Product review (2 stars): Bad control board....again!
We purchased the RFA 365 - 36" oven and have had two control boards go out in less than a month. The most recent "outage" was at last nights homemade pizza party with 6 hungry kids sharing the first and only pizza that was in the hot oven when the board failed!

When we purchased the oven from a local distributor the oven went straight into our garage for nine months while we completed our kitchen remodel. Once ready to install our electrician had to wire the outlet for the unit since it is wired for European electric, once done the unit was turned on. The stove top worked but oven clock failed to light up and if this doesn't work the oven will not fire up. We imeadiatley called the service line and with the direction of the Fagor rep our electrician verified power was correctly wired and metered correctly. All was good electrically and done right. The rep quickly determined the control board was bad and needed to be replaced with another, of course he told us it was on back order and would be awhile before it arrived.

Two months later the new board arrived and one week later a service tech arrived and replaced the board. The unit finally worked. The stove top has always worked and seems to do a really nice job of even cooking which is nice if you are into cooking as we are. Once the oven was back working we were happy with the overall performance although it ran about 50 degrees hotter than its setting so we placed a thermometer inside the oven to know the heat. The rotisserie was used once and it did a nice job although I would not have anything heavier than 3-4 pound chicken on the spit since the metal is rather light weight. The handled on the door is loose on one side and is a concern because access to the screw holding the handle in place is behind glass adhered to the metal door frame, I suppose the tech replacing our next board will be able to do something to tighten it although he may not.

As the first and only pizza was in the oven I turned away for a few minutes and came back and noticed the blue lights for the clock were out on the face of the oven...I rolled my eyes and knew what to expect, the oven was officially out again! I called and left a voice message with Fagor because of course it was 7 PM on a Friday night so no help was coming anytime soon. I told myself at the time we ordered the first board to have a second one sent because if something is on back order there is reason. I did not do this and sure enough the board is in need of replacement.

Something is wrong with the Fagor board so I would be wary of buying anything Fagor again. I imagine to keep costs down they source cheaper electronics for use in their products and as a result the boards fry and then nothing works. Overall performance was good but if the thing doesn't turn on then it can't be used so it gets a zero rating.