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New Jenn-Air oven has cool technology

The latest offering from Jenn-Air is a convection system wall oven with a 7-inch full-color touch-screen LCD that incorporates an image-based cooking guide.

You can choose from over 50 different food options and specify food category, food type, desired doneness, and even the type of pan used. Not sure what medium rare really looks like? Pull up a picture. Want to use a meat thermometer to be sure you've hit precisely the right temperature? Take a look at visuals to see how and where to insert the probe. What Jenn-Air calls a "Culinary Center" is designed to … Read more

A dishwasher up to anything

It's easy to think that a dishwasher is just a dishwasher, but just a few minutes with the new Trifecta dishwasher from Jenn-Air will convince you otherwise. It comes with a brand-new washing system that allows you to control every aspect of how it cleans your dishes, down to which racks actually receive water. The cleaning cycles range from the very gentle china/crystal cycle to a heavy wash cycle suitable for pots and pans. Even better, it can carry out the wide variety of cleaning options silently.

In addition to its bells and whistles, the Trifecta is Energy … Read more

A cooktop with a downdraft

Most kitchens are laid out so that there's a ventilation system right over the cooktop. But Jenn-Air's Designer Line Gas Downdraft Cooktop offers a way to lay out a kitchen without having to arrange for bulky ventilation. Instead, the cooktop uses a downdraft ventilation system that can capture smoke, steam, and odors without hanging over the cooktop. The Designer Line version comes in a 30-inch gas model. The downdraft ventilation system is also available in other Jenn-Air cooktops, which require a ventilation kit in addition to the cooktop itself. It has a sleek appearance that will work well … Read more

Fume hoods leave the stove and join the unemployment line

To walk into House Beautiful's Kitchen of the Year by designer Christopher Peacock is to enter the kind of kitchen that everyone should be striving for, even if they don't know it yet. Displayed in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, the first annual Kitchen of the Year is shown as part of Tastes of Summer, which showcases restaurants in the city every year.

Strikingly unpretentious, the kitchen's subdued colors could easily be integrated into a broad range of existing homes without becoming boring, and the additional accents are functional and inviting. Virtually all of the elements … Read more

Jenn-Air's 30-inch microwave is a roomy over-the-range option

With this Jenn-Air 30-inch microwave oven you're paying a little more than rival models for more features and a roomy interior for cooking larger dishes.

This oven, model JMV8208BAB, doesn't have speed cook or convection, but it offers a generous 2.0 cubic feet of cooking space and lots of functionality.

The oven's features include a halogen work surface light so you can keep an eye on food as it cooks, preprogrammed one-touch electronic buttons, more/less pads for adding or reducing cooking times, and a warming mode. A 30-second pad lets you heat in short increments. … Read more

Update: Manny Ramirez goes from RBIs to ribs

Update: According to Boston.com's Extra Bases blog, the grill on eBay doesn't belong to Manny Ramirez. The grill reportedly belongs to Ramirez's neighbor; Ramirez is just helping drive up the bid price.

Major League Baseball players get paid a lot of money. But the sad truth is, they don't get a lot of downtime to enjoy all the things they can afford.

Case in point: Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez is selling his high-end grill on eBay, claiming he can't use it much because he's "always on the road." In … Read more