02 Mar Updating Your Kitchen Range? Look No Further Than Italian-made Luxury Brand Verona Appliances!

Remodeling kitchens is hot right now.  Actually, you could say it’s on fire!  Not only are homeowners in rapid need of kitchen remodels, but some workplaces are too and interior designers are swamped with requests for new kitchen appliances.  Brooklyn-based product photographer and director, Cason Latimer, expanded his business into a much larger studio equipped with an on-site modern kitchen to better serve his growing clients. I recommended the Verona Designer Series ranges and hoods because of my personal and professional experience with the luxury brand’s superior quality and diverse options. So if you’re updating your kitchen appliances, look no further than Italian-made luxury brand Verona Appliances.

Affordable Luxury

A photographer’s studio is very fast-paced with sometimes multiple photoshoots going on at the same time.  With Cason’s new studio kitchen, he wanted a professional range and ventilation hood that would be a reliable workhorse for his clients’ important projects. Cason’s need for a professional-grade range without the price tag was essential for his business to attract top-notch clients.

In addition, Brooklyn’s Navy Pier, where Cason’s studio is located, had workplace building codes that did not allow an open flame on a gas range. With his studio build-out costing in the thousands, he needed a luxury professional induction range that had all the bells and whistles but was also affordable. Verona ranges fit the bill, as they are about half the price of other luxury ranges on the market.

Why Induction versus gas or electric?

Now, if you’re like me, some of you may or may not be familiar with induction cooking.  To be honest, it has taken me a little while to wrap my head around it. The top of the range looks very much like an electric range, but there are some distinctly different features. Subsequently, it definitely does not have the open flame of a gas range.

Induction is basically an electric range, but with some key differences:

• It’s faster and is much easier to clean
• The top of the range never gets hot enough to burn things on it, so it is much safer, especially if you have kids at home
• With the knobs, it looks like a traditional electric range, giving you that same classic cooking experience.
• Features the European convection oven with additional heating elements behind each one of the fans which give you better control of the oven.

Induction is fast, safe, clean, and very efficient because induction cooktops use copper coils. The copper coils create a magnetic current with the pot or pan. So instead of passing heat along from surface to cookware to food, induction cooktops go right to the source and directly heat the cookware.

Induction cooking has been a steadily-growing kitchen trend for years now, according to the National Kitchen + Bath Association. Why the popularity? Induction cooktops are masters of the quick change—gentle enough to melt butter and chocolate, but powerful enough to bring 48 ounces of water to a boil in under three minutes.

Although induction cooking technology is already popular in other countries, it was a hard sell until recently in the United States. However, falling prices and growing consumer awareness are helping ranges and cooktops with this superior cooking technology gain a foothold. – Tyler Wells Lynch and Cindy Bailen

The Designer Series Induction 36” range, offers kitchen designers numerous options with professional performance and stylish design. Consumers can create their ideal range, handcrafted in Italy, with up to six trending colors, three knob designs, and four fuel options.

The Verona ranges are part of the kitchen suite. I’ll be diving into much more detail later this spring on Verona’s kitchen suite when we purchase a refrigerator, the final Verona appliance for our newly remodeled kitchen. See the Verona gas range and dishwasher I selected for our little bungalow HERE.

With Verona’s many color options, Cason chose a stainless steel finish for his Designer Series Induction 36” range, as it offers that clean fresh look, an excellent choice for any modern kitchen. Plus, to be honest, his new range and hood had to look stunning to impress his new clients, and Verona ranges are gorgeous!

About Verona

I fell in love with Verona Appliances back in 2014, when I first heard about them during a kitchen and bath design blog tour in NYC with Modenus.

Designed and manufactured in the suburbs of Venice, Italy, Verona’s stylish line of ranges, ovens, cooktops, and ventilation are held to the highest standards of quality and made to U.S. market specifications. With the ability to customize a range using Verona’s intuitive online tool, this makes Verona’s new Designer Series ranges highly desirable to homeowners and kitchen designers.

The details make all the difference

Verona ranges are the preferred brand because of their attention to detail in their fine craftsmanship. Let’s get to the specific details that make the Verona ranges stand above its competitors.

