On Feb 19, 1:36*pm, Ernie Willson > wrote:
> Having both a gas and an electric oven is a great feature if you are a
> serious cook. The gas oven cooks with a "wet" heat because of the water
> vapor formed when the hydrogen in the gas is burned. The electric is a
> dry heat. In an oven dry heat is better for crisping and crusting
> things. Bread and Pizza will come out better from an electric oven. A
> wood fired oven will also turn out a better "crispier" surface and more
> crunch than gas fired. Since wood is principally carbon, little or no
> water(steam) is formed in wood combustion, similar to an electric oven.
>
> I know this doesn't solve your dilemma, but it may make your selection
> somewhat easier.
>
> EJ in NJ
>
>
>
> DManzaluni wrote:
> > Does anyone know when GE revamps their Profile models please? I need
> > to buy a range and it seems that the PGB918SEM is the only real
> > contender: *There is a Maytag with a double GAS oven (for some
> > inexplicable reason the second oven on this GE gas range is electric)
> > but it seems to lack significant features.
>
> > My concern is that this model has been on the market for a few years
> > and I understand they revamp their range cosmetically every year or
> > so. *With minor revamps of the features every few models. And this one
> > is suddenly being heavily discounted and offerred with hundred dollar
> > rebates. (not real rebates: You have to buy more than one qualifying
> > product)
>
> > I am wondering whether they will suddenly offer a model with a second
> > gas oven five minutes after I have spent a ton of dough re-wiring my
> > whole kitchen to accomodate this electric oven (at the minute the fuse
> > blows every time we use the microwave for more than a few minutes with
> > almost anything else around the whole flat turned on)
>
> > [My present range is also a GE Profile and the glass top suddenly
> > shattered and I discovered that replacement costs about three times
> > what the whole unit is worth]- Hide quoted text -
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Thanks EJ: You have told me that come what may, this is the unit to
get and I need to re-wire my fuse box instead of thinking about a
second gas oven: You have also explained why the second oven is so low
and flat. At the moment I have difficulty doing roast potatos in the
same oven as a too-large (for example) turkey: You seem to be
suggesting that this is a good thing and I should be doing them in the
electric part anyway.

I dont suppose there is any way of figuring out when they are changing
the model for something a bit more up to date.