I have an almost 4 year old 30 inch Heartland Legacy dual fuel, (propane cooktop, electric convection oven).

I love it.

This is a farm kitchen where every day's food gets prepared from scratch. I also can fruits and sauces and boil down maple syrup with the stovetop. The oven is used for bread, pizza, cookies, roasted vegetables, etc. almost every day.

The gas is easy to control, the burners clean easily. The oven is reliable and shows very little in the way of hot spots. Pizza, made using full temp convection and baking stones, gives a wonderful result.

I have only used the self clean feature once, as the oven doesn't get very dirty with my type of cooking. It worked very well.

I have only had 2 real problems. The oven temperature control went out about a year ago, so the temperature fluctuations became too great. It was quickly, easily and inexpensively repaired by the dealer who sold me the stove. The other problem is that I dropped something on the front edge of the stove and it has a chip in the enamel. It can be repaired, although not totally, so I have left it for now.

I guess there is one other problem. If I want the stove to look really nice, I need to spend a lot of time cleaning and polishing it. I guess that goes with the territory when you have a shiny black enamel stove.

Since I bought my stove, Heartland sold their business (to Aga?) so I don't know what difference that has made. I would expect that a reliable European stove maker would only make for better stoves and would not cut the quality.

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Thanks, Sharon. That was really helpful. I have been debating between the Heartland Legend DF (36") and the Aga Legacy DF ("36"). Since they are both owned by the same company, I think the decision will go down to whether I want the smaller oven + warming drawer.