I love to cook. Lately haven't had as much time as I would like, and back pain been too high to really want to spend 2 hours cooking.
I prefer to bbq/smoke food.
Oinkions are a great side to a smoked ribeye. Wrap vidalia onions that have been lightly coated in olive or peanut oil in bacon, season the bacon witha rub, let them smoke with the steak. If done right you get that soft oniony inside with smoked moist bacon.
Also moinks, meatballs previously made or from froze, wrap them in bacon, rubbed, then smoked. Nomnomnom.
Going to try bacon wrapped water chestnuts soon. I love water chestnuts, and lets face it, bacon makes everything better. Do those with a smoked steak or tri-tip... Maybe add a little asian persuasion spices to the meat before smoking to balance it out.
As for kitchens, if I could have fit a Viking in my house, I would have. When I bought the house the home series weren't really out yet, just the commercial.
Next time I buy a stove/oven, it will likely be a Viking. As long as I have the room. 2 ovens, 2 broilers and a ton of burners...