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Mar 25, 2019 11:06:09   #
Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Thanks. I'm considering a GE smooth top, on sale at Lowe's for three more days. My son gets a 10% employee discount, and my Lowe's card gives me another 5%.

https://www.lowes.com/cart/item/2038475530/services?showA2CMessage=true


Jerry. I can highly recommend the GE. We've had one for several years and it's performance has been flawless. And it is one of the better recommendations in Consumer Reports. But if you have a Home Depot, they usually beat Lowe's on price. Of course your discounts probably negate that.

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Mar 25, 2019 11:23:08   #
SteveR Loc: Michigan
 
My one suggestion would be to get one with a warming element beneath the oven to keep items warm while others are being cooked. Our GE has performed well since 2006.

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Mar 25, 2019 11:23:25   #
BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
 
My wife was a professional cook, always used gas stoves. We bought our current house in 1988 and it had an electric, smooth top stove. First thing she said was stove gotta go. In 2000 I gutted the kitchen, bought all new appliances. Amana frig, died, Maytag Microwave, dead, Bosch Dishwasher, going strong, GE ELECTRIC stove, still good. Yep, the wife, after using the smooth top for a few years, decided she liked it. BONUS is after a certain age, forgetting to turn off burners is common error. I once caught a paper bag sitting on the stove on fire... Anyway, I told her it's a good thing we went electric, I don't think either of us would be safe with open flames anymore.

We replaced our Amana frig with LG last year. It is a big one, and very expensive. At least 3 times a week I say out loud, "I LOVE this refrigerator". Really, it is awesome, never thought I'd ever say that about an appliance. Super duper well designed. If our stove dies, I will get an LG. Also have an LG TV and LG cell phone. Both super. Also have 2 Samsung TV's, not so hot, and have had several Samsung cell phones, suck.

Also, the heating element I don't believe it costs that much, I replaced one in our old stove and it took like 4 screws and walla, worked fine. I'd try that first if it was me, but a new appliance is ok every 20-30 years, no?

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Mar 25, 2019 11:29:46   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I beg your pardon!

Yes, I do "real cooking," so I need a stove and an oven. The Breville oven is a good idea, but I can't imagine having a kitchen without a traditional stove. I have a small toaster oven that I use occasionally, but for turkeys and cakes, I need something large. The Breville would use less electricity than a large oven, but it wouldn't use enough less to make up for the price. What's the advantage of the convection feature? Which model do you have?

I'm afraid that if I turn the circuit breaker back on, the element in the oven will start burning again. It was weird. It looked like a small sun traveling along the element. I'd turn it back on to take a picture, but I don't want to take the chance.
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I am not an electrician but it would seem that unplugging the stove would prevent anything further from happening. I see we are on page 4 already so that idea has probably been offered before mine. Great minds thinking alike and all...

I have a smooth top stove in my house in Idaho. It was there when I bought the house. I prefer gas but it was there already and I don't prefer gas enough to buy a new stove. It seems to work just fine for me. No problems at all.

Dennis

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Mar 25, 2019 11:33:26   #
WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio
 
Elements are cheap, they all have to be replaced sooner or later. Stoves ,Clothes dryers,water heaters, etc. no brainer.

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Mar 25, 2019 11:37:20   #
Flash Gordon
 
Highly recommend an induction stove top. Convection oven worthwhile as well. We bought Frigidaire because we got a good deal. Really happy with it. The induction stove top is awesome and safer. The induction stove top does require ferrous metal pots and pans.

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Mar 25, 2019 12:05:09   #
CaptainBobBrown
 
For stove top cooking get an induction cooktop. You'll never want to go back to a conventional cooktop again. For oven we use mostly inexpensive but efficient convection ovens. They last years and are cheaply replaced. Hardly ever use the big expensive oven because they are so expensive to run.

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Mar 25, 2019 12:39:03   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
alby wrote:
exactly ....replace the element.... easy

How do you know it's not the thermostat?

