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09-20-2012, 03:51 PM | #1 |
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| Does anyone have a dual fuel stove? Our house is sold and, along with it, my Whirlpool Gold appliances so now I find myself appliance shopping again. I would really like the idea of a dual fuel stove but I've never had one. I know gas is better for cooking and electric is better for baking. I hate the way an electric burner stays hot even after you turn it down or shut it off so cooking with gas again sounds great to me...and I do bake quite a bit but I have never been comfortable with that 'woosh' sound of a gas oven lighting. So, the dual fuel sounds like the way to go for me. Does anyone have one? If so, are you happy with it and would you buy one again if you had to replace it? What brand do you have? Any drawbacks? |
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09-20-2012, 04:30 PM | #2 |
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| I love the concept, I thought I knew everything about appliances and yet never heard of this...oh boy! I did some reading and research after I saw this and I absolutely would buy one of these IF you can...I can only dream for now but when I move I will start saving up! Heres a good link I found. Dual-Fuel Ranges - Ranges Reviews
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09-20-2012, 04:48 PM | #3 | |
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I first saw one a few years ago...a huge 36" wide, 6 burner stainless steel one at Sears and I knew I had to have one someday! | |
09-20-2012, 05:01 PM | #4 |
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| I never knew there was one. I'd always assumed you got either gas or electric. So, at the wee house I bought a couple of years ago, I went with a gas cooktop and an electric wall oven. I have no regrets what so ever & would buy them again. Both are Maytag.
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09-20-2012, 05:10 PM | #5 |
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| Thank you. Yep, they make a one unit combination stove now. I didn't think about a cook top and wall oven but I'm not sure I have room for both. We will end up removing the entire kitchen and starting over with an empty room though so I'll see how the space evolves once we get to that point. |
09-21-2012, 05:18 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | My electric range is on its last leg. I think it's from the 70's or 80's lol I just ordered a dual fuel about a month ago. ( I am waiting . . . I have to get a plumber to run the gas line for it) anyway. I ordered a GE. It had great reviews. Also the electric oven in better for banking. |
09-21-2012, 08:06 AM | #7 | |
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09-21-2012, 08:27 AM | #8 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Talk about the best of both worlds, that's great! If I were you, I'd look for an oven with the convection feature, baked goods turn out so much better and I've heard it's great for roasts too, but I haven't tried it yet.
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09-21-2012, 12:03 PM | #9 |
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| That's exactly what I want to get I don't know who came up with the idea for this stove but it was a pretty darned good one! |
09-21-2012, 07:51 PM | #11 |
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| I have a jenn air dual fuel slide in with a center down draft. I love the duel fuel concept and cooking with gas, however I hate the jen air range, for lots of reasons. One it is dirty and a bitch to clean. Most combo ovens and cooktooks seem to have shorter life spans that the conv. ranges. ours is a slide in which means it is made to fool the eye that the range and oven are separate because there is no back panel. So that means all the controls are on the front between the burner and the oven door. Since the control panel is close to the heat with this design it makes the panel short out fairly quick, I have had mine repaired three or four times in 12 years and will be shopping for a new range soon. But I am screwed because it is built in to our granite countertop plus we have the gas line and the big downdraft motor and no hood overhead. I have heard the new electric smooth tops ranges heat up and cool down much quicker now, and they sure are cleaner, but yes there is that allure of range top gas cooking so I don't know what we will do. Oh and because of so many problems I have an appliance repair program with our gas provider, my range has made the plan very worthwhile.
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09-21-2012, 08:15 PM | #12 |
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09-22-2012, 11:53 AM | #13 | |
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The glass top can be easy or hard to clean...I wipe mine down immediately if something spills on it and that helps. It does have a rapid preheat option for the oven though and I do like that, plus it's convection, steam cleaning and all of that. I am happy with the Whirlpool Gold group I bought but they are staying with the house so I will have to buy new ones. I'll have to see if they have a dual fuel stove... Oh, and, just an FYI in case you do go with a smooth top stove. You know those small cabinets that are always above a stove? Well, take my advice...don't be like my son and ignore this...don't ever store anything heavy in those cabinets...those are for things like paper plates or plastic cups. Why? Because when you store a glass Corningware lid up there and one day it falls onto the glass cooktop...the cooktop breaks and you have to pay out the nose for a new one. Yah...he should have listened to good ol' Mom on that one! | |
09-22-2012, 02:50 PM | #14 | |
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I had an electric smoothtop at the last house...loved the look of it & how easy it was to keep clean. But my son is the only one in the family who can actually cook an edible meal, and a gas cooktop was one of his few requests in the new house. Of course, a few months after we got the cooktop, he went away to college I do tend to burn alot less stuff on the gas cooktop though, so I like that about it, and I haven't caught anything on fire in the kitchen at this house...thus far
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09-22-2012, 03:56 PM | #15 | |
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I think the cabinets above the stove should be able to hold a heavy load, it depends how they were installed. I don't think they are only for holding paper plates, and mine is actually holding a very heavy convection microwave oven. Most microwaves are attached to the cabinets above them, not the wall.
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