Viking (the Gene Schick Co.)

Viking’s High-Speed Convection Oven heats up in a hurry. A cutting-edge combination of high-powered convection cooking and microwaves enable users to grill, roast, bake or microwave up to 80 percent faster than with a conventional oven. An easy-to-use interactive display offers 100 preprogrammed recipes, 84 additional programmable cook settings and 17 different microwave options. Helpful features, such as a child lock and a refresh cycle for smoke and odor removal, take care of all the little details.

Induction cooking is attracting attention because it is quick, saves energy and creates a cooler cooking environment. Induction cooktops come in 30-inch and 36-inch sizes, in both Professional and Designer Series.

Viking’s freestanding, sealed-burner ranges, in both all-gas and dual-fuel options, have made several performance changes, such as an electronic oven thermostat—resulting in more accurate temperature control and response. Sealed burners are also available in 30-, 36- and 48-inch-wide rangetops. The sealed-burner ranges and rangetops provide the cleanability of sealed burners without losing any of the “simmer-to-high” versatility customers have come to expect from Viking ranges.

The stylish Designer Series line of built-in appliances perfectly complements Viking’s original Professional series. Thirty- and 36-inch rangetops have been added to the Designer Series. Each series comes in different designer colors, and Viking uses 304-grade stainless steel inside and outside each appliance to ensure each generation’s satisfaction with its products. A unified look with quality Viking appliances makes even inexpensive cabinets look good.

Viking’s six-foot cabinet-depth refrigerator brings out a whole new element in kitchen design. The quintessential built-in refrigerator requires cabinet modification for remodeling projects. Now homeowners and designers can have the effect of a Viking built-in refrigerator, without major cabinet modification. The line includes six models featuring bottom freezers, French refrigerator doors and ice and water dispensers on the side-by-side models. This freestanding refrigerator can be installed to look exactly like a built-in, with optional grill and side trims, or look freestanding, with optional stainless-steel side panels. The best news is that all of the above costs less than $3,000.

Viking’s refrigeration line includes Viking’s all-refrigerator, all-freezer units in 30- and 36-inch widths, with top grill kits to match any combination of sizes. Panel-capable refrigerators, dishwashers, unit counters and seven-foot wine cellars add to Viking’s Professional and Designer Series refrigeration lines, enabling both kitchen designers and homeowners to create whatever looks they want in their kitchens. Fourteen designer colors can also create distinctive elements to Viking kitchens.

Outdoor cooking products continue to grow. A new, separate 24-inch Trusear grill sears what’s cooking before it is moved to the grill for barbecuing. The new E-Series BBQ offers a 110V ignition, which provides automatic reignition if the flame goes out, and two glass-enclosed halogen lights in the canopy.

For outdoor kitchens, Viking offers beverage/entertaining stainless-steel stations complete with a kitchen sink, outdoor stainless-steel cabinets for durability and style and Viking’s first charcoal-driven, kamado-type smoker/barbecue grill. The outdoor range is a barbecue that can have side burners and a gas outdoor oven in a mobile cart, providing complete outdoor cooking.

Viking’s complete cooking includes the flagship, freestanding range in sizes from 24 to 60 inches, with rangetops and built-in wall ovens for an attractive, integrated look. The 24-inch gas range can have up to four burners and a gas oven, with a 24-inch grill on top, or a 24-inch griddle and gas oven, making this a companion range in the kitchen. Gas and electric drop-in cooktops, dedicated 27,500-BTU wok cookers, ventilation products, warming drawers, dishwashers, trash compactors, garbage disposals, microwaves and convection bake microwaves complete Viking’s impressive line of high-quality appliances.

The ultraquiet dishwasher features a tall tank that enables full-size plates to be placed on the upper racks. Satisfied Viking dishwasher owners have only one complaint: “I can’t tell when the dishwasher is finished, because I can’t hear it running.”