36” Designer Series Induction Range

• Six colors: Matte Black, Gloss Black, Stainless Steel, Burgundy, White, Slate Gray
• Giant-sized Oven Cavity
• Dual Convection Oven Fans
• Soft Closed Hinges
• Telescopic Gliding Rack Support (1 included)
• 7 Rack Positions
• 4 Interior Halogen Lights

Induction Cooktop Features

• Burners / Zones:  5 – 2 Bridge, 1 Dual
• Cooktop Power:
• 2,100/3,700W Boost (2)
• 2,100/3,700W Boost (2)
• 1,850/3,000W Boost – 2,600/5,500W Boost Center Dual Zone

Oven Dimensions

• Main Oven Cavity: Width:30″ Depth: 16″ Height: 15 1/2″
• Overall Dimensions Width (in.): 35-7/8 Height (in.) w/o backguard: Adjustable from 35-7/16” to 37-¼” Height (in) of backguard: Flush Depth: 25-1/4″ Depth with Backguard: 25-1/4″ Oven height: 23-3/16″

The Verona brand offers luxury and performance for a truly professional-grade home or studio kitchen. A preferred brand in upscale European kitchens since 1958, EuroChefUSA, is proud to be the sole United States importer for the Verona ranges. For a clean, fresh, and modern beauty, along with safe and efficient cooking, I couldn’t say it any better than EuroChefUSA :

Whether replacing an old unit, building a new kitchen or remodeling an old one, the Verona range collection offers professional cooking and luxury that enhances the beauty and quality of kitchens everywhere.

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Proper ventilation is essential

What’s a kitchen range without the proper ventilation? Verona offers premium range hoods with hand-crafted stainless-steel construction and five key features:

• heavy-duty blowers,
• dishwasher-safe anti-grease filters,
• time delay shut-offs,
• indicator lights for filter maintenance, and
• convertible for easy installation whether externally vented or recirculating.

Designer Series Ventilation Range Hoods (600-1,200 CFM)

• 36” and 48” Stainless Steel Insert
• 30”, 36” and 48” Low Profile Stainless Steel Range Hoods
• 30”, 36”, and 48” Chimney Stainless Steel Range Hoods; 36” available in four color choices (Stainless Steel, Matte Black, Gloss Black and White.)

The NEW Chefs Pak can’t be beat

To complete the Verona range, having the new and improved Verona Chefs Pak is essential to ease your cooking experience.

The Verona Chefs Pak can be used in tandem with any size range to make home cooking a breeze. Initially debuted in 2015, the Chefs Pak has grown from eight unique cooking accessories to nine. New this year is a second oven mitt and a cast iron grill pan that can be used on induction cooktops.

Image provided by Verona Appliances.

The Chefs Pak makes a great addition to any home cook’s kitchen. The new accessory package is more adaptable than ever. Whether consumers are cooking with electric, gas or induction, we provide options for every level of cooking to make mealtime easier. – Melissa Haber, Vice President of EuroChef USA.

Cason is really looking forward to using all the Chefs Pak cooking accessories during his photoshoots with his new food and beverage clients. (He was able to add the griddle to his Chefs Pak before the new improved one was released.) My husband and I recently used the Verona griddle for pancakes over the weekend and steaks last night, and its performance is excellent.  I’ll be sharing more photos on Instagram later this week, so please follow along.

The exclusive Verona accessory package includes:

• Cast iron grill/griddle
• Maple cutting board, measuring 10 ¼” W x 17 ¼” D x 1¼” H
• Steamer pan with base, steamer, and cover, which can also be used as a warming station or within the oven cavity
• 2 durable and heat resistant Verona oven mitts
• Digital temperature probe (batteries included)
• 3”x 5” beveled spatula

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As you can see, the Verona Designer Series 36″ Induction Range and hood make Cason’s studio kitchen a real stand out. He has many new photography clients in the food industry and I know he is thrilled to be able to prep and cook on Verona’s magnificent luxury range. Plus, he has the Chefs Pak to make it all a breeze!

Now, are you ready to add a Verona range and hood to your kitchen?  I cannot recommend the Verona luxury brand more highly – it is of superior quality and will elevate your kitchen to luxury status and professional performance.  Before you know it, you’ll feel like a professional chef!

Please feel free to ask me any questions.  For more information please visit https://veronaappliances.com/. 

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Till next time, after we receive our new Verona French Door Refrigerator to complete the Verona kitchen suite, stay warm and think spring is on the way!  XO PG

Note: This post is sponsored by Verona Appliances. In exchange, Cason received the range and hood at an Influencer’s discount. All photography is by Cason Latimer, except the Chefs Pak.  All opinions are my own.