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Good, reliable, basic 30" electric wall oven (?)

8 years ago

The pocket doored oven cabinet with the electrical mechanism to control the oven ("Off" unless the doors are in the open position, doors electrically locked open for 30 minutes after the oven is shut off)...is a "go" in my location. It is UL listed and UL listing is adequate for electrical inspection in my area.


I am interested in recommendations for a fairly simple, reliable electric wall oven. Former pastry chef in the house used to baking in pretty stripped down ovens that hold temperature.

Will probably never or rarely use self cleaning, oven gets wiped out as used or extra sheet pan used for drips.

Comments (6)

  • 8 years ago

    How about the Bosch 500? Similar in price to the Maytags...

    Our current range is a pretty basic Frigidaire that has been self-destructing since we moved in. It bakes fine actually, and evenly. But the fit and finish is horrendous.

  • 8 years ago
    I bought a kitchen aid wall oven last time around. on sale, derp discount. otherwise, I'd have probably bought whirlpool. or whatever else looked ok, and had good ratings.
    Sophie's right. for an oven, if you don't want steam or a zillion features you will likely never use, just get the features you really use, at the best price you can find.
    can you wait nine months? in my area
    , biggest discounts are around Christmas and new year's....
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Budget, Styling, and Performance are the classic Venn diagram elements that don’t intersect for me on anything. Because I’m a tightwad. But the Bosch would be close.

    Bosch’s have prettier styling. That costs more. And you tend to get features you won’t use too. I like how they work just fine though. For something above “basic”, and above basic pricing, it would be my choice over the others I mentioned because of the styling. Not necessarily for pure function.

    Pure functional differences wouldn’t tip it over the edge if I ignored styling. I’d have to consider budget vs function then. And it would lose as it’s more money for not a genuine performance difference.

    But a balance of all 3 without being so strict on “budget”? Yeah, it would win that.

    Blue Star’s French door in a color wins on Styling and Performance for me. It blows the budget totally though. But, if you matched it exactly to the cabinet color, would that be enough disguise aesthetically for you to not do the hidden oven thing? That could be a budget tradeoff.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I just checked Consumer Reports to see what they recommended.

    The top electric wall oven was a Samsung ($2300) with 80points. But there were also 2 Whirlpool models with the same ranking. The Whirlpool WOS92EC0AH

    at $1500 was one of their Best Buys at $1500.

    C.R. synopsis:

    Superb broiling, impressive
    baking, a large oven, and a self-cleaning cycle that easily tackled our
    tough mess helped put this 30-inch electric wall oven on the top of our
    Ratings. Performance and price make it a CR Best Buy. The extra-large
    window lets you keep an eye on what’s cooking, and the convection
    feature speeds up cooking time. See the features & specs tab in the
    ratings for more features.

    The second Whirlpool was $1800 - model Whirlpool WOS92EC0AH

    A little further down was another Best Buy Whirlpool at $1300.WOS51EC0AS

  • 8 years ago

    We've been using our Bosch 500 for a couple of years. The initial year was dicey: out of the blue, the electronic display/board threw an odd error code E011 (original thread here). Whether the tech's fix actually worked or it was sheer coincidence, we've not had the issue since -- as you can see, one poster didn't have such success. There are enough stories on the internet about the electronics getting fried when folks have self-cleaned their ovens, so I guess it's a bonus that you won't use yours (we haven't: I also wipe down frequently enough, and we use our outdoor grill for especially 'spattery' stuff).

    One particular annoyance is the digital timer. You press the + or - to set the time, but the touchpad's very finicky: if you hold your finger on the +/- a tad too long, it jumps ahead/back too far. You'd need to then poke the +/- individually to fine tune. Fortunately, we have enough other devices/appliances around that have timers, and we use those instead.

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