Need help selecting 30' gas range!

16 years ago

Our stove broke and we would like to replace with a 30" gas range. Our budget is no more than $2k. My requirements are: stainless steel. What would be nice is to have is convection oven, 5th burner, continuous grates. I have a Miele dishwasher and GE Profile bottom freezer that it would need to complement. I need to go out and get this tomorrow! Your recommendations are always so useful on this site. Need your help on this one!

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njmamma
16 years ago
I had a GE Profile range in my last house and it had all the features you are looking for- SS, convection, 5 burners, continuous grates...and it had a warming drawer on the bottom too. I can't remember the price but it wasn't outrageously expensive. HTH
drrust
16 years ago
The GE's are nice. Frigidaire also has some nice gas ranges that should be in your price range. Some of the Kenmore's are actually made by Frigidaire. These will have some of the same features that you are looking for.
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gavavemom
Original Author
16 years ago
Is there any particular model of GE or Frigidaire that
sticks out in your minds?
sandlll
16 years ago
I just ordered a Frigidaire FGGF304DLF, it has 2 ovens with the smaller oven up top. If you can take delivery before Tuesday, there is also 10% rebate on it. I paid about $1300 and it has a 14 and 17 btu burners, which isn't bad for the price at all!
drrust
16 years ago
Both GE and Frigidaire several different models with the features you described. The main variations are if you just want a storage drawer, warming drawer or second oven. The GE has an oven drawer, while Frigidaire has a small oven above a larger lower oven. I also will most likely purchase the FGGF304DLF once I get my gas line run. I also seriously considered a GE Profile dual fuel which would should the same cook top as an all gas version. You may also like some of the features on the Frigidaire Pro series but many of the ones I was looking at were only available in a slide in version. One of the main variations I noticed was that the center oval burner on the Frigidaire's have about 9.5K vs 6.5 for the GE's.

Which ever oven you purchase make sure you check where the gas hookup is supposed to be. It may require you to reroute the gas line. I know the 304DLF has a very small area for the gas line to come in.
gavavemom
Original Author
16 years ago
I called the local dealer and he said Frigidaire SS would not match our existing appliances. He said the best bet would be to go with the GE. I am also trying to distinguish between the GE Profile (PGB918SEMSS) and GE (JGN900SEPSS). Here is what I see as the main differences. One has an oven drawer vs the other a 2nd oven but both can heat up to 450? But really, how is it different there. Also, what benefit does the glass on ceramic cooktop give you as opposed to porcelain ceramic. Do you have to clean it any differently? I see that the price is similar. The 900 has a stronger center burner (100k vs 6k for the 918).