Time for a new range. Ideas?

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Heating up some ham, my oven element started sparking like the video below. It's about 16 years old, so I'm thinking it is not worth putting money into. While I'd love to have an induction range, the ones I would want are pretty pricey and we already have a gas hookup.

Any suggestions? Anyone have a range they just love?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQwXKHUGWY&ab_channel=climbjm
 
I really like that ours has the long griddle feature built into the middle of it. We use that quite a bit. My grates all sit even, so it's easy for me to slide a pot across the entire thing (I'll often start on the big burner, then run it to a smaller one on the other side, so it's nice not having a lip to deal with) Part of me wishes that I had a dual fuel that used a gas range with an electric oven...but that's just because I read that it's better and that makes me want it.. I'm starting to see 'air fryer' as an option built into a lot of them. I thought the convection oven was basically the same thing, so I don't know there.

My niece has one with the divider so you can run 2 temps in the oven, that seems handy. I don't like the control touch screens on the front of hers-it's easy to bump and shut things off on accident.
 
You can (most likely) replace that heating element yourself with a screwdriver, pliers, and less than 15 minutes. Turn off the power obviously. Remove the old one, take it to a local appliance place, get a new one for less that $100, put it in. I just did our 20 year old one about a month ago it was $45. Works way better now. Just in-time for us to move into our new house :oops:
 
In our old house we had a LG that I replaced the heating element on it several times and it was only around 7 years old.

The new house here now we have a kitchen aid double oven with a kitchen aid natural gas cooktop.
 
Freestanding or slide-in? Width? I have 30" freestanding gas Samsung that has to be rebooted once a month. I will not buy another 30" range with a middle griddle - I can't use any of the other burners on my Samsung when the griddle is in place. Before that was a Kitchenaid electric with a Schott smooth top. It was ok, but I wouldn't buy either one again.

I've been shopping for a new gas range. Right now I'm leaning towards Miele, but BlueStar, Wolf and Viking are also being considered. If I don't go with Miele, it will probably be BlueStar since I can get one with open burners. All of the others use sealed burners on their 30" freestanding ranges.
 
Lots of people love gas cooktops but don't like gas ovens. You sacrifice oven space with gas. I had one once, and I did not care for it. Maybe it was in my head, but I swear I could taste that gas odor.
You can replace that element easily for about $50 as someone mentioned earlier. Maybe do that and start saving for the induction range?
 
We recently changed from an electric range and top to a gas top and electric oven (ge profile). They work great and I much prefer gas cooktop over electric but induction is likely the way to go. The only downside to me is they don’t look as good as a heavy duty industrial looking gas cooktop with cast iron grates etc. In fact, that’s what we didn’t go with an induction cook top....I didn’t like the aesthetics (shallow I know, but what can u do?)


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We've been cooking on a gas range for years and love it. You have better control with gas vs electric. As far as ovens are concerned electric would be a better choice if you were doing alot of baking, cakes, breads, etc.
 
I too would try the cheap route first by replacing the element. Next would be gas and I would avoid Samsung. We, our family and friends have Samsung products and nobody is happy with their's. Seems no matter what brand (common ones) anymore it's a crap shoot. My best luck was from Lowes on their floor models. Good luck!
 
Always gas if it's an option. And double oven if you're doing a range/oven combo. I have an LG and love it.
 
Curt.P said:
I've been shopping for a new gas range. Right now I'm leaning towards Miele, but BlueStar, Wolf and Viking are also being considered. If I don't go with Miele, it will probably be BlueStar since I can get one with open burners. All of the others use sealed burners on their 30" freestanding ranges.
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I love my Blue Star and would recommend it 100 times over a Wolf or Viking for about the same $. The 22k btu burners are no joke (I think they have 25k now too) and open burners are so much better than sealed. It's almost to the point I can't cook on regular residential ranges anymore.

The broiler is also top notch.
 
Unless your cookware is already induction compatible,
there will be that expense also.
Aluminum and glass won't work if they don't have magnetic
bottoms.
 
Ok Mik so you motivated me. Just got done getting the convection fan working again and doing a major clean of the outsides of the stove and cubby hole it sits in. Thanks! I got a bunch of brownie points from the wife :grin:
 
My only recommendation would be stay with gas range and get one with a griddle insert if that's something you think you'd use. They are pretty awesome for pancakes, bacon etc.
 
JAKs Q & brew said:
I love my Blue Star and would recommend it 100 times over a Wolf or Viking for about the same $. The 22k btu burners are no joke (I think they have 25k now too) and open burners are so much better than sealed. It's almost to the point I can't cook on regular residential ranges anymore.

The broiler is also top notch.
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Appreciate the input! Is yours a 30" or are you one of the lucky ones with a 36", 48" or 60"? I've been looking at the 30" RNB304BPMV2C with the double pro-style door. Wife isn't quite on board yet, but maybe I won't reset the Samsung next time it crashes and tell her it has to be replaced :mrgreen:
 
Curt.P said:
Appreciate the input! Is yours a 30" or are you one of the lucky ones with a 36", 48" or 60"? I've been looking at the 30" RNB304BPMV2C with the double pro-style door. Wife isn't quite on board yet, but maybe I won't reset the Samsung next time it crashes and tell her it has to be replaced :mrgreen:
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Not to help hi jack the thread, but I had a Bluestar RNB304 in our other house. Great range, but make sure you have sufficient hood power to handle the beast.

I moved to an all electric house and don't have the option, but I would have bought the Bluestar all over again. They can be a little touchy on the ignitors if got wet, but that is the only issue I had and it was minor at best.

I went with an induction cooktop at the new house. While, I still liked my 22k burners on the blue star, the induction is so much better than radiant heat electric burners.
 
I had propane and was able to switch to natural gas. Had to get a new stove because I could not get a $15 part to change from propane to natural gas. Have a GE Cafe and I do like it
 
We’ve had a JennAire electric convection oven with gas’s burners on the stovetop for about 20 years. I got the griddle and grill attachments that you can swap out one of the two burner gas modules with when you want. Great setup.
 
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