Anyone has Miele kitchen appliances?

Casa2 · Apr 28, 2008 11:25 pm

jamiet,

Did I read correctly, you went for 2 pyrolitic ovens?

I've heard of people going for two ovents, but how often do both get used?

Cheers,
Casa

to_do_list · Apr 29, 2008 12:09 am

Kevin Brown

martyme

By the time we added in the Induction hotplate, BBQ grill, Steam oven, Coffee machine & Plate warmer even with 7.5% Miele discount we are still up for nearly 20k. Originally when we submitted our wish list to the builder they wanted to charge us 22k for only the Oven, Steam oven, Gas hotplate, Rangehood & Coffee machine! This mean't that not only where they proposing to charge us close a 20% premium to upgrade to Miele appliances but they would also pocket the Miele discount as well!

After much haggling and threatening to take our business elswhere they finally agreed to the Miele appliances at regular retail + Miele discount. Altough they will charge $150 for the installation of each additional appliance other than the oven, rangehood and hotplate.

As to why we wish to spend so much I guess it comes down to the fact that my wife loves cooking and spends hours in the kitchen so hopefully she will get the full benefit of this gear and of course it means that she cannot begrudge me my Home Theatre!!!!

I sent my wife on a holiday to melb markets, and I got a new computer :roll:

Gotta love subtle humor....

'chelle · Apr 29, 2008 12:21 am

Casa2

jamiet,

Did I read correctly, you went for 2 pyrolitic ovens?

I've heard of people going for two ovents, but how often do both get used?

Cheers,
Casa

We're going for 2 ovens, or a double (but I don't think our budget will stretch to 1 pyrolitic, let alone 2). My reasoning is as follows.....we sometimes need extra oven volume (eg when DH cooks a roast), but for every day use, we will only need one oven. So rather than buying a 900mm oven and heating up all that extra space all the time, I'll only heat up that volume when I actually need it. That's our reasoning, anyway.

Cheers

jamiet · Apr 29, 2008 4:58 pm

Casa2

jamiet,

Did I read correctly, you went for 2 pyrolitic ovens?

I've heard of people going for two ovents, but how often do both get used?

Cheers,
Casa

I don't know. The boss and her mum wanted it :shock:

alabaster · Apr 29, 2008 11:19 pm

'chelle

We're going for 2 ovens, or a double (but I don't think our budget will stretch to 1 pyrolitic, let alone 2). My reasoning is as follows.....we sometimes need extra oven volume (eg when DH cooks a roast), but for every day use, we will only need one oven. So rather than buying a 900mm oven and heating up all that extra space all the time, I'll only heat up that volume when I actually need it. That's our reasoning, anyway.

Cheers

It's good reasoning! My wife wanted a double oven, whereas I was leaning to a 700mm one - saying we didn't need the extra 20 or so litres. But I'm glad she got her way:

1. A wall oven is much friendlier on our backs, and we don't get a faceful of steam bending over an open underbench oven

2. As you say, we can heat up different "sizes" of space depending on what we're cooking

3. We can use the smaller one as a plate warmer independently of the temp in the main oven.

gettingThere · Mar 29, 2009 11:13 pm

$20k

I just want a decent rangehood, gas cooktop, and electric oven. How much would these three be? 15k? God, I wish I had an unlimited budget

gettingThere · Apr 05, 2009 10:14 pm

Do all Miele ovens come with the self cleaning option?

championboxer · May 15, 2009 5:02 am

reviving this thread as my wife (the chef in the family) is thinking of miele appliances..

i like to seek those who have Miele appliances in their homes...
(1) Which of the following appliances will you give priority for a Miele?
- Oven
- Cooktop
- Dishwasher
- Rangehood

Thanks!

Daz7 · May 15, 2009 12:17 pm

We had dilemmas choosing their oven, as we needed a 900mmm wide version and the Miele version wasn't all that great (their 600mm versions are pretty good however). I'm not a fan of their gas hotplates and can't see why I'd pay a premium over anything else and have an issue that the their induction hotplates require suitable saucepans.

We did however go with Miele's Refrigerator, dishwasher, combi oven (this is really good) and their nespresso built-in coffee machine. We went with Ilve for main oven/hotplates (a combi stainless unit) and rangehood and we can't be happier.

championboxer · May 15, 2009 12:24 pm

thanks Daz....

anyone else? and usually how much can we knock off the RRP price for Miele appliances?

Daz7 · May 15, 2009 1:19 pm

championboxer

and usually how much can we knock off the RRP price for Miele appliances?

You'll only get a percentage off the price if Miele have a buy X amount get X off promo. Miele have a price fixing policy that I'm sure isn't kosher.

FWIW I ran the line with the places we went to that whilst they couldn't discount the Miele stuff we were still purchasing items worth quite a high dollar value and that I expected that to be looked at favourably with the non Miele items purchased (and that was a sink, tap, Through counter waste bin and a Zip hot/cold filtered water tap). Think we got a $1200 tap for free on top of the rebate we were getting from Miele.

We purchased the Ilve oven and rangehood from a discount place that had an opening sale on them, the other retailers couldn't come near on this price no matter what else we purchased.

championboxer · May 15, 2009 2:06 pm

daz - are u in WA?

championboxer · May 15, 2009 9:51 pm

i'm heading to the Miele gallery tomorrow... any one need any info?

