I would personally run, don't walk, run from KitchenAid major appliances and never look back. We had nothing but nightmares and repair after repair on our dishwasher. The fridge would mysteriously defrost and then come back down to temperature like nothing happened. Parts are expensive as heck and Whirlpool is difficult to deal with. I complained many times about the fact we needed repeated repairs, and they shrugged their shoulders and recommended repair people.
Here's a blog post of mine describing the quality of workmanship of KitchenAid/Whirlpool products:
http://estomach.blogspot.ca/2011/09/kit ... -rant.html
Here's a blog post of mine describing the quality of workmanship of KitchenAid/Whirlpool products:
http://estomach.blogspot.ca/2011/09/kit ... -rant.html