Review of Zline 48” stove
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- I’ve had this Zline since spring of 2021 and have had and used it for more than 6mo. I love it but wish for a few improvements. I don’t regret it’s purchase but just don’t expect super gourmet stove. Otherwise excellent quality.
You need to adjust the low setting on your burners. It takes a VERY small, long screwdriver. They call for a 1 mm flat screwdriver. I ordered one from Amazon that said it was 1 mm in diameter but I still had to grind it down to get it into the hole which is in the shaft of each knob. This will help significantly for lowering the burner flame but the small burner will still simmer kind of hot. I cook perfect rice by starting the water to boil on a large burner, putting the rice in, bringing back to a boil, stirring and then putting the covered pot on the smallest burner on the lowest setting for 14 minutes. Cooks perfectly with no scorching. BTW, I have the 46" cooktop version with no oven. info on adjusting the burners was in my owners manual.
I’ll look into adjusting them TY
I have since done this and been much happier
@@BlondeBell89 ok good, this is a must when setting up initially.
ZLINE stoves come with the adjusting screwdriver
@@BlondeBell89 I called zline and they sent me the screw driver to adjust the flame for free. Very happy now that I have adjusted my flame!
ALL of the burners can be adjusted to the lowest simmer possible. It comes with a special screwdriver that is used to adjust the flame. It has a yellow handle, and you turn the burner on, lower it to the lowest setting, and remove the knob. Insert the screwdriver into the hole in the hole in the center of the knob holder, turn the screwdriver until it you feel it fit into the adjustment screw. Then turn the screwdriver either counter-clockwise or clockwise, and you can adjust the simmer flame down as low as you like. If it gets too low, then the flame will go out. You just relight the eye, and adjust the flame back to the lowest level that will stay on. The instruction booklet walks you through on how to adjust each of your eyes. The oven may not be calibrated to the temp, but I bought a digital thermometer, and even the oven can be easily calibrated to the correct temp. I do bake a lot, and on any oven I have had, I always use a digital temp probe that connects to an external monitor. The front glass on your oven easily slips out for cleaning, so nothing is trapped in that cannot be removed. I have had Wolf & Viking ranges, and my Zline cooks just as well as those, but for less money. Please find you book that came with the range, and it will explain how to adjust your burners, and I have NEVER had any convection oven, gas or electric, that I did not have to rotate thing in the oven at the half way mark.
Zline sent me a tool to adjust burners and they work amazing now. They also told me about tool for between glass cleaning of the doors :) and I feel with the rotating. It doesn’t bother me I’ll look into a probe I just have a meat probe
It was SO EASY to adjust the flame on each burner. So glad I found this video and the remedy in the comments below.
Love the review
Wish there were more like this! Real reviews without the glossed over corporate reviews.
This really gives the review of after one year and what they go thru on regular wear and tear
Thank you
The oven fan is so loud! You explained it very well, Thank You! For those reading this the fan makes it's noise and you can't get rid of it.
I was stressed that this video was so long. But it was exactly what I needed to watch! Thank you for taking the time to review, very detailed! 👏🏽
" Stressed because it was so Long"... seek Mental help quickly .. get help now..
Thankyou for spending the time showing the zline. I couldn’t find any dealer that had it in the showroom.
I love my zline… with exception of the fan noise😱& the edges that get food in between 😱 I just take a knife and wet rag to slowly get out…Grateful for this awesome video!
The fan you hear is not the round convection oven fan you hear, It is a squirrel cage fan to cool off the top of the oven because little to no insulation exist on topside so air is drawn on the top slit next to your back gas eyes - all the way across. The fan prevents your wires from being fried like the ignitors and it exahust just above the knobs. You can see all of this if you take off the top cover.
Just in case you don’t know don’t changethe caps of the brass burners they are rated to heat differently , also Fantastik cleans the porcelain top beautifully. Also I think that double burner is for a wok.
Great review, I'm getting ready to finally install my 36 inch dual fuel dura snow zline in are new kitchen. I'll do a video as well in about 3 months. Thanks so much for sharing your experience.
How did you like it? Was hoping to see a review on your channel : ) Looking at the same model now.
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I think it's pretty awesome. The grates are top notch. I upgraded to brass burners and I adjusted all the burners and now you can really dial this stove in.
