I'm oven/range shopping - any advice?
 

Our range has been in rough shape the last year and finally died completely this weekend. It's not super fun to feed a family of 4 with no oven and only 2 burners working on the stove, so I'm shopping in earnest for a new one. Has to be electric and under $1,000 including delivery charges. I would like to try the smooth type style.

I am looking at some of the nicer options, like the fifth burner, the convection option, options for delayed baking and "Sabbath mode" where it looks like I can set it to come on and stay on at a particular time and temperature. I bake our own bread about 90% of the time and my kids have afternoon sports activities 3-5 days a week so I am wondering if those would be helpful features, worth the extra money.

Oh one other thing that limits my choices: all my appliances are white and I would like to range to match.

This is the one I'm leaning towards so far. http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...ductId=4222169

Re: I'm oven/range shopping - any advice?
 

I'd get a double oven if at all possible. That's my main requirement whenever we get a new stove.

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I just got a maytag double oven & really like it. It was $1400 in Canada, not sure what that would be in usd.
It's white, flat top, has delayed & convection options!

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The one you linked to looks like an updated version of the one I have. I've been happy with mine.

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Double oven is out of my price range unfortunately.

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Was your last oven glass top? I had one before and hated it so much.

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For electric. I've seen awesome deals on Craigslist. I won't consider electric though.


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Re: I'm oven/range shopping - any advice?
 

No we have coils and we hate them. Why did you hate the glass top? Cleaning?

We don't have any gas hookup in our house so that's not a choice unfortunately. I'd love to have a gas range and an electric oven.

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If you are limited to electric, I'd definitely do flat top as opposed to the coils. I HATE the coils and I've totally loved my flat top.

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I don't love my glass top. :no It's fairly easy to clean, but you have to clean it every time you spill the slightest thing on there or it can damage the burners. BTDT. I only have 3 useful burners now. Also, you're not supposed to use cast iron on them or do canning. After several attempts to can jelly on my stove, I now go over to my mom's house to do canning on her coils.

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:think Interesting. I've never had those issues with our glass top and I use cast iron exclusively.

I also have never had any of the burners damaged by spillage and I openly admit that I do not clean after every use. :blush :lol And am a huge cooker, and a rather frequent spiller. :giggle In fact, when we bought this house (a foreclosure) the burners were in bad shape and I thought the stains were permanent, but I removed all of them with a cleaner called "Bar Keepers Friend."

Maybe there are different qualities of glass top, which might explain the big variance in experience. :think I have no clue, I've never purchased one, just purchased a house with an existing glass top. :yes

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I have a glass top and do not clean after every spill. I've had no issues.

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Mine is older and I bought it refurbished. That could be part of it. :shrug

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Bumping this thread! I broke our cooktop (it's separate from the oven). I'm looking at replacing both since the oven isn't much bigger than an easy-bake :giggle.

Any more thoughts on glass-top vs. coils? Brand recs.? I'm a horrible cleaner, so I need something that can stand up to mess! I want to keep using cast-iron, and I would love to eventually be a canner.

Angela, did you end up with the one you linked in the op?

Re: I'm oven/range shopping - any advice?
 

I love having a glass top!

The biggest thing I would look at is burner size. Make sure they're convenient for what you want.

Also the oven being self-cleaning is a nice feature. I hate cleaning ovens!