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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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)
