My experience has been that kids will only touch a hot stove once.
Third Stove in 4 years
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So, you've used one? Just because people can't afford or have the inclination to change, doesn't make it bad. Trust me, all the advantages of gas ranges, without the excess (wasted) heat. So you might need some new pots, so what. Use your grandmas old cast iron and be happy.
Funniest and most ironic thing happened this morning. Put the kettle on to boil water for tea - burner would not light. Tried another burner - no go. Wife started hollering, "It worked for me this morning" She tried - no go. Then she spent 1/2 hour on the phone with the LP gas company trying to convince them we need a gas fill. It appears there was a missed delivery this past March due to driveway not clear of snow and ice.
Maybe later today maybe tomorrow
A missed LP delivery is far less likely to occur than a power outage.
We've got a MagicChef. It's 28 years old. We light burners with a match. I changed the igniters out twice in 4 years and decided to just light them. Ever since it was about 12 years old I've changed the oven ignitors every 2 or 3 years. It sits in a very close space in our countertop/ cabinets is the main reason I don't want to get a new one and it still works fine. Oven ignitors are cheap.
Ignitors are cheap for some stoves but not all.
My Kenmore in my first house was so old it had pilots for the burners! They were prone to blow out if the kitchen windows were open & it got a little windy. Just needed relit occasionally.
Yes, but ...
In this screwed up, cheaped-out modern world, still no LP delivery. Call Center is in Asia. No customer phone line at local gas company. Can't talk to dispatch.
I am tied to the house since they won't deliver with an empty bottle unless someone is home. I need to go out and get groceries.
What a mess. Thinking of changing LP companies.
I am in a log cabin in the woods and lose power frequently so we like a LP gas range - But I would prefer greatly a dual power with a electric oven - a somewhat pricey option.
I was going to buy a Pellet fueled Smoker grill last month and wife said "why?"
Bet she wishes we had one this week.
Our last gas grill rotted and went in the construction dumpster when we got a new roof last Fall.
A pellet grill and a decent little gas grill would suit you just fine. I have both. The pellet grill is more of a nice to have but the Weber Genesis II is a a need to have. I've used it to roast prime rib, etc... The pellet grill is fun and makes great tasting food...kind of a novelty with it's Wi-Fi app temperature control and notifications.
We recently replaced our smooth top electric range with an induction range. Bosch, made in the USA. Apparently most reliable induction range (twice as reliable as the next best).
My wife loves it. All of our pots and pans work on it. We've only bought pots and pans with magnetic bottoms for the past couple of decades.
PS Our old Kitchen-aid range hood is working fine (an update for those who provided input while I was rehabbing it).
My wife loves it. All of our pots and pans work on it. We've only bought pots and pans with magnetic bottoms for the past couple of decades.
PS Our old Kitchen-aid range hood is working fine (an update for those who provided input while I was rehabbing it).
NO more stainless-steel trash cans on wheels. Since we are geting old and dont entertain, our outdoor cookout days are pretty much done for.
Next grill could be a camp style firebrick pit in the back yard fueled with wood or charcoal
Enjoy the (name drop) Weber.
Still using a double oven Hardwick from the mid '70s in our house. It has 4 pilot lights.
Upper oven doesn't come on, but still useful to keep food warm.
My lovely wife believes in using things until they turn back into stardust.
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I recently visited a home in Manchester, which I think is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed and spec'd home, and that had two Thermidor ovens built into a wall in the kitchen. Also a wide but shallow 4-element cooktop.
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View attachment 234786 My neighbor got this stove but she said it was to big.
Wife had this oven a while ago, but she opined that the heating element only lasted a year before it had to be replaced!
Pricey replacement element -
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My grandparents used to have a classic LP stove The '50s vintage. About 20 years ago, my grandmother bought a cheap Frigidaire with the digital timer and replacement and told them just to go ahead and haul the old one off even though it still worked fine it just needed a few minor adjustments. I remember thinking what a mistake that was because that was probably worth more than that cheapo Frigidaire oven. She had to move out of that house about a year ago and that Frigidaire was on its last leg. I think she replaced igniter at least once. A couple burners didn't work correctly. One of them would only work if you turn the back one on first and you still would have to light it with a match. In my opinion, if you kept the old one it probably would still work just fine. Those didn't have a igniter but a pilot line. You'd have to twist it real fast to get it to ignite correctly.
