I would guess (hope) they are not going to waste time and mo
Maybe not. First of all, there are gas wall ovens that are self cleaning, my mother bought a Kenmore (Electrolux) that self cleans just last year. It was on the expensive side, $1200.
Around here there has been a lot of hype over natural gas from the Marcellus shale. While the news is about all the (really tough) jobs in the industry I think we will see more advertising to use gas appliances like they had in the past. I think an "All Gas House of Savings" will be a selling feature again.
Oh, and I hope they use the older Caloric logo, toward the end, they were almost hiding the name. Perhaps they will be high priced, like Viking?