ApplianceAdvisor Appliance Report SHARP 800

The New Appliance Report from ApplianceAdvisor.com

NXR (aka NexRange a subsidiary of Durocorp)
909-598-8799
Taiwanese owned, Chinese built, maker of grills and, someday pro-style appliances

2006 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
Other than brush nickel knobs, not much to report. NexRange spent the show developing distribution for Q4 production.

2005 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
NexRange continues to feel out the market, but are still not in production with indoor cooking products.

Pro-Style Cooktops
NexRange showed off some cooktops
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Ranges
Retail pricing for ranges are claimed to be 30, 36: $3000 and 48": <$4000 and featuring 16K BTU burners. This seems to us to be 1/2 to 1/3 of the pricing of Viking, Thermador, etc, etc pro-style ranges. There seems to be minor aesthetic tweaking since 2004, though we do not know what technical changes were made since 2004.
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Rangehood
Not bad looking hood with claimed 600CFM performance. To be offered in 30" and 36".
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2004 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
In a sign of things to come, NexRange displayed it's Chinese made wares in a 10x10 space at KBIS. It did not look like they were seeking penny ante dealers. It seemed to us that they were seeking National chain distribution or an OEM deal. NexRange already sells BBQ through Cosco and others. The cooking appliances looked just fine, and claimed imported functional components only assembled in China. For anyone familiar with Chinese costing, this was a very sobering 100 cu ft of display space.
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