If I had anything bad to say I would say I wish the pull out trays in oven pulled out farther and I wish the glass was bigger to see in better
Good luck with your choice
What amp breaker do you have your 36” range on the manual is conflicting ? TIA. Mike.
@michaelryckeghem2143 I believe I put it on a 40amp but I can confirm later
Thank you. We agree with everything you said. Well done!
Excellent review - thank you! We just bought a farm house that has the same model gas range and your detailed review was most helpful on what to watch for.
You have to post set your low burn point after you install the burners. The range came with a small tool 🔧 for calibrating your low-burn point for each burner. Your flames are too yellow and are burning with too much oxygen flow. Fyi.
I will check this out
I have a couple of suggestions for you. Get one of those mats for the bottom of the oven for splatters and spills. They work wonders and makes for easier cleaning. It looks like you could take apart the oven door to clean that by just taking out a couple of screws. I'd call first and see if you could get it serviced by a technician or do it after your warranty is out. I think you could add a piece of oven gasket material there as well. If there is no gasket at the bottom either, you could get something to push or pull a rag through to clean it. Maybe some wire and a thin rag. You could even spray something in it too.
Zline saw this post and told me about a special tool they have to clean between the glass :) I’ll look into oven matts but elbow grease has worked well
Thank you for the in-depth review and the revisit. Super helpful!
I stumbled across your channel & found it to be VERY informative. I will be shopping for a range this year for a kitchen remodel. Thank you for the great content! BTW....I wanted comment on your kitchen which is a big pet peeves of mine. Especially when installs a beautiful range in there kitchen is why in the HE 2x hockey sticks they don't include a pot filler in the design! I noticed it briefly in the background when you were shooting! YOU DID IT RIGHT! 😁🥳 From what I've seen it looks GORGEOUS! A 1,000 THANK YOUS AGAIN! 🙏
I almost didn’t install a pot filler. I live on a well and usually use filtered water for cooking. But I fill the filter with the pot filler. I wanted a rack for pots
But thank you for your comment! I do love it
Thank you for your honest review! Very helpful.
Just an FYI to add to this, apparently they just did a MAJOR recall on many of these ovens!! "LINE has become aware that the oven component of select gas-on-gas ranges can emit dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) while in use, posing a serious risk of injury or death from carbon monoxide poisoning." Please check your model and confirm this is not an issue with your model. The recall says all 48" regardless of color are. go to zline / recalls (For the double ovens recalled its models: RGB-48, RG48, RGS-48)
Mine is a duel fuel and isn’t on the recall. But ty for letting me know
I would swap out that griddle for another burner grate so you can place an oval dutch oven over it for stews.
To clean between the edge and porcelain. Use a butter knife with the end covered with your damp dishrag and run it in the space.
Thanks also for answering my question about the blue light:)
Good review, on the gap between the stainless and the cook top. I ended up buying automotive high temp 500+ degrees silicone gasket and put a bead all the way around.
Thank you for such an in depth review! Hard to find and they don’t carry Zline in store to see before purchase in my area
They don’t in my area either. I took a chance and this one is definitely beautiful and well made
Hi, just ran across your channel and really appreciate you doing the review of your zline, I've been on the fence because I've read as many derogatory reviews as good, I am replacing a 23 year old Garland which I still love but can't get parts anymore or they're very hard to find and my oven is broken and I bake a lot. Looking forward to more content on your channel. 🙂
Thanks a lot for this. Very helpful.
So I have the 48
Takes forever ( even using the high bake ) to pre heat
The back burns while front and middle raw
Door hangs crooked… heats up kitchen !! So that could be a problem to these issues. But no help from zline
It took literally 3 hours to bake 8 baked potatoes
I’m so disappointed
I was assured that this would fit my needs
I cook
I bake
I can
What’s a girl to do
Man I’m sorry mine isn’t that bad. Maybe something isn’t right with the door or the oven. Zline was helpful to me when they reached out to resend me stuff to adjust my burners. Maybe try emailing support or call someone to service the oven.
Any luck? I seriously had no service issues and I bake a lot and I just did a whole pan of roasted red potatoes in under an hour yesterday. There must be something wrong
Where are your draw pulls? i am distracted by this
I added some vinyl clear wrap to the piece that will scratch, also added a liner around the grates from amazon that I cut into sections. Hopefully this will combat some of the issues that you talked about. Also that glass can be easily removed for cleaning.
where did you get the vinyl clear wrap? is it heat proof?
