I’m buying a gas stove to replace the hated electric stove that came with my condo. I have gas heat, a gas fireplace, and an electric stove. I’ve already got a quote on what it will cost to run the gas line down to the stove, and the contractor is including installing the stove with his estimate.
I’ve been looking at stoves online and in stores and will be going to more stores to look at more stoves.
My question is: Have my readers got any preferences for make and model? I don’t want to spend a lot, but neither do I want to buy the cheapest stove on the market. I’ve just discovered the joy of sealed burners, so that’s now a requirement. I want self-cleaning, don’t need convection but could be convinced if the stove is in the price range, and would like a decent broiler. Thirty-inch stove that fits in between my counters.
Home Depot has a sale on a Maytag that seems to meet all my needs (MGRH752BDW). I’m heading off to Sears later to look at some more stoves, and probably Lowe’s, too.
Any suggestions?
There are also differences in the pilot lights. Some stoves have automatic monitors that spark up the pilot light should it blow out. These mechanisms have a cost and eventually need to be maintained. I don’t know how well they work in practice.
I just installed a Thermador. 30″, 4 burner. They have nice star-shaped burners instead of the conventional circular pattern. I think it covers the bottom of the pans better.
Good luck. Gas is the only way to cook.
I had a Kenmore stove for 18 years. The only real issue I had was the igniter going out about every two years.
Seems the igniter was engineered for the oven being used 3 times a week, not daily
I now have a GE Profile Double Oven with Convection. Also comes with Sabbath Mode.
All the Maytags come with Sabbath mode. Seems to be a popular item.
Most of them come with electric pilots now, too, and automatic oven shut-offs, and delayed cooking. But the neatest thing they have: Sealed burners. Having lived in apartments most of my life, I’m loving the idea of not having to open up the stove to clean it when stuff drips down the side of the pots and pans.
I hate electric. I’m giving this one to Goodwill when I get the gas stove. It’s in good shape, only eight years old, but it’s still electric. At least when you turn off a gas burner, the pot stops boiling. Man, I hate electric stoves.