Thoughts on a stove/range?

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The gas range I bought 20+ years ago is on the way out for a number of reasons. Shopping, I find several, but am leaning towards something like this:

Whirlpool 5.1 cu. ft. Gas Range in Stainless Steel WFG505M0BS - The Home Depot

Enjoy the flexibility and efficiency you need to prepare holiday meals and everything in between with this 5.1 cu. ft. capacity freestanding gas range. Multiple Power burners make high heat tasks like

www.homedepot.com

Mine has the four separate grates, and I find them to be annoying. I'm thinking the near continuous grate would be better.

Mine also is a fully manual/one dial control oven, no timed cook features. I'd like something where I can set a temperature and have it cook for a designated time. But does this add a failure/repair point? How susceptible are these to power surge type blowouts?

 

[herm0016]

I would at least get something with convection. are you just looking for the simplest / cheapest option?
we grab used high end stuff when we need appliances, if you are at all handy with a screw driver and finding stuff online, they are generally easy to fix if you do end up with a problem. sometimes we hire a pro for something, but even then we end up with high end stuff for a fraction of the cost. picking up a sub-zero fridge for a couple hundred, then spending 1k to replace the evaporator gets us a 10k fridge that will last another 25 years for less than the cost of a new one at depot that is a pos.

 

[dphantom]

I have a slightly different model Whirlpool with essentially same features. Center burner on mine is elongated and oven has convection otherwise seems the same. I really like the ability to move pots across to other burners, plus it cleans real easy just by raising each half of the grates.

 

[pete6032]

If your library has access to Consumer Reports I would check out the reviews on there.

 

[sdifox]

Look for used high end ranges as well

 

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Who wants to send me the money for this one?


Cafe
36-in 6 Burners 6.2-cu ft Air Fry Convection Oven Freestanding Gas Range (Matte White)
Model #CGY366P4TW2
$6,699.00

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Cafe-36-Smart-All-Gas-Commercial-Style-Range-with-6-Burners-Natural-Gas/5001790459

 

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Why are these two basically the same price?

Frigidaire
30-in 4 Burners 5-cu ft Freestanding Gas Range (White)
Model #FCRG3015AW
$746.00
383
$829.00Save $83.00Ends Jan 27

Popular Width:30-in
Type:Freestanding
How to Clean:Clean manually



Samsung
30-in 5 Burners 6-cu ft Self-Cleaning Freestanding Gas Range (Stainless Steel)
Model #NX60A6311SS
$779.00
160
$949.00Save $170.00Ends Jan 26

Popular Width:30-in
Type:Freestanding
How to Clean:Self-cleans

 

[Scarpozzi]

I bought a Kenmore that has 5 burners. 4 round and one oval for a griddle. We never really use the griddle. It is a convection oven and also has a warming drawer. I use the warming drawer for Thanksgiving and Christmas when we cook a lot of dishes earlier in the day and need to keep them up to temp while other things are cooking...worth it when we need it.

One consideration on the grates. Ours has 3...30" appliance (guessing) so 2 are probably 12" wide wide with a smaller 6" wide grate in the middle. You want them to be small enough to fit in your dishwasher. I clean my grates monthly that way and Lupa cleans the top surface weekly.

 

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Whussa Lupa?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Whussa Lupa?

She works for cheap.

 

[herm0016]

we have Ana, she and her team are fantastic.
I would say the Samsung is cheaper because its a Samsung. their fridges have a terrible rep, but i don't know about their stoves.

looks like the first one should be between 500 and 600 bucks if you look at the stoves with the same features from GE or hotpoint.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

looks like the first one should be between 500 and 600 bucks if you look at the stoves with the same features from GE or hotpoint.

The basic white 4 burner?

That should be under $200 considering what the others offer.

 

[herm0016]

The basic white 4 burner?

That should be under $200 considering what the others offer.

2 years ago it would have been.

 

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From the UPS thread:

My current gas range uses less than 5 watts normally, but burns about 100 watts all while the oven is on due to some kind of glow coil ignition and safety thing. Not sure if the new one will, but I'll check it with a Kill A Watt.

Got the new one today. Got it converted from NG to LP ... involves changing a bunch of orifices, nothing complicated. Got it in place and hooked up.

Kill-A-Watt into the outlet and a power strip feeding the range, microwave and coffee pot shows about 8 watts with everything energized but turned off. Seems a bit high for a couple of clocks, but whatever.

Turn the oven on and it only goes to a little over 10 watts, so it's only using a couple of watts instead of the 100 or so the old one did.

 

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This one seems a lot more efficient. Aside from the reduced power usage noted above, the oven cycles the burners(s) on and off to maintain heat, which means it seems to use less gas. As I recall, the old one kept the flame on all the time and may have adjusted flow to regulate temperature.

Still getting used to it and I have to adjust cook times and temps a bit from whatever the recipe or package says.

 

[NutBucket]

Interesting observation on the oven. Granted I have not worked on any fancy ovens in my time but most have simple on-off controls as far the burners go. Which one did you get? A wiring diagram can easily confirm how it works.

 

[MrSquished]

Personally I'd look for one with a very powerful front right burner to get some serious sear and wok hei going.

 

[Rajwinder]

When it comes to cookstove ,I think we should check the reviews and counsumer reports also before buying it.I haven't done any vast reasearch on cookstoves but i will prefer the one with best features and should be faster.