Door Skin

Handle

Kick Plate

         Glass

Large oven on the 48” range

Start temp 79.5 ° F internal temp. The oven was set to

350 ° F

The average temperature after 59:59 minuets was

350.1° F

Simply Amazingly Accurate

It’s a myth that gas ovens don't cook evenly or have big temperature swings

(well for some gas ovens anyway)

After 3 full cycles

Timer Running

Start of average Temp

Total Run Time

Over All Average Temp

The heat up time to

350° F was only

09:57

min : sec

When cooking in an Electric or Gas oven you should let the oven cycle 3 full times before commencing cooking, this will give you the average ambient internal temperature of 350 ° F.

In this very simple but telling test we took water from a start temperature of 73.9° F to boiling temperature of 212° F. 

Test Criteria  & Equipment

9 1/2” CIA stock Pot

1 Gallon of Water

Start Temp 73.9° F  +/- 1° F

End Temp 212 ° F

Lid Removed From Pot

Fluke 51 Series 2

J probe

The results are clear, the Capital Culinarian series Open Burner Range out performed the Bluestar open burner, Dacor sealed burner and the Wolf semi- sealed burner with ease.

NOTE.....All the above tests were carried on on the large burners of each range.

This test was carried out to establish which broiler can produce the highest temperature from the top rack position.  The reason I chose the highest rack position was because broiling time should be fast and ideally  the food is placed  as close to the broiler as possible for searing or melting.

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”

Wolf All Gas Semi Open Burner Range 36”

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”

Bluestar 60”

Test Criteria & Equipment

Highest rack position

J Plate position center of the rack

Door Wide Open

Temperature taken after 15:00 mins

Fluke 51 Series 2

J Plate

In this test it became apparent the Dacor is seriously underpowered and the Wolf’s highest rack is way too low, the Bluestar has a powerful broiler but was just piped at the post by the Capital Culinarian Broiler. capital-culinarian.com

Plate Temperature

This test shows the time it takes for the Capital Culinarian burners to boil 1 gallon of water from a standing start of 75°  F to a boiling point of 212° F.

Test Criteria & Equipment

9.5” Diameter Pan (CIA)

1 Gallon of Water

Start Temp    75 ° F

End Temp     212 ° F

Fluke 51 series 2

J Probe

J Plate

In this test we boiled 1 gallon of water (212° F) then added 1 lb. of pasta.  We are trying to find the recovery time back to 212° F. 

1 x 9 1/2’ Stock Pot

1 Gallon of boiling water

1 lb Pasta

1 Tbs Oil

Large pinch salt

Fluke 51 series 2

J Probe

Again the results speak for themselves, the Capital Culinarian Range recovered back to a roiling boil faster than the Wolf or the Dacor after 1 lb of pasta was added to the stock pot.

Overall the Capital Culinarian range beats the Bluestar, Wolf and Dacor by nearly 4 minutes on the Bluestar and 8 minutes on the other two.  Could we all wait a 4 or 8 minutes for pasta to be ready for the kids?  Sure we could, but we don't have to with the Capital Culinarian Range or Cooktop.

9:58 mins to boil water

37:9 sec to recover back to a boil

10.0 mins to cook the pasta

Total time to cook 1lb of pasta

20:35 mins

TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN EUROSTOVES COOKING SCHOOL, ON OUR LIVE UNITS WE USE FOR OUR COOKING CLASSES.

**The only test not carried out in the cooking school was  the outside temp test of the V1 Bluestar which was carried out in a private home**

Possibly one of the most asked questions is...... “how fast does the oven reach 350 ° F.

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”

Wolf All Gas Semi Open Burner Range 36”

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”

Bluestar 60” Range

In this test I try to show how efficient the Open Burners are, and how inefficient Sealed Burners are. I used the mid size burners on the Capital, Bluestar and Dacor and the high burner on the Wolf, so the Btu ‘s were matched as close as possible.

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”

Wolf All Gas Semi Open Burner Range 36”

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”

Bluestar 60” Range

Test Equipment

1 x Circular Temperature Jig

1 x CIA Saucepan 6 1/2” diameter

Fluke 51 series 2

Temp taken after 1 minute

J setting

Capital Culinarian

In the above set of tests it is clear that the Capital Culinarian won the day, with Bluestar coming in second, Dacor and then Wolf in last place.

ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO OPEN BURNER RANGES AND COOKTOPS

Bluestar

Dacor   

Wolf

Call Eurostoves for pricing and further

details

Toll Free........866-558-0007

Email.......capital@capital-culinarian.com

Test Kit

In this test I show that direct heat and superior power to the base of the Wok makes a huge difference, whilst I can not show you the actual wok cooking in a test I can show the amount of heat that is directed to the base of the Wok.

I racked my brain for days trying to come up with a comparison test that show the actual heat to the pan. In the end I came up with putting 1/4 cup of water in a 16” Wok then turning the burner full. I recored the amount of time it took for the water to evaporate completely.

One of the most impressive areas of this test is the temperature of the handle after 3 mins

Test equipment

1 x 16” wok

1/4 cup of water

Timer

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”                   2:48    min/sec         

Bluestar 60”                                                        3:23    min/sec

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”                                           4:46    min/sec

Wolf All Gas 36”                                                 5:33    min/sec

As a side test (that is not included in the overall results below). I compared the Capital Culinarian 23k btu burner with the Bluestar 22k btu burner.

CAPITAL CULINARIAN

23k Btu Large Burner

BLUESTAR

22k Btu Large Burner.

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”

Bluestar 60” Range

Test Equipment

1 x Circular Temperature Jig

1 x Fissler Saucepan 7 1/2” diameter

Fluke 51 series 2

Temp taken after 1 minute

J setting

Another simple test cooking cookies. Cookies has to be one of the most home made baked goods in the world.

Ranges

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”

Wolf All Gas Semi Open Burner Range 36”

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”

Bluestar 60” Range

Test Criteria

Oven Set at 350° F.

Started cooking after 15 mins

Cooking time 13 mins.

No Rotation during cooking.

Convection NOT used.

CAPITAL CULINARIAN

BLUESTAR

DACOR

WOLF

UNDERSIDE

CAPITAL        BLUESTAR               DACOR               WOLF

Overall Result

All the cookies looked very evenly cooked on the top from back to front and side to side. The Wolf cookies were slightly darker.  The Capital, Bluestar and Dacor cookies all looked very similar. When it comes to the underside that’s a different story, the Wolf Cookies were noticeably darker and in my opinion a little overdone.

From a score perspective I give the Capital, Bluestar and Dacor joint first with Wolf second due to the underside.

In this test I was looking to find out the temperature of the wok handle after having the burner on full for 3 mins.

The results below reflect a major safety issue. The Capital handle after test was remarkably cool and easy to touch and lift without protection. Where as the other ranges could result in skin burns..............

Capital Culinarian Open Burner 48”                   84.8°  Degrees F   

Bluestar 60”                                                       121°    Degrees F 

Dacor Duel Fuel 48”                                           131°    Degrees F

Wolf All Gas 36”                                                 135°    Degrees F

NOT ONLY HOTTER WOK COOKING

BUT

SAFER TO USE

25 = Top

of Door TEMP

**Bluestar Range V1 2010 model**

(Painted)

Capital Culinarian Range

(Stainless Steel)

High Temp 102.4°         Low Temp 78.2°

          Average Temp 82.01°

High Temp 175.1°         Low Temp 83.7°

          Average Temp 119.89°

Oven set at 350° Temperature taken after 1 hour

Drip Tray