We spent over $11 thousand to buy our appliance package when we built our home in August of 2000. We take very good care of all of our things and even though all of our appliances look like brand new, every single one of our Kitchenaid appliance we bought have broken. Dishwasher ($1350) first, the touch pad panel shorted out. Then the micro/oven, ($2500) shorted out and caught on fire burning a hole in the bottom of the oven which I think I used maybe 15 times. Never even used the self cleaning program because I never got the oven dirty. Then... read full review »