Time for your first quiz in the almost 4 year history of The Yale Blog. Which is the hottest and fastest to boil (it's a semi-trick qu...

Shallow depth refrigerators do not protrude beyond your cabinets. Its really a much nicer look than a regular depth refrigerator. A shallo...

You are looking at two of the best brands in the industry. They have actually benefitted from the recession since consumers are not spendin...

Ah...The Wolf dual fuel DF304 Wolf is one of my favs. Each burner has 15,000 BTU at its high yet simmers at 500 BTU. It has electric conv...

Once upon a time, professional ranges (defined as fast burners of 15,000 BTU with a commercial appearance) were widely sold. This segment h...

Happy Monday...As The Ole Blog turns 800 posts today, we must reflect on how times have changed. Value is now our watchword. The best segm...

Every month I review our numbers in the store. Over the past 18 months, I have watched GE grow their business. At the same time, I have seen...

So Whirlpool is Maytag, GE Cafe is GE Profile (in some cases), Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau can also be similar. Here is the one uniform fe...

We delivered GE Cafe appliances to Owen in yesterdays post. Today, lets look at his lighting issues. Lighting is more challenging, because...

This is Owen, my next door neighbor. I like Owen. He is a great next door neighbor always polite, mostly quiet and just an all around likeab...

2008 was a great year for appliances....Not. Although 2008 was a difficult year for every industry, certain segments of the appliance and l...

In my view, there are 2 classifications of appliances...Have a look. Consider these brands for value and replacement. 1. Frigidaire 2. Bosch...

There seems to be a theme to The Yale Blog. Every month, I seem to be amazed by the sheer magnitude of rebates. Actually, Sears does a pre...

Great book, btw. I am concerned with the economy like everyone but consumers to some degree need appliances. Of course, that does not enta...

In many ways, Yale is a microcosm of the broader markets. We are very lucky to have a better year than in 2006 (so far). It is, however, a...

LED recessed from Cree: First, for a $30-40 more per can, LED uses 1/5 the power, emits zero heat(saving HVAC and electric costs) and has a...

Two different refrigerators from GE...One is GE Cafe and the other is GE Profile. So what is the difference? If you said handle, you would b...

Slide in ranges were once dominated by JennAir and Frigidaire...Frigidaire for price and JennAir for quality. In the last few months, there...

GE is a funny company. Rather than rebrand with new names, they use their own name and then rebrand...Their best appliances became GE Monogr...

We have a very large display of KitchenAid appliances displayed in their own vignette. I would place KitchenAid with JennAir, Bosch and GE C...