Product review (5 stars): Elegant and well designed
After putting up with the stove that came with our house for over 15 years we figured we had waited long enough and bought the BOSH HDS7052U Evolution 700.  Ease of cleaning was mission one with us as the 1970's pea soup green :-[ stove we had was designed by men who obviously never had to clean one.  It had more cracks, crevasse, holes and indentations than the Grand Canyon.  A slick stainless steel top with sealed burners and an easy wipe back was a must.  And having the control knobs set on the front, out of the way of potential spills, was a plus.  We didn't want the oblong center burner, the banana we called it, either.  It would be of little use to us and another place for food to trap.  The BOSH looked to be the best one at a price under two grand.  So we pulled the trigger and got the BOSH.  Every once in a while you make a decision that was clearly the best one. This was one of those times for us.  It's more than just a stove; it's an elegant well designed, useful piece of equipment.  There are a number of food preparation tasks you can do.  If you bake bread, like we do, you'll find the proofing mode indispensable.  It can also be use to make yogurt.  We've make beef jerky with the food dehydrator mode and the bottom warming drawer is really useful for keeping foods warm when preparing meals that contain several elements. There are four burner sizes and we use them all.  And when you need to simmer something like rice, we cook a lot of rice, you just turn the knob all the way to the right until it stops and you got a perfect low flame for simmering. With our old stove it was a pain because too far and the flame would go out.  The convection roasting mode is great for boneless skinless chicken breast as it will cook them without drying the meat out.  I use to think that the whole oven convection cooking thing was a bit of a gimmick.  Boy, was I was wrong.  Foods cook faster and more even.  And with the convection roasting mode this stove offers, you get heat from the back and bottom which is then circulated by the convection fan. That's true euro convection cooking.

For cleaning, there are 2 stove top grates that are a snap to remove for accessing the stainless bottom.  The back is an easy wipe glass display panel. Inside the oven the bottom is removable to get right down to the burners if you need to or to bring it to the sink for cleaning.  The oven lights, there are two of them, automatically come on when the door is opened.  This unit has the self cleaning oven feature but we have not needed to use it just yet.  We've had this stove for two months now and the only improvement I can think of is wheels for when you want to pull it away from the wall to clean behind the stove.  As a contractor I've seen a lot of high end stoves over the years doing kitchen remodels, like the Viking line, but you can't beat this Bosh for the money.

Happy cooking and good eating.