I need a new stove and your input would be appreciated.

Ruth n Jersey

Ruth n Jersey

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I have a Whirlpool electric range. It doesn't owe me a thing. When I looked at the instruction booklet I found that it is 31 years old. Where did the time go? Through the years we have had trouble with only one burner. The plastic part that the burner goes into burns and melts. My hubby or my Son have replace this piece many times. Sometimes it lasts a few years, this time it was replaced twice in a month. We even had a repairman do it thinking we were doing something wrong. He did nothing different.

My Son thinks it may have to do with the switch which would mean removing the whole control panel in the back. We have decided on a new one.

Since I had such bad results buying a new washer and drying I'm reluctant.

I don't want bells and whistles. I want a self cleaning oven, A light bulb I can get to when needed. I'd like an all white front but I'd live with black, Absolutely no stainless steel. Don't care about the brand.

I am willing to get the glass top. Here is where I need input. Is it easy to maintain? Do they crack and scratch easily?My daughter had one in each home they rented and all were cracked. To be fair you never know what previous owners did to them

I read the reviews but don't believe most of them. One women gave the stove one star because it didn't come with a broiler pan!

One thing keeps popping up that I'm not happy about. They say the burners go on and off to maintain the heat. I want to be the one to maintain the heat not them! What if I'm in the middle of making pudding or even just cooking spaghetti? Does it stop boiling or simmering? Some say the burners don't get hot enough.

I've got my panties in a knot just writing this. Your insight would be most helpful.stove.jpgstove part.jpg
 

Are there any refurbished shops near you? I haven't purchase a stove but I'm like you, I wouldn't want all of that on my stove and I want to make the decisions about when it heats, etc. I did purchase a new washer a few years ago and it was making all of the decisions for me. I don't like all of this computer stuff in my appliances. Because of this, I purchased a refurbished washer and have been happy with it. It has caused me no problems and I don't have a computer in it so I'm making the decisions. Now I don't know about refurbished stoves but it might be worth looking in to. Just an idea.
 

Glasstops can scratch if you drag cast iron over it. Cheaper, old/thin/lumpy/warped pots and pans will jiggle or splash. Otherwise, I like them. Yes, they need cleaning but not as horrible as those coil drip pans. I've had glass tops over 10 years, never cracked.

edit- you'll see the burner darken a bit now and then, that is to keep it at the temp you have selected, automatically. It will never go lower than what you want...pasta boils just fine.
 
if the only thing wrong with the stove is one burner, remove it, put one of those pans (to cover the burners so you don't have to clean them and make it look nice) on the empty space, and keep using the stove. As long as there is no fire hazard, why would you need a new one?
 
If you have a Lowe's or Menard's store near you, start watching their prices on their Web Sites. I would recommend staying with either a Whirlpool or GE Brand....but stay away from Kenmore, due to the ongoing problems that Sears is having. I would also stay with the regular burner stoves...glass tops are great, until they malfunction...at which time a new stovetop costs almost as much as a new stove....same goes for the fancy "push button" controls, which can also cost hundreds to replace. IMO...basic is better.

If I were needing a new stove, this is an example of what I would be interested in.....

https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-30-in-Free-Standing-Electric-Range/1000579271
 
Kenmore is made by Whirlpool I think.
Glass tops are fine. Self cleaning ovens cause problems.

My experience is with Kitchenaid.

Depends on how you use a stove. People that do a lot of baking for instance.
 
Ruth, we bought our newest stove just around a year ago, I wrote about it here. https://www.seniorforums.com/showth...-Starting-to-Shop-for-New-One?highlight=Amana

We had a glass stovetop on our older one too, I would never go back to the coiled burners again, they are so hard to clean, I'm sold on the glasstops. My husband does a lot of the cooking and we use one of those big black iron fry pans, we have moved it around on the stove, but never really abused the glass top. We've never had it crack on us, and if there are some scratches, they're not noticeable and insignificant, IMO.

I boil big pots of spaghetti, and the water boils fast and keeps boiling rapidly unless I turn the knob down myself. My husband does prefer a gas stove, he likes frying steaks on the one in our camper, but he's made some excellent ones at home too with the electric. I think most real cooks and chefs on TV prefer gas.

I like the self cleaning oven, never have had any problems with it.
 
We bought our first glass top a little over a year back. It cooks fine, does maintain heat well. Had to throw out our iron skillets, though, and go to light stainless steel (which I was already using). It's the cleaning I don't like. You need special cleaner, good ol' Spic 'n Span isn't allowed. Have to use a scraper sometimes too. But you don't have to worry about drip bowls, so...
 
We've had a glasstop Whirlpool for nearly 20 years. My wife wouldn't have anything else. we even use cast iron and also our big pressure canner with no problems
 

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