Is this the double convection gas ? And is it Dual fuel?
That one your talking about being to high is made foe works that's why the great is smaller
Wow! You could cook for a small army 🥧🦃🥧
Happy Thanksgiving Heather 🍁🍂🍁
I went with a slightly different setup of ZLine products. I have the 48 inch gas cooktop built in the island. Cooking with gas can be challenging at times and takes getting used to. Having the different size burners like that was a new experience for me and takes some getting used to. Overall, I love my cooktop. Ended up going with the double wall oven. Haven't used both yet but that is coming this weekend. What I'm curious about is what is that opening at the back of the cooktop?
Pick up a can of brass-o to clean the brass fittings
$4000 or more stove you think it be done correctly just saying.
I love cooking and having the broil be so low would get me on turkey 🦃 day and fan on bothersome hate noise.
Burner grill they should of even the heat out a bit .
Ps when cooking to save on scratching stove top I put down Saran wrap and a piece of aluminum foil saves the day hey when you spending money you like stuff to last.
How do you clean the gaps on the stovetop of this range. I have the Zline and there are no instructions in the manual for how to get those little tiny food crumbs that get in the gaps on the stove.
It’s not easy. I use a cake poker with paper towel or like Lysol wipes.
Thank you
That vent in the back is for the ovens not the burners. It lets the heat escape the ovens
GREAT REVIEW THANK YOU!!!
I have the same one, the griddle sucks!!!! We need a class action lawsuit for a 7k range. It doesn’t heat evenly at all. Biggest mistake straying away my other brand
Thanks for the review, would you mind posting an update on this?
It’s a great stove. I haven’t changed my opinion about things. I still have same likes and dislikes. Customer service was good. I figured out how to change flame intensity per burner. Still super happy
I don't know why people use the big burner for low heat.the propose of smallest burner is for lower heat and maybe laboratory test tube.
When I have a giant pot of something I don’t like moving it around for diff heat levels. I prefer the big burner especially now that it has been adjusted to have a lower flame setting because it has two rings of flame for better spread of the heat on the bottom of a larger pan. Sometimes the small burner or even the large single burner isn’t as even on a large pot. But hey we can all cook how we prefer ;)
Great job, we ordered ours and I ordered the brass and durasnow. So I’m really glad to watch your review. I know there is a way to lower the flame. We had to do that with another stove. I’ll ask the guy who’s putting the stove in to help with because you have to a a special screwdriver.
My Viking had that gap too. A butter knife with a wipe wrapped on it helped me clean out gaps crap.
I also had a cutting board made to go on top of the griddle so when it was not in use, I really used that to put things and had a place to set spoons.
Ugh about the burnt pancakes.
Did you order the WOK burner? It’s out of stock now, but I’d love to get that.
Your kitchen looks beautiful. We heard that you can clean it by turning the temp up. The reason it’s not self cleaning, no lock. (Safety issue with kids around) So if you have a day without the kids, try turning it up. Let it clean itself up and see how it does.
I don’t have the wok attachment but I bought a flat bottom carbon steel wok so I didn’t need it.
Glad the review helped. It is a beautiful well made oven.
I’ve not needed to clean the oven yet. I wipe it out after use. But I did get a comment from Zline saying I could get a tool from them to clean between the glass on the door
Thanks so much for the extensive review - it is quite helpful! We just bought this stove recently and were surprised at how brief the "users manual" is - it really does not explain the stove functions all that well. Your review here has been very useful in that regard. One thing we still don't understand it the interaction between the oven(s) and the little blue light. It seems to come on when you turn on the oven, but even when the target temperature is reaches (as indicated by our oven thermometer) the light does not seem to go out. Do you know if that is normal, or does yours work differently (i.e. does the light indicate that the oven has reached the target temperature)??? Thanks for any help you can be regarding this question, and again, great video!
I believe the light just means it’s actively heating. When it’s out it’s either at or just above set temp so it’s stopping heating. The light should mean the heating element is on.
I read that the blue light shuts off when it reaches the set temp
Great review. How bad is the fan noise? We had a Kitchen Aid and the noise drove me nuts!! Does the fan turn off as soon as you turn it off or stay on until it cools down? In my experience the gas ovens have poor temperature control, the electric has much better temp control.
Thank you for the review.
The fan does turn off when the oven is off.
Does the stainless steel cover on the front of your stove right below the doors get insanely hot?
