we have a frigidaire professional series slide in that we bought a few years ago and haven't had any problems with it. We love it! Can't wait until our remodel is complete and it will be installed in our new island.

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Anyone else hear about the frigidaire professional?

Hi, we have a newer model Kenmore Elite (sorry not sure what you mean by 'slide in' - mine's just a 'normal' stove), and I mostly like it.
I LOVE the convection oven (having never had it prior to this stove). I am not afraid to experiment with baking and am not finding it difficult to adjust favourite recipes to the convection cooking.
I'm finding the burners a little hot. I am (finally - *phew) adjusting to this which is making things easier. It took awhile as our last stove was one that I used for a long time, and the burners were much cooler.
I don't use the 'warmer' burner often, and I find the top harder to keep looking clean than our old (lighter coloured) ceramic top.
I like having all the sizes of burners available, but find that I would prefer larger ones at the back. I never really thought about it before purchasing this, but I think my 'ideal' stove would have one large at the front, as well as the back on opposite sides.
I do like the ease of cleaning the oven (no heater coil on bottom). The 'control panel' is also very easy to clean - the glass is quick/easy to polish up.
One of my big 'must haves' was a plug on the stove itself as we are lacking in outlets on the backsplash (purchased stove long before kitchen reno was planned).

hth :o)

~Missy

I am also looking for a free standing electric stove to replace an old Kenmore w/ electric elements in a house I just bought. The elements don't sit flat & I am deathly afraid that a pan will slide off and scald (or worse) me with oil. There was a discussion last year on induction range top which I would like to revive. I am curious as to the cooking results of this tech advanced method. I wonder if experienced cooks detect any difference in cooking results. To me food or water cooked in microwave tastes "artificial" as does barbeque from ceramic vs wood/charcoal or artificial sweeteners vs sugar/honey. I'd appreciate any comments.

I have the GE electric Cafe and LOVE it. It may cost a little more than you want to spend, but I think you can get it on sale for pretty close (and I think it's worth it!!). I think it is listed for around $2800, but I got mine for around $2300 and I know I could have done better, but wanted to purchase at a local small appliance store. I did get a rebate though! It is the #1 rated electric stove by Consumer Reports and the best one where I purchased it and they sold everything. Check it out on GE's website. Good luck!!

Oh ya, it looks like a slide in, but it's not.

We chose the Electrolux 30" electric slide in for several reasons. I've always had smooth top and like it for ease of cleaning. There is a large convection/regular oven, beautiful blue inside with great racks that can slide all the way out and still support the pans and many settings like dehydrate or perfect turkey. The second oven is either a regular oven, warming drawer, or storage. There are 5 burners on top. 2 large adjustable size in the front and 1 medium adjustable size in the rear. One of the main reasons I chose this model was the horizontal flat digital control panel in the front. I did not like bending over to turn on/adjust the vertical knobs/controls on the front panel of other slide ins any more than I liked reaching over the hot pots and pans to adjust the controls in the rear of my old stove. The horizontal glass control panel on the front can get shmeary from fingerprints while cooking but it cleans easily. Just a suggestion to anyone who chooses this model: put spacers in the lower cabinets on both sides next to the stove so there is not such a tight fit to the adjacent drawers or cabinet doors. So far it's been great.

I have a Bosch dual-fuel slide-in. I love the way it looks (the color is Titanium, which is white and stainless) and it performs wonderfully. However, the oven is very loud, even when the convection is NOT on. (It is a fan on the control panel to keep it from overheating, because it is so close to the heat of the oven.) I have had Bosch people out to fix it and have been told this is normal. I find it very annoying and if I didn't love the way it looks I would never have kept it.

I would have probably gone with the Kenmore Elite - I have always read great reviews about it and it is QUIET.

Nicole

> I am curious as to the cooking results of this tech advanced method. I wonder if experienced cooks detect any difference in cooking results. To me food or water cooked in microwave tastes "artificial" as does barbeque from ceramic vs wood/charcoal or artificial sweeteners vs sugar/honey.

I understand what you're saying, but induction does still cook by direct heat transfer like any radiant cooktop, unlike a microwave that cooks by exciting the molecules in the food itself.

The difference between induction and old-style radiant cooking is that the pan is warmed by exciting the molecules of the pan itself, rather than the food, so the pan surface gets warm and the food cooks. It's the same degree of difference as there is between warming a pan by means of an electric coil vs a direct flame, like gas. It's not doing anything to the food itself, unlike microwaving.

I have a Kitchen Aid Architect Series slide in- glass top in white with convection and warming drawer. I love it! The convection takes a bit to get used to so i can't speak much to that, but things just cook beautifully on it and in the oven. I don't have gas to my house, so even though it's electric, it works great- the burners respond almost like gas- very quick~ It's a kitchenaid, so you can't go wrong- they really do make a nice product. I don't use the warming drawer much except for dinner parties, and in a small kitchen it also acts as another spot to place things when coutertop runs out!
I was looking at the Kenmore Elite but decided on this unit after reading reviews online. I love the computerized panel- very simple to use, yet has a ton of features.
Good Luck!

I purchased a Kenmore Elite slide in range with convection in April of 2009. So far I have been pleased with the range. My prior experience has been with coil top free standing ranges, so that is all I have to compare with. I absolutely love the easy to clean smooth top. Things still get cooked on a little bit, but some quick work with a razor blade and the cleaning product Sears supplies (small bottle came with the range) quickly cleans things up. I have the digital (rather than knob) controls and I absolutely love that feature. They are easy to work with and set temperatures and so much easier to clean, and I love the sleek look.

We use the stove and the oven very regularly, cooking almost every night. I have a very different diet than my significant other, so we often end up cooking two meals in one night.

My only complaint with the stove is that the burners behave a little strangely presumably because of the sensors. It seems to detect the temperature of the pan and adjust the heat accordingly. So sometimes the burner seems to turn on and off, even though the control is set at a single consistent temperature. I don't know if this is specific to the Kenmore or simply a feature of all newer smoothtop stoves. The burners do seem to run hotter than my old coil top, but that hasn't been a problem as I have just adjusted the temperatures accordingly.

The oven seems to work very well and keep temperatures consistent. I like that it also shows you where the temperature is while you're pre-heating the oven. I have only used the convection feature once, so I'm not certain how well it works.

I also rarely use the warming burner feature. But I personally love having the large burners up front. I use the large burners far more often and find the front location to be most convenient.

Overall I am very pleased with my Kenmore Elite slide in range. I feel like the price was very reasonable for the quality and I am so much happier with this range than my previous one.

oldhousegal, do you have any problems with fan noise with your KA? A neighbor of mine has the standalone Architect Series II, and the oven fan is very noisy and runs quite a long time (sometimes as long as 45 minutes) after shutting the oven off--very irksome when you're dining in the same room.

I really like our Kenmore slide in range - especially its Turbo Boil and Simmmer features. One heats up things super fast, and the other one keeps things at a constant simmer. My favorite feature, however is the warming drawer as it allows me to cook ahead and keep food warm, or have the meal warm for whenever somebody shows up if they're late for dinner. My least favorite feature is the white cook top that gets stained EVERY TIME I use it, no matter what kind of pan I use. My other darker cooktop never did this. I would never buy a WHITE cooktop again...