If the element is lighting up and getting hot, the element is working.
If the element is getting white hot, the thermostat is not shutting the element off.
The element could stay on until it melts, THEN you'll need to replace the element (also).

If turning the knob to off does not shut down the element, tripping the circuit breaker would be required.

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Mar 25, 2019 12:42:40   #
ICN3S Loc: Cave Junction, OR
 
I have an all electric Frigidaire with induction cook top that I love! Just know that the cook top needs pans that are magnetic so aluminum won't work. This is by far the best I've owned. I prefer it over gas by 1000%! And I would never go back to ordinary electric cook top again. It boils fast and it's low setting is amazing! The oven is perfect (convection) though I don't use convection when baking cookies because it dries them out but for most everything else convection works great.

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Mar 25, 2019 13:32:05   #
WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio
 
Longshadow wrote:
How do you know it's not the thermostat?

If the element is lighting up and getting hot, the element is working.
If the element is getting white hot, the thermostat is not shutting the element off.
The element could stay on until it melts, THEN you'll need to replace the element (also).

If turning the knob to off does not shut down the element, tripping the circuit breaker would be required.


If it’s burnt into , Duh😂

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Mar 25, 2019 13:50:00   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
WessoJPEG wrote:
If it’s burnt into , Duh😂

His initial post: "One point on the electric heating element was glowing so brightly that it looked like someone was welding in there."

Thermostat stuck, they don't run that bright under normal operation.
Maybe he NOW he has to replace the element, but the thermostat is the root cause.
Replace the element and don't replace the thermostat, then sit back and watch the new element burn up..

Duhhh, yuppers....

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Mar 25, 2019 14:10:47   #
banjonut Loc: Southern Michigan
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I am once again turning to vast storehouse of knowledge on UHH to help me buy wisely.

It seems that my 2001 Sears stove has cooked it's last meal. After heating the Stauffer's lasagna last night, I saw a bright light in the oven. One point on the electric heating element was glowing so brightly that it looked like someone was welding in there. That spot kept burning its way around the element till I turned off the circuit breaker. There is probably a heating element available that I could buy, but prices I've seen are $100 and up. In addition, I suspect the oven control switch is also bad because while that spot was burning, the rest of the element was glowing a dim red.

So, I'm ready to hear your suggestions for what I should look for in an electric stove. A high price is not tops on my list. In the meantime, I still have a working microwave and a wood stove.
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I had a similar thing happen to my oven element several years ago. I looked the model number up on either Amazon or Ebay. Can't remember which now. New element was about $30. Easy to replace. 2 screws and 2 spades to pull. Like new again.

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Mar 25, 2019 14:22:17   #
shelty Loc: Medford, OR
 
Sorry, I'm a microwave chef. I buy frozen foods and heat them up in the microwave. About once a month we use the stove. It's around twenty two years old and looks like new.

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Mar 25, 2019 14:55:03   #
Bob Werre
 
We had a Sears range, probably about 20 years ago and we replaced it about 4 years ago. We had one burner go crazy, so we replaced it and the control for it. We also had the oven need repair, parts weren't made anymore, but repair guy said they could rebuild, but that only lasted a few months--so we bought new. This is a GE but it's also becoming suspect too.
I sold my family home about 2003 where the range was purchased in about 1950 and it's still doing it's thing. I don't know the brand name unfortunately and I feel certain who made it doesn't do that anymore either.

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Mar 25, 2019 15:38:41   #
WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio
 
Longshadow wrote:
His initial post: "One point on the electric heating element was glowing so brightly that it looked like someone was welding in there."

Thermostat stuck, they don't run that bright under normal operation.
Maybe he NOW he has to replace the element, but the thermostat is the root cause.
Replace the element and don't replace the thermostat, then sit back and watch the new element burn up..

Duhhh, yuppers....
His initial post: "One point on the electric ... (show quote)


Balogna

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