No.
First off thank you for the detailed review because it’s one thing to be able to see it in person but another to know how it’s performed 6 months to a year later. From what I researched about the autograph 48in Zline is the uneven heating oven and griddle/skillet, and that theirs not a lot of service techs even in bigger cities that’ll agree to work on or service these. Which makes me somewhat hesitant I’m pretty handy but I read a lot of reviews from various sites where customers expressed several issues and not being able to go any distant of time without another or the same problem coming back around. I’m curious you mentioned you were consider Kutch and one other one. Did you not consider the GE Cafe? I’ve read some great reviews on it and has a few features like some vortex flame for cooktop feature. I personally think the Zline looks better than Cafe from the photos but maybe in person it’s different. Anyways your kitchen looks amazing and thanks again for your honest and detailed feedback. I appreciate it!
This was about $5000 and the cafe is I think almost 12k? That’s a huge price difference. I didn’t have a range over 8k in the budget. But you do get what you pay for. I like the range top on this but the oven is uneven cooking in the main oven.
The 48 zline im considering is 7k and the cafe one is on sale for just under 10k. It’s a lot of money either way most kitchens that much $$ is for all the appliances in it. Which makes it even more difficult to buy sight unseen lol. Yes I totally agree with you that you get what you pay for. I’ll probably do some more digging. Just surprised more haven’t posted reviews of these products. Appreciate you taking the time to do so.
@@primenwproperty I agree. I was very frustrated to not find many reviews or info on them. But I am happy with my Zline. It’s nice. It’s oven just isn’t quite what I hoped. I love the range too tho.
It looks absolutely gorgeous in your home. For sure it’s like who buys a car without driving it sorta thing. That’s definitely what point I’m at being frustrated and hoping I’m not kicking myself afterwards. Either way it’ll be better than the original 1969 retro orange range I ripped out. Moving on up either way lol.
Thank you for the in depth, real life review. You mentioned Kucht a few times for comparison. Was the Thor brand stove ever an option for you? We're in the market now and I've narrowed it down to Zline or Thor
I looked at Thor but I think it was a gas oven. Also I think it had an led screen and I wanted all manual knobs.
I was afraid of the griddle type too but now I don’t think I would mind it as the caste iron one can have hot spots. I also don’t think the electric oven is all it’s cracked up to be and sometimes would rather have the infrared broiler. But I think they are both comparable. I can’t speak to quality of Thor as I’ve not seen one in person. Also double check the oven dimensions. I know I got this zline because I could put a 9x13 pan in the small oven. Some u can’t.
@@BlondeBell89 cool, thank you
@john what did you end up getting? We have also narrowed it down to ZLine or Thor.
Good video- i like the up close filming. What did Zline say about the fan is not turning off. Arent the fans only for convection? Here’s the video from z line on adjusting the flames- u can lower it manually
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Your vent is just there to vent heat from oven out so your hood on top should suck it up to go out.
The vent over the top of stove is there to catch that heat.
You're flat top grill flames need to be adjusted too so it then will heat correctly.
I hope this helps .
If your top burners are off so is the gas grill.
What is low bake and high bake? I've been thinking bout getting the 48 inch zline, but the reviews are really mixed
The high bake is hot. I use it like a preheat
For the price and what I got I’m really happy with it. However it would depend on why you want it. What you want to use it for. And also if u can learn to use cast iron. I use cast iron so I love the griddle. And the grates. If like roasting so the oven is great for me. It bakes fine but if u want an oven for baking cakes or something I’d maybe look into other ovens. It’s not even.
To turn on the oven without electricity, you know?
How is your Zline holding you after 2 years?
Great:)👍
i've heard that 36" ovens take forever to preheat. I think your big oven is a 36". Is this what you experience?
It’s not too bad as this one has a high heat or almost preheat setting
I read somewhere that you cannot run the burners and the ovens at the same time. Is that true?
No. Definitely not. I do that allllll the time. I’ve even had both ovens going while I had burners on.
@@BlondeBell89 perfect. Thank you. I’m just at frame stage of my house and I’m already about to purchase my appliances lol
Hi! Can you share an update on how you like it nowadays? :) has anything broken down?
Still works great and nothing has broken.
@@BlondeBell89I was thinking of getting this but reviews have me considering making a 60” inch by getting 2 very nice gas stoves instead. When I saw it done, it looked great. That way everything cooks evenly since the larger ranges tend to be less quality. Do you ever have both ovens going?
