRP on the CGS980SEMSS is $2899 and it typically sells in the mid-$2000 area (the price for the CGS980SEMSS is less than that at Curto’s) compare that with other 30″ gas ovens that are in the pro category. I won’t name names folks, you’ve been shopping around, so you know the models. The CGS980SEMSS reviews very well, also considering that customers have done nothing but rave about the piece.
The world of kitchen appliances may be bruised and battered, but there are a few pieces out there that have risen above the fray and prospered. Count the CGS980SEMSS as one of them.