What a rip off. Viking upper end appliances have cheap stainless in them.

The thing is that most "consumer grade " goods coming out of China aren't intended to last for any length of time. It costs more to pay a service professional to repair them than it does to buy new.

The "high end goods" are an entirely different breed of cat. That's where the high end customer got ripped off. The Viking name always stood for quality. You pay the money and it's a no-brainer ... you've got something good that will last a long time. That's the deal.

Unfortunately ... the company got into financial trouble when the recession hit. They had to reduce the quality to consumer grade and sell as a high end quality product. That kept them alive for awhile but it really hurt their reputation when their appliances started breaking down because they broke their promise.



Your high end customer has no use for people and products that break the trust.