ranges

15 years ago

I currently have a 30" electric slide in range (thermador). Repair is costly for this 10 year old appliance. I am debating if I should convert to a gas slide in range. After doing some research, I still don't have a good sense if a total gas range is the way to go. The gas top and electric oven seem a better choice but there are so few 30" dual ovens,slide in versions, many of which have high repair rates I am just thinking I should stick to an electric. Any suggestions.

Many thanks

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brickeyee
15 years ago
Do you have gas?

Dual fuel ranges are often higher end appliances.
sayde
15 years ago
Before the remodel I had a gas cooktop and an electric oven. We designed the new kitchen for a range. I had never had a gas oven and was a little nervous about that but after researching and going to see various ranges decided that an all gas range would be fine. I got a Blue Star and like it very much so far.

Suggest that you consider an all gas range. You might want to do some research on the appliance forum.
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sabjimata
15 years ago
I love my dual fuel FiveStar but the heating element in the oven is exposed--unlike the Kenmore Elite it replaced. This does eat up valuable oven real estate. I saw a friend's Viking wall oven the other week and it was the same thing.
eandhl
15 years ago
I came from a Thermador electric range that I loved and changed to a propane DCS, all gas. I was a little worried about the oven switch but everything I have done (almost 3 yrs worth of cooking/roasting/baking/broiling) has come out fine. I love having gas and will never go back.
mabeldingeldine_gw
15 years ago
I live in rural Maine, and in 1998 after a ferocious ice storm, I was without electricity for 14 days. I will never give up gas after that experience. (and a woodstove, too)

If you think a long term electrical outage is even a remote possibility, keep that in mind.
liyalater
15 years ago
I think people who bake a lot are supposed to like electric ovens, but I also have heard that dual fuel doesn't matter and it's just a marketing tool. If you like to bake, maybe ask some bakers? I personally would go for an all gas rather than electric. All gas seems easier to fix if something goes wrong.
cooksnsews
15 years ago
I went from an electric smoothtop to an all-gas range. I considered dual fuel for awhile, but the incremental cost was huge, and the buzz was that these tend to have short life spans as the oven electronics get fried by heat from the burners. I polled friends and family about baking in gas ovens, and only found one who preferred electric ovens, and she has separate cooktop and oven. Modern gas ovens are much better designed than those of the past, and considering I have had lots of crappy electric ovens, I decided to go all-gas. No regrets. The kind of baking I do (and I do a lot) works better in my new oven than my old e-one.

I've come to think that very few kitchen appliance salesmen actually cook....
pudgybaby
15 years ago
Have you considered induction? There are slim pickings in 30 inch induction ranges, though.