Need Advice On Buying New Electric Range

[EagerBeaver]

You were all a big help when I purchased my 65" smart TV earlier this year, now I need help buying a new electric range.

My Whirlpool RF368LXK, the only electric range I have ever known as a homeowner, has departed this world after 15 years with me. Last night was the final in a series of problems I have had in the last few months, and it has been permanently unplugged.

Here is what I need:

-electric (although I do have a gas hookup)
-white (to match other appliances)
-30" wide by 52.5" clearance (maximum)
- convection oven

Here are the models I have looked at, at Home Depot, using a filtered search:

GE:https://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-30-i...-with-Convection-in-White-JB655DKWW/206942926

Samsung:https://www.homedepot.com/p/Samsung...onvection-Oven-in-White-NE59M4320SW/301348873

Looks like the Samsung gives you a slightly bigger oven, but the GE seems to have slightly better reviews. What do you guys think? Am I overlooking a good model?

By the way I know Home Depot does free delivery, will they also take away my Whirlpool and give it a burial in the cemetery for old electric ranges?

 

[The Nature Boy]

How much do u cook? Do u entertain a lot? If so, if the reviews for the GE are negligible I'd go for the Samsung as u could throw more in the bigger oven....

 

[EagerBeaver]

I use the broiler quite a bit, especially in the winter with my Weber grill now covered. I also use the stove to cook, and bake various things like gluten free banana bread on occasion. The Samsung advantage is the oven being bigger, but, off the top of my head, can't think of too many occasions on which it would matter to have 5.9 cubic feet rather than 5.3.

Here is something else that really sucks. My broiling pan is locked into the Whirlpool because the oven door locked up when I tried to clean it. I could smash open the window with a hammer to get the broiling pan, but not sure it is even worth it. I will just get a new one at Bed Bath and Beyond, as it was on the small side for what I need anyway.

 

[westwoody]

Free home delivery is good, mainly because if the stove is dropped it is up to the dealer to get you a new one. You and your buddy drop it...you're screwed.
Go online and you might find free scrap pickup guys.

Buy with a credit card that gives you an extra year of warranty.

Samsung appliances are good but problematic service and support.

And out of the box suggestion: look at IKEA. Their appliances are mostly made by Whirlpool. Whirlpool manufacture many brands, Maytag, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, JennAir and others. Frigidaire is close second choice.

If you have children around think about an induction top. The pots and pans get hot but the cooking suface does not. It is safer and easier to clean, spills do not get burned on.

Personally I have all Jenn Air and a Frigidaire side opening wall oven, which is very nice. No reaching over the oven door.

 

[marky1234]

Those glass top are hard to clean. Go for induction. More expensive but you will love not cleaning burned spaghetti sauce on the top

 

[masterP]

Just my personal preference, but with a gas hookup available I wouldn't even consider electric.

 

[westwoody]

You might pop the door with a crowbar.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Those glass top are hard to clean. Go for induction. More expensive but you will love not cleaning burned spaghetti sauce on the top

I don't mind the glass tops. I do not have kids. There have been a few times when cleaning burned sauces has been a pain in the ass but I can live with it. Do the induction surfaces heat as efficiently?

You might pop the door with a crowbar.

That is a thought, but the broiling pan locked in that oven is smallish and I am going to get a bigger one and let the one locked in the Whirlpool oven go. Thanks for the tip anyway, as well as the others.

 

[marky1234]

Induction offers the same advantage gas, when you shut it off, heating stops. Many chefs now say they prefer induction to gas. When u boil water for rice, 40 seconds and the water is boiling like crazy.

I have the jenn air induction stove. Fantastic machine !

Article on induction :

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.fas...s-way-more-efficient-and-even-faster-than-gas

 

[EagerBeaver]

marky1234,

The induction models I saw at Home Depot were in excess of $2,000.00. I am looking to spend between $600 and $800 and use the money saved on escorts. I am not a Chef, I am mainly just cooking for myself.

