Group,

I recently subscribed to rec.food.cooking, please forgive me if this is an
old subject. I did my best to search Google Groups, yet did not find much.

I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use. Please tell me what
you like and why.

rwb

On Sun 09 Jan 2005 10:44:18p, Bob Bowter tittered and giggled, and giggled
and tittered, and finally blurted out...

> Group,
>
> I recently subscribed to rec.food.cooking, please forgive me if this is an
> old subject. I did my best to search Google Groups, yet did not find much.
>
> I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use. Please tell me what
> you like and why.
>
> rwb

Welcome to rfc. I'm sure you'll get some responses here, but you'd do better
to post this question to rec.food.equipment. Lots of discussion and Q&A on
ranges.

Wayne

On Sun 09 Jan 2005 10:44:18p, Bob Bowter tittered and giggled, and giggled
and tittered, and finally blurted out...

> Group,
>
> I recently subscribed to rec.food.cooking, please forgive me if this is an
> old subject. I did my best to search Google Groups, yet did not find much.
>
> I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use. Please tell me what
> you like and why.
>
> rwb

Welcome to rfc. I'm sure you'll get some responses here, but you'd do better
to post this question to rec.food.equipment. Lots of discussion and Q&A on
ranges.

Wayne

>From: "Bob Bowter"

> (Snipped) I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use. Please tell
me what
>you like and why.

My kids bought me a 30" GE gas range for Christmas. I love it. It has
electric ignition (no pilot lights), a huge oven, and best of all a full oval
burner with a removable grill in the center of the top. I love that burner as
it is the perfect size for my large roaster when I make gumbo, etc. It has
enclosed burners ( a collar around the burner from the flame to the stove),
which eliminates anything falling below the top of the stove, an oven window
and oven light.

I find the temperature very even in the oven and a cake comes out flat across
the top.

Easy to take apart, easy to clean. I particularly liked the fact that there are
no gadgets on the back of the top. No timer, clock, etc., to fail or to catch
grease.

Drawback is lack of serious insulation.

I can't compare it to other 30" gas stoves since I haven't tried them. Just a
very old one years ago.

Henrietta

>From: "Bob Bowter"

> (Snipped) I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use. Please tell
me what
>you like and why.

My kids bought me a 30" GE gas range for Christmas. I love it. It has
electric ignition (no pilot lights), a huge oven, and best of all a full oval
burner with a removable grill in the center of the top. I love that burner as
it is the perfect size for my large roaster when I make gumbo, etc. It has
enclosed burners ( a collar around the burner from the flame to the stove),
which eliminates anything falling below the top of the stove, an oven window
and oven light.

I find the temperature very even in the oven and a cake comes out flat across
the top.

Easy to take apart, easy to clean. I particularly liked the fact that there are
no gadgets on the back of the top. No timer, clock, etc., to fail or to catch
grease.

Drawback is lack of serious insulation.

I can't compare it to other 30" gas stoves since I haven't tried them. Just a
very old one years ago.

Henrietta

Bob Bowter wrote:
> Group,
>
> I recently subscribed to rec.food.cooking, please forgive
> me if this is an old subject. I did my best to search
> Google Groups, yet did not find much.
>
> I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use.
> Please tell me what you like and why.
>
> rwb

When I remodeled the kitchen I selected a 30" Frigidaire Gallery Series.
It's a 4 burner gas top with an electric convection oven and warming drawer.
The black top and stailess bottom fit well in the decor and the features
were ones I use. I especially like having the different burners (2 9500 BTU,
1 12000 BTU "Superburner), and a 5000 BTU simmerburner). The sealed top make
it wasy to clean and the electric ignition is convenient.

The convection oven is dead-on accurate for temp and very even. Insulation
is good so it holds heat for a long time.

I topped the unit with a 36" Broan Rangemaster hood with the extra strength
900 CFM blower. This thing will suck fryingpans off the stovetop. Then I
added magnet strips on both sides of the hood and across the backsplash.
That way all my "gadgets" are help out of the way until needed.

Overall the setup looks like a mini version of a commercial kitchen and
handles nearly everything I've wanted to cook for the past 4 years.
--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org

Bob Bowter wrote:
> Group,
>
> I recently subscribed to rec.food.cooking, please forgive
> me if this is an old subject. I did my best to search
> Google Groups, yet did not find much.
>
> I'm looking for the best 30" gas range for home use.
> Please tell me what you like and why.
>
> rwb

When I remodeled the kitchen I selected a 30" Frigidaire Gallery Series.
It's a 4 burner gas top with an electric convection oven and warming drawer.
The black top and stailess bottom fit well in the decor and the features
were ones I use. I especially like having the different burners (2 9500 BTU,
1 12000 BTU "Superburner), and a 5000 BTU simmerburner). The sealed top make
it wasy to clean and the electric ignition is convenient.

The convection oven is dead-on accurate for temp and very even. Insulation
is good so it holds heat for a long time.

I topped the unit with a 36" Broan Rangemaster hood with the extra strength
900 CFM blower. This thing will suck fryingpans off the stovetop. Then I
added magnet strips on both sides of the hood and across the backsplash.
That way all my "gadgets" are help out of the way until needed.

Overall the setup looks like a mini version of a commercial kitchen and
handles nearly everything I've wanted to cook for the past 4 years.
--
Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet.
promfh at hal dash pc dot org