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South Bend is about 80 miles into Indiana, but Schaumburg is in the NW suburbs, so you have to factor in another hour or more on the Chicago freeways. The Bolingbrook store would be closer anyway, that's further south in the west suburbs.
There's definitely an art to baking bread in a convection oven, I haven't mastered it but I'm not sure how good the convection fan is in my DCS range. I have been using it for the first part of baking fruit pies lately.
I'm tempted to try turning it down to 275-300 and see how it does then.
A deck oven is kind of a convection oven on steroids, but I've never had a chance to use one of those, either.
My older son's house has a Fisher and Paykel dual wall oven, it's got more cooking cycles than I've got fingers.
I found this range. It does not appear to have a sealed burner but it would fit ANYWHERE!
I had a Fisher Paykel washer and dryer years ago. The dryer had an Easter egg and when buttons were pressed in a certain sequence it would play the theme from Star Wars.
I got a look at the DCS. I cannot quite tell how the oven controls work. I note that there are knobs, but the pictures do not show how the oven displays temperature, etc.
It's a nice looking range, but it would definitely be a splurge.
I'll check out the Thor.
Two people reviewing the ThorKitchen commented that the knobs and front get hot when the oven is on.
I do like the idea of not having to deal with electronic pads.
I was able to find some additional information at a dealer site. Apparently, the oven dial glows white while the oven is preheating, then it turns to orange when it is at temperature. On the self-clean cycle, it is red. They have a video of it here:
I do not know if that limits where the oven can be set. That is not an issue for me, but my husband grumbles if he cannot set it to 340 for some of his roasting.
Cass's information about the Thor brand is fascinating. I wonder where the name has been hiding all these years, or if it has been resurrected by another company. I note that Home Depot claims to sell the Thor Kitchen, but it must be ordered. When I looked at the Thor Kitchen home page, they did not have a lot of distributers, and the customer care page appears to be under construction. All of that does not fill me with hope.
There is a lot of "merging" stuff in the oven market.
Thermador is owned by B/S/H, which I think is Bosch
JennAir is owned by Whirlpool
Viking has a new owner (do not recall the name)
Wolf is with Sub ZeroAt any rate, my head is spinning.
The Fisher and Paykel 30-inch dual fuel is about $2000 less than the DCS, which puts it in the medium price range for dual fuel ranges. I find it odd that the 36-inch model has the same sized oven as the 30-inch model. Those ovens are 3.6 cubic feet as opposed to 4.0 for the DCS. However, I cannot find any interior measurements for the F&P.
Abt, outside of Chicago, has the F&P on its website, so I assume it is a dealer. With certain models, through June 30, they are giving away a free ventilating hood (looks rather industrial). If parts have to come from New Zealand, however, that could take a while and become expensive rather quickly.
The DCS dealer is in South Bend, so that would be closer.
Note: The few reviews on F&P that I could find were not positive.
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