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New LG Electric Ranges!!!! |
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Post# 113585   3/5/2006 at 22:17 (6,598 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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The Home Depot has released two models of the new LG electric ceramic top ranges.They are beautiful and have the largest oven capacity in the industry 5.8 cu.ft.Their high end model comes with a hidden bake element,true convection/dual speed.100%digital cooktop and oven controls.Beautiful cobalt blue thick porcelain on steel oven and warming drawer interiors.The digital burner controls are so precice that you can actually melt chocolate without a double boiler!!The prices are more than reasonable the high end models start at $1099 for colors and $1299 for stainless steel.The less expensive models begin at $899 for white or black and $1099 for Titanium.Te model on display is the stainless steel one and I enjoy watching customers opening the oven door and seeing the beautiful blue interior.Yes the white models come with the "true white" cooktops
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Post# 113592 , Reply# 1   3/5/2006 at 22:45 (6,598 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113665 , Reply# 3   3/6/2006 at 10:15 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113719 , Reply# 5   3/6/2006 at 18:10 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Methinks 350*F is 350*F, gas or electric --wink-- A gas oven has the burner below the oven floor because it has to. The heat from the flame (and the burnt gases) enters via natural convection by way of the holes in the sides of that oven bottom. In this gas AMANA, the oven bottom is raised and APPEARS to be solid, however there is a large air-vent on each side of that raised platform. Logic dictates this MUST exist to vent the products of combustion into the oven cavity, and ultimately out the vent. This is necessary to allow fresh oxygen-laden air in to support the flames. |
Post# 113720 , Reply# 6   3/6/2006 at 18:15 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Broler in said gas Amana- Same as Caloric *ultra-ray* of old. Wire mesh is enveloped in a blanket of flame. It becomes red hot emitting infra-red rays. As we know, that is the best kind for broiling! The light bulb/lamp behind glass shield and waist-high gas broiler are indications that this is a (pyrolytic) self-cleaner, which it is. The spaces to the left and right of the broiler are the vent area for (spent gas) products of combustion to be funnelled (sp?) out of the vent. |
Post# 113721 , Reply# 7   3/6/2006 at 18:16 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113724 , Reply# 8   3/6/2006 at 18:24 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113726 , Reply# 9   3/6/2006 at 18:27 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113730 , Reply# 10   3/6/2006 at 18:33 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Good thing I left the gas pipe intact(albeit it capped) when I added the 50a 220v line (and outlet) for electric cooking. It was just a matter of re-working that pipe. (LOL~~ some talents just never go away once learned! LOL) Ok sorry to have hi-jacked this thread..we return to our regularly scheduled program.. |
Post# 113733 , Reply# 11   3/6/2006 at 18:37 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113737 , Reply# 12   3/6/2006 at 18:49 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Said: There never seems to be any problems with the oven floor getting ruined or uneven heat. In a gas oven the oven bottom radiates heat, as it is heated by the flames below it. Naural convection air currents (warmer air rises) come up the sides ONLY from the oven bottom. In an electric oven (with an exposed element) the convetion and radiant heats are throughout the oven bottom, more uniformly. Remember heat can be conducted in only three ways. Conduction (hot metal rod) Convection (air currents) Radiation (as the sun's rays travel through a vacuum, and heat surfaces) |
Post# 113738 , Reply# 13   3/6/2006 at 18:50 (6,597 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Sounds like a craigslist entry to me! Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 113746 , Reply# 14   3/6/2006 at 19:21 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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LOL oh Lawrence.... Here is the oven *bake* (lower) burner with the top removed. Again this AMANA design is atypical. Notice how the air holes are restricted. This is necessary in a self-cleaner. With too much oxygen the dirt and grease would burst into flames during the self-clean cycle. (No big deal, but can you see the user fly out of the room screaming?) This little bit of engineering caused a huge delay between the electric self-cleaners and subsequent gas self-cleaning models years later. |
Post# 113747 , Reply# 15   3/6/2006 at 19:23 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Here is the ovne bottom on it's back. Here we see the "V" shaped metal flame guide that the flame folloes. It effectively elongates the flame to cover the entire oven bottom. We can see where the flame licks the bottom (Ther will be no comments. LOL) See how the sides are cut-out for escape of heat and air? |
Post# 113750 , Reply# 16   3/6/2006 at 19:26 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113751 , Reply# 17   3/6/2006 at 19:32 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113772 , Reply# 18   3/6/2006 at 20:28 (6,597 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL)   |   | |
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I find my GE profile hidden bake element does bakes evenly but yes it takes longer to preheat. What I have been doing, with thanks to Toggle is I preheat with the True convection then switch to conventional bake. The advertisements said the hidden bake gives you a larger oven capacity. I don't bake anything larger than I did before with my other oven so who cares. The only thing I see better is that it's easier to wipe up the cremation residue when the selfclean cycle is done. Although the tilt up regular oven element was just as easy. The reason I picked this model was for the three selfcleanable oven racks and the bridge burner.
