Our 20+ year old Viking 6 burner gas stove is on its last legs. Oven doesn’t heat accurately (oven thermometer and last Thanksgiving’s raw turkey proved it). Gas burners give off an enormous amount of heat even when using just 1-2 burners. Haven’t bought one in years. Liked GE Monogram (this was also 20 years ago). Interested to hear from people who have purchased one recently. Did you choose “dual fuel”? Any particular brand you recommend? Thanks everyone.
If you can, ditch the stove and get a separate oven and cooktop. When one goes kaput, it does not have to pull the other into the grave with it. For cooktops (and ovens) I highly recommend Miele, Thermador, and Kitchenaid.
Thanks BunsenBurner! Unfortunately space (NYC apartment) is limited but I used to have that set up when I lived in the suburbs and it was really nice! Appreciate the brand recommendations. It’s been so long since I bought one of these I forgot about Miele etc. 
Kitchen Aid, Wolf or Dacor.
Have you tried to repair the stove?Mine was doing that, not heating well. I needed a new burner and repairing it was a fraction of replacing it. It was a very easy fix.
If you can’t do a separate oven and stove, dual fuel is the way to go. Gas is the ideal cooktop fuel, and electricity is best for ovens.
I’ve only had a GE Monogram refrigerator, and hated it, so I would not be inclined to buy one of their ranges.
We currently have a Viking, but really liked the Thermador we had in the previous house. It had a simmer feature, so we didn’t need a flame tamer.
I also have a GE Monogram refrigerator–hate it, but love our Kitchenaid dishwasher!
As for are 15 yr old Viking range, mixed reviews. They are temperamental, but look amazing, and at 10k new I am loathe to get rid of it. I recently replaced burner plates, griddle cover and back splash (looks like new). I have had the electric oven go out twice, but no problems with the gas burners. I ended up fixing the oven myself both times, once it was a shorted out wire from a spill, the other time a thermostat replacement part. Yours may be needing a burner adjustment or replacement (youtube has lots of videos on appliance repairs).
Thanks all. Yes it may make more sense to get it fixed if that’s possible. DH “recalibrated” it but I tried to make cookies and they took 5x as long to be done.
I have dual fuel and love it. I bake and cook quite a bit and I think it is an ideal set-up. I’ve been very happy with Thermador but it is not a recent purchase.
I have a GE profile Duel fuel and I love it! We bought one for our first house and loved it so much the first thing I did in the second house was to get one. I love to bake with electric but like gas on top for cooking. It has a baking drawer on the bottom which is nice in lieu of a second oven. It is an actually baking drawer (can bake in it) rather than a warming drawer that many ovens have. However, over the years I have found I cook more and more and if I really could do it over again I’d purchase one of those massive (and impressive) Wolf stoves/ovens that you see on all the design shows.
I have the big Wolf dual fuel range and love it. The only thing I would reconsider is my choice of a grill or griddle. I ordered 6 burners and a grill and found that I don’t ever use the grill. Grilling anything with fat causes flame ups and smoke even with a high CFM vent fan.
Those ranges are real work horses. I used to do a lot of baking and found the ovens to really hold even heat.
I’ve only had dual fuel and been very happy. Thermador has been my choice in 2 kitchens.
Definitely recommend dual fuel if the budget can stand it. Unfortunately dual fuel costs about as much as buying a separate oven and cooktop, though.
We currently have 10 year old Dacor dual convection ovens and they’ve been very reliable, although we don’t use them all that often (maybe a couple times a month). One broken door spring has been the only repair, and temp setting was accurate from the factory.
We have a Viking gas rangetop like OP and have never been happy with it. The igniters were crap out of the box and despite many replacements and an updated part (2-3 replacements under warranty, a couple on our dime post-warranty) they remain crap. If I had a do-over, I’d have gotten a Wolf rangetop instead.
High end builders here in my neck of the woods avoid using Viking. It is Wolf or Thermador, or more upscale ones go with Miele or Gaggenau. The notch below construction gets Bosch or Kitchenaid.
I had a Thermador dual fuel range in my last house and loved it. But you have to find out if you are able to run a heavy duty dedicated electric line to accommodate the electric oven. I was not able to do that in the condo I live in now, so I had to stick with all gas.
I was going to say the same thing. An electric oven typically requires its own 220V, 30-50 amp circuit.
Here’s the latest: I told DH I was going to call a Viking repairman and he sprung into action (ok – he read a thread I found on Houzz about how to fix this issue). He has now ordered new ignitors and plans to install them himself (he’s very good at fixing things). If it works, we’ll save almost $500. I’ll keep everyone posted!
Sounds like a great plan! Appliances can be a pain in the rear end.
Two posters said they don’t like their GE Monogrqm fridge. I love mine. He don’t u like yours?
Would you consider induction? Heats as fast as gas, easy to clean (stuff does not get baked on to surface), more efficient than electric or gas. Our induction cooktop is Miele.