We bought a no name Galaxy range for our rental house when the prior harvest gold Kenmore one broke. The memory serves correctly I think that lasted about 15 years. Even of that there was like a year or two where the sat vacant since we were very particular about who we had living there. Finding parts for that wasn't fun. I think it used GE parts for the igniter. I know after that my mom came to the same conclusion that I did not to use junk appliances. We replaced it I think it was in 2021 or it might have been 2020 with a whirlpool gas range and it never gave us trouble. Though That wasn't too long before we sold the house. As we retired of being landlords. I know the tenants sure liked the new one a lot better. It was a much nicer unit.
Aside from that, I have a 14-year-old soon to be 15-year-old Whirlpool electric range with coils. The only thing that we've had to replace is the coils once in a while. The oven's been flawless. I like the way that it works better than frigidaires that I've used. Having said that the coil Frigidaire ranges that I've worked with have held up just fine. I think my aunt got about 20 years out of hers and she uses her constantly with her big family Even though she's in her retirement years But that's a farmer's life for you.
I'm not sure how old the GE electric double wall convection oven my parents house is because it was installed some time before my parents bought the house, But they've owned it about 14 almost 15 years. The only real problem is the button pad has worn off. Thankfully we can figure it out but if someone has never worked with it before they're going to have a hard time. It's nice though.
With the debate about gas versus electric, all I have to say is if you're working with great recipes and a person that has any talent, they can still make quite an impressive meal with either type. My parental grandmother might have LP to use but her recipes are the type where you eat to live (when I would visit, I would usually cooked for myself). My mother's family was more you live to eat, Not necessarily unhealthy, she just knew how to find a balance that wasn't just bland and flavorless. And once she got a good oven that was electric, the problem was resolved.
We bought a no name Galaxy range for our rental house when the prior harvest gold Kenmore one broke. The memory serves correctly I think that lasted about 15 years. Even of that there was like a year or two where the sat vacant since we were very particular about who we had living there. Finding parts for that wasn't fun. I think it used GE parts for the igniter. I know after that my mom came to the same conclusion that I did not to use junk appliances. We replaced it I think it was in 2021 or it might have been 2020 with a whirlpool gas range and it never gave us trouble. Though That wasn't too long before we sold the house. As we retired of being landlords. I know the tenants sure liked the new one a lot better. It was a much nicer unit.
Aside from that, I have a 14-year-old soon to be 15-year-old Whirlpool electric range with coils. The only thing that we've had to replace is the coils once in a while. The oven's been flawless. I like the way that it works better than frigidaires that I've used. Having said that the coil Frigidaire ranges that I've worked with have held up just fine. I think my aunt got about 20 years out of hers and she uses her constantly with her big family Even though she's in her retirement years But that's a farmer's life for you.
I'm not sure how old the GE electric double wall convection oven my parents house is because it was installed some time before my parents bought the house, But they've owned it about 14 almost 15 years. The only real problem is the button pad has worn off. Thankfully we can figure it out but if someone has never worked with it before they're going to have a hard time. It's nice though.
With the debate about gas versus electric, all I have to say is if you're working with great recipes and a person that has any talent, they can still make quite an impressive meal with either type. My parental grandmother might have LP to use but her recipes are the type where you eat to live (when I would visit, I would usually cooked for myself). My mother's family was more you live to eat, Not necessarily unhealthy, she just knew how to find a balance that wasn't just bland and flavorless. And once she got a good oven that was electric, the problem was resolved.
Just replaced the aforementioned 50 y.o. Hardwick with a Kucht:
Looks pretty much the same as ours but for color.
Also, we ordered gray and we received a stainless door and trim and the gray door and trim.
Mine has shorter legs and 2x 9000 btu, 2x 15,000 btu burners.
When I ordered the vendor had colors for same price as stainless.
I was confused when it came in stainless, and green door and kick plate in separate box.
So I have free extra door.
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