Rachael Ray Show partners with GE for new season on CBS
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Fans of Rachael Ray will notice a new suite of appliances on "Rachael's Loft," the 2,600-square-foot adjunct set on the CBS show, which kicks off its sixth season tomorrow. The everyday diva went upscale with her appliance picks, tapping GE's Café line for the range, refrigerator, over-the-range microwave, and dishwasher. That might have GE's brand execs saying Yum-O, but should you follow with Café appliances of your own?
Consumer Reports kitchen appliance reviews include many GE Café products. None of Rachael's newest models have been tested yet, but based on our experience with prior models, performance is hit or miss. For example, the 30-inch GE Café smoothtop electric range is our second highest-scoring model in the category, but both 30-inch GE Café gas ranges missed the recommended list, mainly because their ovens couldn't broil burgers with the best of them.
Consumer Reports' recent evaluation of celebrity brands found mixed results across a range of products, even from the same celebrity. For example, Martha Stewart's sheets are very good, but her laundry detergent didn't make the cut.
Source: ConsumerReports.org (blog)
Savvy dispatcher helps nab suspect in appliance thefts
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A 28-year-old Denver man is facing a litany of felony charges
after police say he stole thousands of dollars worth of brand-new
appliances from an Aurora construction site.
And, police say, the Oct. 3 theft is part of a disturbing number
of construction site thefts this year.
Martin Aldana-Moreno, 28, was arrested Oct. 3 on suspicion of
felony second-degree burglary, felony theft and misdemeanor
criminal mischief, according to police.
According to police, Aurora fire dispatcher Tom Eshelman was
driving home from the dispatch center around 3 a.m. Oct. 3 when he
saw a Ford F-150 with a bed full of appliances headed north on Gun
Club road.
Eshelman said he initially thought the equipment in the bed of the
truck was a large dog cage used by bird hunters. But when he got
closer and saw the truck didn’t have license plates and was full of
appliances, he thought something was amiss.
Knowing there had been a series of robberies from new home sites in
recent months, Eshelman followed the truck and called
dispatch.
Source: The Aurora Sentinel