GE Profile has one in your price range.

thoughts on this one....

i have not llooked for appliances in quite a while, so not sure who owns who anymore and who's is good and who to stay away from...

he cannot go high end...

I just got rid of a 5 burner gas LG as part of my reno. It was about 10 years old and there was nothing wrong with it other than the knobs wore badly. I upgraded as part of my reno.

Look for sales at indie stores. We got a GE Profile almost 3 years ago. Listed about $2500, on 'sale' at BB or Lowe's for 1999, Presidents Day sale at large local chain, $1750.

We love it.

From what I’m hearing, there is at least a 6 month wait for new appliances right now. You might shop around to see what is available in the stores.

I have a GE Cafe dual fuel. You could not give me another one. They are unreliable and customer service stinks.

The one before it was a Viking dual fuel. I loved that stove! I would have liked to have taken it with me when we sold the house, but the fact that the house had Viking appliances was a major selling point. That was 7 years ago. Viking has since been sold. I have no idea what the quality is like now.

Unless your son must have all-gas for some reason, I’d recommend going with dual-fuel, gas burners with an electric oven.

"thoughts on this one..."

The GE JGB735SPSS is a CR recommended model and its price is very low. Home Depot owners also like it. If you don't mind a freestanding (rather than slide-in) range, it appears to be a good choice. Also sold by Best Buy and Lowes for the same price.

Mdln: I have induction & love it… he has cooked on for a few years. I think it is cost prohibitive but I will revisit the conversation with him. I wish he would do induction, so fingers crossed I can change is mind.
Wdccruise: I honestly don’t think he cares/minds/ or knows the difference… $$ is a concern so we will see. I like the LG better than the GE….

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Every model of residential range is going to be a mix of engineering tradeoffs and design compromises and different mixes appeal (or appall) differently to different people, but if your son will consider induction as you wish he would do, then you could point him to the two Frigidaire "Gallery" model induction ranges. Both seem to be currently priced within his budget and both seem to be in stock at stores like Lowe's even here in deepest, darkest Montana. The two models in stock here are the freestanding GCRI3058AF for about $1000 and the slide-in version, the FGIH3047VF, for (IIRC) about $1400.

Just for pricing; I don't have these, so can't personally recommend..

thanks everyone!!

i will have the convo with him this weekend about induction and go from there.

Thanks Again!!

i was hoping to find a floor model, somewhere! and go from there... we did that with our reno and made out very well with our Wolf full size oven...i guess the same idea as sushipup2

Yes, indie stores can give you much better prices, especially on sales, than the big box stores.

If you get gas, check with the gas co for rebate.

We have a Samsung NX60A6511SS free-standing gas range at our house in Cathedral City, and I like it a lot. I would never want induction, but that is just my preference. The Samsung range has a center burner that works with a griddle that came with the range, and I use this frequently. The oven is electric and has a low setting of 135°, which I use for dehydrating.

I don't think they make induction ovens.

I don't like induction cook tops because:

1. I can't do wok cooking.

2. The side of frying pans does not get hot.

3 Even the lowest power settings on inductions are not low enough for some of my cooking.

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