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Post# 113798 , Reply# 19   3/6/2006 at 23:21 (6,597 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113802 , Reply# 20   3/6/2006 at 23:42 (6,597 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 113831 , Reply# 21   3/7/2006 at 06:48 (6,596 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113832 , Reply# 22   3/7/2006 at 06:51 (6,596 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113833 , Reply# 23   3/7/2006 at 06:52 (6,596 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113841 , Reply# 25   3/7/2006 at 08:43 (6,596 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 113852 , Reply# 26   3/7/2006 at 09:31 (6,596 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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I sell the GE,Maytag,JennAir,and LG products.If you open all 4 brand's ovens as well as their "warming drawers"the verry first thing you notice is the heavier steel wall,base and frame as well as the thicker porcelain finish on the oven interior and broil pan.The convection fan in the back not only blows the hot air forward but also has openings in the left and right sides to help evenly distribute the heat.I spoke to Mel,our LG rep and she said that if there was a concern about drippings on the bottom of the oven,there is no problem laying a strip of aluminium foil there to catch spillage.It would have no effect on the heat distribution convention or convection.GE and Maytag give only a 1 year manufacturer's warranty.LG is covered for 5 years on heating/baking elements and convection parts,electronic controls are covered for 2 years and if you want,you can get the extended coverage(4 years parts and labor)added on to the manufacturer's 1st year for only $89.99.The 2 guys I sold my first one to own a French Bestro' in Winter Park and came back to tell me they owned a GE Profile at their last home and liked it but that between that and the LG the biggest differences they noticed was the lower price,more accurate cooktop temperature control and more even heat distribution especially with sufle'recipes.They also like the automatic covection conversion as well as the warming drawer where the place their crescents in the morning straight out of the oven covered with a cloth napkin to keep them fresh and warm.
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Post# 113891 , Reply# 27   3/7/2006 at 15:08 (6,596 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 114565 , Reply# 29   3/11/2006 at 07:12 (6,592 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Natural gas may be cheaper but is more wastefull as far as cooking fuel is concerned and a whole lot more dangerous!It isn't often I hear of a home exploding from an electric range with a mechanical problen i.e.hole in the fuel line.and while cooking with gas may seam to be a lot more convenient,those who have gas cooking equipment MUST also be sure they have proper ventalation throughout the entire home due to the fact that gas flames excreat carbon monoxide fuems which are deadly and have no smell at all.electric cooking is cleaner,safer,more efficient and being one who grew up in an all gas home who has been converted now for almost 30 years,I have no regrets at all.I do 90% of the cooking among 4 people and never have the smoke alarm go off,never have to clean up grease build up,never have to relight a pilot,and can program my oven to start a meal and cook it completely shutting itself off automaticaly without me even having to be there.My 1962 Magig Chef gas range could never do any of that. |
Post# 114848 , Reply# 30   3/13/2006 at 07:23 (6,590 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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EVERYTHING and every decision in life has pros and cons. It just depends on what weighs most heavily to the decision-maker. Builders rpooutinely add ELECTRIC hook-ups for dryers even in homes that have methane(natural gas) or bottled LP gas (propane). SAD. From the users' perspective no difference. But GAS IMHO is better fo the environment, generally. Of course where gas is neither avaialble, nor convenient, nor inexpensive compared to electric, then electric dryers make sense....... |