Samsung NV51K7770DS 5.1 cu. ft. Stainless Convection Double Wall Oven

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I will start by saying that this built-in double oven is an industrial beast (but in a good way). I was a little concerned that it may look too heavy or massive for our kitchen. However, once installed my concerns were lifted. Our previous builder grade stainless-steel double ovens looked nice, but not quite “professional”. However, compared to the Samsung they were down right toyish. Everything about these ovens boldly proclaims its chiseled-chin heroic posture over your other appliances. In a small kitchen it may be too powerful. But, with the large open concept kitchen in our main living space accompanied with the equally bold styling of the Samsung 36” NA36N6555TS/AA I discovered a completely transformed kitchen. It now feels like I have arrived in the land of the professional home kitchen. The dials and display that crown the unit have a well-proportioned and elegant design. Don't be mistaken that these beefy knobs are like your grandmother's oven though. Instead they are for selecting the available modes as well as raising or lowering the temperature. There is no mistaking this for a low-tech appliance once you engage the responsive controls and display. The oven allows you to control the screen brightness, volume, WiFi and other essentials. “Wait, WiFi you say?” Well yes, this oven sports a WiFi radio that allows your oven to communicate with Smartthings—a feature I am enamored with. Once getting past the clunky pairing process I found my inner geek coming out to play with all the possible options. There is quite a lot of control offered by this function, all from your smartphone, however you must dial-in the oven knobs to the “Smart Control” mode to access all the features. You can always turn off the oven remotely regardless of the mode which could prove useful on chaotic days. Samsung should enable more control outside of the “Smart Connect” mode including control of the inner lights. It would also be cool to see them expand beyond the limited set of built-in recipes through the app. (Oh, and please let us have an option to keep the clock displayed for more than an hour…) This is an impressive oven by all standards and a showpiece in our living space. It dominates over our fleet of stainless-steel appliances but with refined class and intelligence. If you are looking for bold and hi-tech, this oven should be your first choice.

I saw a lot of the reviews, but I haven't had any issues described by others. The only issues I have found is that the WI-Fi connectivity currently only works with the older Smart Home App (Not SmartThings), but that should be changing in the near future. Other than that, the controls have worked great, the Flex Duo feature is fantastic (it's 3 ovens in one!). My only 2 suggestions are: 1. I wish I could get the clock to stay on for more than 1 hour. I know it's power saving, but it would be great if it could be 3 hours, or have a sensor so it knows when someone is in the kitchen. 2. The timer alarm is pretty quiet and there doesn't seem to be a way to make it louder.