Comments on: Buying a gas stove

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:44:44 +0000

All the Maytags come with Sabbath mode. Seems to be a popular item.

Most of them come with electric pilots now, too, and automatic oven shut-offs, and delayed cooking. But the neatest thing they have: Sealed burners. Having lived in apartments most of my life, I’m loving the idea of not having to open up the stove to clean it when stuff drips down the side of the pots and pans.

I hate electric. I’m giving this one to Goodwill when I get the gas stove. It’s in good shape, only eight years old, but it’s still electric. At least when you turn off a gas burner, the pot stops boiling. Man, I hate electric stoves.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:47:28 +0000

I had a Kenmore stove for 18 years. The only real issue I had was the igniter going out about every two years.

Seems the igniter was engineered for the oven being used 3 times a week, not daily

I now have a GE Profile Double Oven with Convection. Also comes with Sabbath Mode.

By: Grantman

Grantman — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:07:46 +0000

I just installed a Thermador. 30″, 4 burner. They have nice star-shaped burners instead of the conventional circular pattern. I think it covers the bottom of the pans better.

Good luck. Gas is the only way to cook.

By: AreaMan

AreaMan — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:38:33 +0000

There are also differences in the pilot lights. Some stoves have automatic monitors that spark up the pilot light should it blow out. These mechanisms have a cost and eventually need to be maintained. I don’t know how well they work in practice.