Daz7 · May 15, 2009 10:39 pm

championboxer

daz - are u in WA?

na, nsw

Boris T Bear · May 16, 2009 12:49 am

We have a miele gas cooktop, oven and a Qasar rangehood, and are very happy with all of them.
Miele no longer make the cooktop we have but the 24034 is the closest to it.
We do a fair bit of wok cooking and prefer gas. The only complaint is the weight of the iron trivets makes cleaning them an exercise in bodybuilding.
The new models seem to have lighter trivets.

http://www.miele.com.au/au/domestic/pro ... _24034.htm

The miele oven is great. It is so well insulated that the glass door generates very little heat. No chance of accidently burning oneself.
And the lining of the oven, and the oven trays use this "perfectclean' enamel which is fantastic!

We'd definitely go with Miele ovens and cooktops in the future, despite their price.

Miele has a very good showroom in South Melbourne.

The Qasar rangehood is fantastic and would recommend it over a Miele rangehood.

championboxer · May 16, 2009 12:56 am

Boris T Bear

We have a miele gas cooktop, oven and a Qasar rangehood, and are very happy with all of them.
Miele no longer make the cooktop we have but the 24034 is the closest to it.
We do a fair bit of wok cooking and prefer gas. The only complaint is the weight of the iron trivets makes cleaning them an exercise in bodybuilding.
The new models seem to have lighter trivets.

http://www.miele.com.au/au/domestic/pro ... _24034.htm

The miele oven is great. It is so well insulated that the glass door generates very little heat. No chance of accidently burning oneself.
And the lining of the oven, and the oven trays use this "perfectclean' enamel which is fantastic!

We'd definitely go with Miele ovens and cooktops in the future, despite their price.

Miele has a very good showroom in South Melbourne.

The Qasar rangehood is fantastic and would recommend it over a Miele rangehood.

thanks!! which Qasar rangehood is this? A relative recommended Qasar as well

championboxer · May 16, 2009 8:54 pm

gettingThere

Do all Miele ovens come with the self cleaning option?

learnt quite a bit about their ovens this morning at the Miele Gallery...

about your question... Its an optional item in regards to the self cleaning. Meaning, you can choose ovens without this function. The price difference is approx $1k.

i think we are tuned towards:
(a) Oven - Miele
(b) Steam Oven - Miele
(c) Dishwasher - Miele or Asko (have not seen Asko yet)
(d) Cooktop - likely not to be a Miele
(e) Rangehood - likely to be a QASAR

Boris T Bear · May 16, 2009 10:31 pm

championboxer

Boris T Bear

We have a miele gas cooktop, oven and a Qasar rangehood, and are very happy with all of them.
Miele no longer make the cooktop we have but the 24034 is the closest to it.
We do a fair bit of wok cooking and prefer gas. The only complaint is the weight of the iron trivets makes cleaning them an exercise in bodybuilding.
The new models seem to have lighter trivets.

http://www.miele.com.au/au/domestic/pro ... _24034.htm

The miele oven is great. It is so well insulated that the glass door generates very little heat. No chance of accidently burning oneself.
And the lining of the oven, and the oven trays use this "perfectclean' enamel which is fantastic!

We'd definitely go with Miele ovens and cooktops in the future, despite their price.

Miele has a very good showroom in South Melbourne.

The Qasar rangehood is fantastic and would recommend it over a Miele rangehood.

thanks!! which Qasar rangehood is this? A relative recommended Qasar as well

We got the LCM 1500 Federation rangehood. Its a BIG rangehood. 1500mm wide. It is wonderful.
Qasair have an amazing range (forgive the pun) of rangehoods.
We looked at the range of Qasairs at Elite Appliances in Canterbury Rd, Surrey Hills, Victoria.
But we got a discount through a relative who is an architect, from Buy Rite in Richmond. This was about 5 years ago.

"The LCM rangehood is made with the switches underneath and the standard maximum height is 500mm. single
motor rangehood has 3 switches, twin & triple motor rangehood has 5 switches. the rangehood is available with
1, 2 or 3 motors."

http://www.qasair.com.au/images/spec_sh ... ec_Fed.pdf

Paddy05 · May 17, 2009 12:39 pm

We have the Miele range hood. It is 600mm as we only have a 600mm cooktop. The range hood is fantastic. VERY quiet and efficient. Our kitchen is open plan so a noisy range hood would drive us crazy. I can't fault it. We bought it around November I think, so it would be a recent design.

The trick with a range hood is to make sure that the big tube thing that runs through the centre of the unit is as straight as possible so that the air doesn't have to bump around in the unit. Ours is ducted outside which makes a big difference too.

gettingThere · May 17, 2009 12:48 pm

Paddy05

We have the Miele range hood. It is 600mm as we only have a 600mm cooktop. The range hood is fantastic. VERY quiet and efficient. Our kitchen is open plan so a noisy range hood would drive us crazy. I can't fault it. We bought it around November I think, so it would be a recent design.

The trick with a range hood is to make sure that the big tube thing that runs through the centre of the unit is as straight as possible so that the air doesn't have to bump around in the unit. Ours is ducted outside which makes a big difference too.

What happens with two storey houses? :cry:

I've still got no idea how the tube ting is going to be "redirected" :::