14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
Pretty Good, but not as good as I expected
Date of Review: Mar 20, 2005
The Bottom Line: The grease buildup under the oven window is annoying as is the fact that it thinks it reaches a set oven temperature 10 minutes before it does.
I bought this range for my new home on the recommendation of a leading consumer magazine that rated it a good buy for the money. I've had the range for about 9 months and I use it for baking or broiling once a week (my microwave gets used the other days). The cooktop is nicely laid out and the burners are easy to adjust. The oven has digital controls for temperature, delay start, time, and timer.
Both the oven and broiler perform well. However, after using a couple of oven thermometers I found out that the oven is overly optimistic about when it reaches a specific temperature. When I had it set for 350, it said it reached 350 when it was actually 275. If I let the oven warm up for 10 more minutes, it actually reached 350 and stayed there. the other issues I have with this range are with cleaning and self cleaning. The metal under the burners discolors after use. More importantly, however, is the fact that grease seems to get behind the inner oven window where it permanently ends up. The self cleaning cycle cant get the grease out, and cleaning it by hand is impossible since the soil is behind the oven glass on the inside.
