Need New Stove/Oven Combo Recommendations.

[Turk]

Howdy,

Our Whirlpool stove is 25 years and it's time to replace it. It's a standard size 30" wide one and needs
to be replaced with another standard sized 30".

Oven should bake as even as possible of course.

Key: My Wife does a TON of Asian Stir Fry, so one of the burners need to be as high of BTU's as possible.

Quality is also very key. Which brand and where?

Price is not really a factor. Thanks!!

 

[jacky]

i would avoid frigidaire i have both fridge and stove and they are in constant need of repair

 

[UNC017]

Originally Posted By: jacky
i would avoid frigidaire i have both fridge and stove and they are in constant need of repair


YMMV. I don't have a terribly high regard for Frigidaire since they've been sold around to so many different owners since the GM days... BUT....

We've had a Frigidaire Professional 40" dual-fuel range (re-badged as a Kenmore Elite) for about 5 years now, and the thing has been awesome. Its a gas cooktop with one super-high output burner, one high-output, two standard burners, and one "simmer" burner, dual electric ovens, one of them convection. Wife just loves it. I'd slot it in on a par with Thermador but below Wolf or Viking in terms of build quality. Cost was comparable to Thermador (too expensive) but way below Wolf (insane).

 

[Whitewolf]

For what it's worth ours is MAYTAG, upper and lower oven and ceramic top. It's doing ok so far, touch wood.

 

[expat]

We went for a separate convection oven (Ikea/Whirlpool) and a Gas cook top
(Gaggenau)

Very pleased with our choice.

 

[Turk]

Oh, duh, it's gotta be a "Gas" Stove...

 

[sciphi]

We got a Frigidaire FGGF3032MF gas stove last summer. It has two high-BTU burners that kept up with canning a lot of stuff in a 27 quart canner that was often filled to the brim. The oven bakes pretty evenly also. We waited for a sale and purchased it then.

 

[Shannow]

I've got one of these, and am extraordinarily happy with it.

http://www.belling.com.au/products-1/richmond-90cm-dual-fuel-range-cooker-cream

Sorry, electric ovens, 'though.

 

[UNC017]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
I've got one of these, and am extraordinarily happy with it.

http://www.belling.com.au/products-1/richmond-90cm-dual-fuel-range-cooker-cream

Sorry, electric ovens, 'though.


IMO, gas cooktop/electric oven is perfect if you are set up for it. Our kitchen got stupid-hot when we had a gas oven and something had to bake all day. Gas ovens have to be vented to the room by nature, so heat continually flows out of them. The electric oven is sealed except for a tiny vent to equalize pressure and let cooking moisture out- very little heat escapes into the room. I had to run a new 220 circuit for the dual-fuel stove, but it was totally worth it. We had an all-electric range at our previous house, and the oven was fine but the slow response of electric cooktops (other than the induction type, which limit your choice of pans) was a pain.