 

[hornylouis]

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you're cooking for one why not just get the same model?

I'm in the same boat (bachelor life) and I actually have an insanely high end gas range which I never use. Instead I use a portable induction top which cost me around 200$ and short of broiling/baking, it does everything better and more:

1. I can place it where I want so I like to place it on my counter facing the glass window in order to get a nice view while cooking.
2. I can take it on the go when I go on a date at the girl's place to titillate her taste buds. Never done it with an escort though.

disclaimer: I have some decent cooking skill so I manage with minimal equipment (board/knife/skillet)

Funny thing, I bought that gas range with my at the time girlfriend because she liked remodeling my place but now I just use it to bake or broil the shattered pieces of my heart and wallet. Most overpriced equipment I paid for so far and I wish I could replace it but it's brand new, hooked up and probably has 20 years of life expectancy left. Now I know how marriage feels...

I should've taken the advice, it's simpler to pay by the hour

 

[EagerBeaver]

HornyLouis,

I don’t know what you mean by the “same model.” The range I had was 15 years old and the model no longer exists. It also doesn’t have a convection oven which as I previously stated I would like. Try baking any gluten free product like banana bread without a convection oven. Anyway I cook enough that I want something decent. I will consider a portable induction stovetop such as what you described as an accessory. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Doggyluver]

Damn, if you can get away from the electric range and go to gas, far more efficient, instant heat, easy to clean so many advantages. If you are going with an electric, Whirlpool still has a broad range ( lol) of ranges

 

[hornylouis]

Ah, I meant as in stick with Whirlpool since you owned a Whirlpool before..

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Applian...5yc1vZc3q6Z4l4Z1z127egZ1z127ehZ1z141fz?NCNI-5

I used the same shop as you so you can compare. I used to have that kind of electric range and I only found one difference between the 2 models I used in the past. One of the stove's burner heat up much faster than the other one. Electric stoves are the slowest when it comes to burners heating up so ideally you'd want to test them at the Home Depot but I know they're not plugged so you might want to ask a clerk if they have any idea which burner heats up faster. I remember it could take up to a minute to reach medium and a bit more to reach medium-high on the slowest of the 2 models I tried.

And here's a tip for the oven, you want the oven to be as small as possible for the largest range your purchase which is 30" wide. The reason is the smaller it is, the faster the pre-heat is going to be or the more concentrated the broil will be. A few cubic feet may seem trivial but for me it's all about optimizing cooking time and I never put in something in the oven that needs the whole cubic space. I can't confirm this to be true because it's all based on what I learned from science classes. It's all hypothetical but it's the only logical reason I came up with as to why some oven came 0.6 cubic feet smaller.

By the way the models you chose are also good choices, but the GE seems to have 5th burner on the cooktop according to its description which I don't recommend. More may seem better, but for 30" wide ranges, it just makes it cramped if you're trying to use all the burners at the same time. It's better to go with 4 burners on 30" ranges and 5-6 burners on 36" ranges.

HTH!

 

[luvdozer]

Get a gas appliance.

 

[EagerBeaver]

HornyLouis,

I think that 5th burner is actually a warming burner. Anyway thanks for the tips.

 

[jalimon]

Get a gas appliance.

So much agree. Chef will only cook on gas. Still no all the time possible and quite fucking expensive, if gas is not already at your door.

Cheers,

 

[EagerBeaver]

I have to correct something I said earlier which is that a gas hookup was an option. In fact it will not be an option. So it’s going to have to be electric.

 

[Willgill]

Is it more expensive to use a gas appliance or an electric one (not the purchase price, but the utility price)?

I do find gas appliance better, but the gap is tolerable to me though

 

[EagerBeaver]

As I said I am not going to have the option. I do heat with natural gas and have a gas grill but my hookup there is only for electric with a water pipe if I had wanted to put a dishwasher there. I am not sure why it was built that way but it is what it is.