Also do not use oven cleaner on the brass
So I came here along time ago and made a comment happen to come back by accident.
So I'm hooking up a new Z-line range for someone .
So your flames can be adjusted .
Also looks like the air ratio to gas is not adjusted correctly.
How you can tell is you got a yellow orange looking flame versus a nice blue flame.
That thing can be adjusted way down the flame You have to adjust it by turning knob too on to high flame setting 🔥
Then turn it to lowest setting while on.
Then take turn knob off and in the small hole in the turn knob pipe there's a tiny screw you have to turn to set the flame.
Turning it to lowest setting not turning it to low then place knob back on good too go .
Your air gas ratio is controlled a different way.
Zline helped me fix that shortly after I posted this. Adjusting made things so much better
Are you still liking this oven?
Yes I’ve had it a few years and I love the cook top. The oven and the griddle aren’t the most even. But that’s my only complaints. I’m still happy it works even if I tend to rotate things in the oven.
This is REALLY beautiful! I am selling my house soon- should I get durasnow or is this prettier? I just want the prettiest! Thx
Durasnow is the same stove except the stainless looks more brushed
Anyone know if there’s a propane conversion kit?
Yes, there is. Mine is working well!
@@pamlewis911 how did you convert yours? Cant find anywhere how to convert it, i do have the orifice though.. do i have to do flip anything inside the regulator too and adjust the burner to lowest level or something?
One more issue the big burner on the front left hand side will never light for me!!! It does how ever work for my wife??? Go figure, I have to use the click lighter.
Were you ever able to adjust your flame?
Yes it’s made an incredible difference I love the burners now
Read the manual all of the burners put out different BTU's
You need a flame adjustment screwdriver call zline and get One to turn the flame down.....you are welcome😎
How powerful burners are? I need powerful burners
Just look up the btu on specs. I think it’s 18k for the big burners. I think it’s pretty damn hot
Any new updates?
Still love it. Oven is still uneven cooking but I just rotate things like my old gas oven. The range top is amazing except the griddle I rarely use it. Those were my serious complaints.
Griddle doesn’t heat evenly. On mine I use the griddle to simmer towards the front.
I have the dura snow finish,,, it it’s not good
Love the look but that’s it.
My griddle also isn’t even.
Maybe you could put your brass in vinegar.
The cooling fan is what is running, during all functions of the oven. Normal operation
Why do people keep saying that it's normal for this "cooling" fan to be running? EVERY low end oven i've ever used, since I was a kid watching my grandmother bake didn't have this fan and the ovens ran so well I just assumed ovens in any range worked/baked beautifully without that fan and extra noise. So I get a zline and that fan never cut off and we're not talking about the convection fan, just this random fan. The oven never heated up to temp from day 1. From the 1st day I had the thing the oven was a nightmare. I fully believe that dang fan was the culprit. Ruined my whole thanksgiving and xmas meals. I returned it, it was awful.
Every regular home oven I’ve ever had or used didn’t need a fan running when it was on. I wouldn’t consider this normal.
I agree on the fan running constantly, seems odd and would like to know zlines explanation of this, it seems like it would also dry out the food??
@@dunpaintn Zline didn't seem to know other than to say it was the design, just like my replacement, a Thor, they said the temp difference was designed for bakers which was the stupidest answer i've ever heard. I'm thinking even a baker would rather know that the temp displayed is the temp expected. They all seem to be full of it.
You'd probably have to talk to an engineer to actually get a good explanation. The whole process is exhausting, I wish I could get my old range fixed.
Zline has a video on how to adjust the flame for each burner.
Is z line made in America?
zlinekitchen.com/faq#:~:text=Our%20products%20are%20assembled%20in,Nevada%2C%20Ohio%2C%20and%20Tennessee.
China
I had 1 absolutely junk
@25:17
.... did you just use the words "Wolf" and "generic type brands" in the same sentence ? 🤣
I meant they are the more popular brands you come by when this style of range is discussed.
@@BlondeBell89 yes not judging you. I understand what you were trying to say
Aluminum burners hold up better
When I bought the brass package I still got the aluminum burners with the oven. It was the same price to get regular 48” and then pay for the aftermarket brass kit as buying the brass 48’’ ;)
Running your hands with the rings on your fingers really doesn't help stop crying the front lip of the stove.