Monday, October 14, 2013

Frigidaire FGEF3032MF Gallery 30" Stainless Steel Electric Smoothtop Range - Convection

Frigidaire FGEF3032MF Gallery 30' Stainless Steel Electric Smoothtop Range - Convection
  • Easy Temperature Probe
  • Keep Warm Zone
  • Even Baking Technology
  • Dimensions (WHD): 29 7/8" X 47 1/2" X 28 1/2"

This stove looks good and works as expected, except when it comes to the self-cleaning oven feature. There are two settings for oven cleaning: Hi and Lo. Even on the "Hi" setting, it doesn't clean the oven door! And the instructions tell you to not use any sort of oven cleaner (even on the door). What good is having a large viewing window in the oven door if it becomes crusted over with burnt-on food spill? Now I'm going to have to clean the oven door by hand without using oven cleaner. Every other self-cleaning oven I've had always did a great job on the oven door as well as the oven walls. This stove not only doesn't clean the oven door, it doesn't clean the oven walls as thoroughly as previous ovens I've owned. I took great care to choose a stove with a self-cleaning oven feature; unfortunately, none of the many reviews I read reviewed the self-cleaning feature. Because of this problem with inadequate self-cleaning, I would not buy this product again.

Another thing I didn't like is that both of the large elements are on the front. It would have been nice to have one of the large elements on the back so that at least one of the small elements could be on front. If you're cooking something in a small pot while also cooking things in two large pots, you have to reach over the large pots to get to the small pot on the back of the stove while taking great care not to get burned by steam coming from the large pots.

Things I liked about this stove:

stylish look

large easy-to-see-through oven window

convection baking feature (not a requirement, but nice to have)

oven probe that tells you when your roast has reached desired internal temperature

three oven racks (rather than just two)

hidden element in the bottom of the oven (for ease in wiping up spills)

easy-to-use touch control/display panel

large control knobs (easy to turn and to clean)

individual element-is-on indicator lights

timed cooking feature

oven light

easy-to-clean solid surface cook top

The clock (keeps accurate time)

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