riguy99
Premium Member
Greetings. We are in the market for a new 30" electric range, and two questions:
1. Curious if there is any reliability difference between old style rear controls or front controls over the oven door? We are pretty indifferent on appearance and use, but I always worry about electronics being subject to heat (e.g., from the open oven door while broiling) or liquids, like spills while cooking. Or maybe I'm just old-fashioned
2. Any thoughts on the Frigidaire cheap induction ranges? We were not really thinking induction due to cost of range + cookware replacement (about 1/2 ours is aluminum), but I see Frigidaire has some inductions that are 1/2 the cost or less of anything else, now in the ballpark of conventional electric. That's great, though I always wonder how someone manages to beat the other manufacturers' price by 50%. Probably still inclined to think induction for our next range vs this one.
Fwiw, we are currently leaning to some mid-range GE conventional models. We're competent cooks and don't care about bells and whistles and for gosh sakes don't need our stove on wifi. We would splurge if there were ranges that put out significantly higher heat than others but seems like two front elements of 3000-3200W is where everyone tops out.
Current range is a 12 year old LG LRE3023 that based on threads here, probably needs a new control board due to burner behaving erratically. I figure not worth a $350 fix at that age and we were never thrilled with the touch button vs knob control anyway (bought by previous owner)
Thanks!
1. Curious if there is any reliability difference between old style rear controls or front controls over the oven door? We are pretty indifferent on appearance and use, but I always worry about electronics being subject to heat (e.g., from the open oven door while broiling) or liquids, like spills while cooking. Or maybe I'm just old-fashioned
2. Any thoughts on the Frigidaire cheap induction ranges? We were not really thinking induction due to cost of range + cookware replacement (about 1/2 ours is aluminum), but I see Frigidaire has some inductions that are 1/2 the cost or less of anything else, now in the ballpark of conventional electric. That's great, though I always wonder how someone manages to beat the other manufacturers' price by 50%. Probably still inclined to think induction for our next range vs this one.
Fwiw, we are currently leaning to some mid-range GE conventional models. We're competent cooks and don't care about bells and whistles and for gosh sakes don't need our stove on wifi. We would splurge if there were ranges that put out significantly higher heat than others but seems like two front elements of 3000-3200W is where everyone tops out.
Current range is a 12 year old LG LRE3023 that based on threads here, probably needs a new control board due to burner behaving erratically. I figure not worth a $350 fix at that age and we were never thrilled with the touch button vs knob control anyway (bought by previous owner)
Thanks!