All ranges have cooling fans for the electronics. Unless you do a basic gas range like BlueStar. Then the overhead ventilation required for that more than makes up for its quiet operation.

If you have the space, and the budget...get a gas rangetop, and built in double ovens.

Thanks but I don’t have the space.. I only have an 10.5 x 12 area with one wall mostly windows and a door.

This is the space I have for my stove.. a 30 inch fits with two 15” cabinets

I love the BlueStar ranges.. my husband really wanted electric so he wouldn’t have to run the gas line.. I also was trying to keep the cost under 2500.00. With everything going on I really want to keep the budget.

I am amazed by the lack of knowledge of products that are sold at even the high end stores. I have called several manufacturers and asked if their cooling fans are quiet and I usually get laughed at or put on hold. It seems like I have to go to either 5000.00 or 500.00 to get a quiet stove. If they can make quiet bath and hood fans why not range fans? And look how quiet dishwashers are.

So Unique brand is for off grid doesn’t use one. BlueStar, and American. Both run pretty hot so I’m told.

Yes, they have higher BTUs, because they’re open burner systems. The ventilation needed for them, is $$$$, especially if you’re on a budget.

Have you looked at induction ranges? If you’re only considering electric, induction is the way to go...cooks quickly and evenly, cooktop does not get hot, or throw heat into the room, food drips and splatters do not stick to the surface, it’s a breeze to clean. They’re available in just about any brand these days. in addition to high end brands, like Bosch, Miele, Wolf, Thermador, they’re also made by more mainstream brands, like GE, Samsung, Whirlpool, etc.

If you are looking for quiet operation gas is pretty much her only option next to coil electric resistance. The fans are small, but designed to move a high volume of air which by it's very nature produces noise. To most people such as myself it is hardly an after thought. I am of course assuming the cooling fan is what you are referring to. If so then you will be pretty limited in choices. An induction unit will have a cooling fan that is audible.

The fans don't bother me, but the buzz from the induction cooktop almost drove me off the rails.

The buzzing is a direct reflection of the cookware in question. Good quality cookware will not make those annoying sounds. I will not get into what kind of cookware one should purchase, but to suffice it to say it is not the fault of the appliance.

I have a GE Cafe series range and the cooling fan drives me crazy! To the point that I hesitate to use the oven. I think if I had a larger house it wouldn’t bother me as much but the fan is too loud (IMO) to comfortably hear music or the TV at a normal volume.

“The buzzing is a direct reflection of the cookware in question. Good quality cookware will not make those annoying sounds.”

Sorry, that is not true. I had a Thermador induction cooktop in a previous kitchen that buzzed with Demeyere and All-Clad cookware. There are too many others that report buzzing with high quality cookware, and at the same time people who report they hear no buzzing with bargain cookware. So the cookware may or may not be the issue. Induction buzzing has many possible causes. It can be the appliance itself, it can be the wiring into the appliance, or it can be from something that no one can figure out. Also people have different sensitivities to induction buzzing. What to one person is intolerable is to another not even noticeable, especially if you have a busy kitchen with a lot of commotion.

I never said expensive cookware was needed in order not to hear buzzing. I said good quality cookware was needed. Regardless of the quality however there is likely to be some noise at high power levels. If a person such as yourself is that sensitive to the noise it would be better to simply avoid the appliance. The Hob itself does not generate noise, it's just not how these units operate, so it can't be the appliance itself. If there are noises in the appliance and it is operating properly the only ting you should hear is the cooling fan possibly the opening/closing or a relay.

You get used to the noise. The way to stop it more quickly is to open the oven door after using it. Cuts the time by two thirds.