We have a Maytag range like that. It has the small 1 rack over in the top but it’s not convection. The full size oven in the bottom is convection. We have not had any problems with it so far, knock on wood.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 28, 2019, at 3:02 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I think our first induction cooktop was a GE, current one is a Maytag. > > The GEs worked great, the Maytag cooktop works great but the double > convection oven it’s a part of has some quirks that have never been resolved. > > It has a small upper oven with one rack, which is great for small or single > items. It preheats quickly and does a good job. > > The lower large oven, which is also a convection oven, is fussy. You turn it > on and it says it’s preheating, but never reaches the desired temperature - > it just shows that it’s preheating and sticks at 320F, for example, for a > 350F setpoint. If you’re living right and it does make it to temperature, for > goodness sakes, don’t change it! You’ll get the same behavior - perpetual > preheating. > > Maytag has messed with it to the point of tossing up their hands and walking > away. We tried to get them to replace it nearly three years down the road, > the whole time repairs having been made to no avail, then crickets. > > Filing in small claims court for a resolution got their attention. I think we > got about 75% of the purchase price plus costs, since parts of it *did* work. > They still refused to replace it. > > We still have it and it’s used daily, except the ovens. We have a gas oven in > our outdoor kitchen that we use most of the year so we don’t heat up the > house. > > -D > >> On Jun 28, 2019, at 1:48 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Our Whirlpool Gold induction cooktop was a lot of trouble at first, >> requiring numerous service calls and several episodes of broken cooktop - >> waiting a week or two for parts - find a different way to cook until >> fixed. All parts and labor were covered under warranty, and at this point >> every signal circuit inside the cooktop has been replaced twice or more. >> Not covered: the frustration of a very un-friendly customer service >> experience. Never were any of the parts in stock locally, we always had to >> wait, and no customer diagnosis allowed - had to schedule a tech to visit >> and confirm "yep - it's dead, send more replacement parts" even though the >> phone support to me (the homeowner) ran exactly the same tests that the >> professional phone support to the tech did, and reached the same >> conclusion. >> >> Stove would die. Schedule tech for next available visit (usually about a >> week out), tech would confirm it's dead and order parts, wait a week or two >> for parts, could not schedule a visit until parts arrived, so wait up to >> another week for tech to arrive with parts and _hopefully_ fix the stove. >> >> The good news: It has made it almost a year now with nary a hiccup, so I >> think we're finally good. >> >> Uses far less power, is really easy to clean up, heats up really fast. >> >> Inconvenient: ferrous pots work best, anything else needs an adapter plate >> (a steel plate) to transfer the heat to the pot, so efficiency is lost. >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 12:59 PM Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Two words: Induction cooktop. >>> >>> We’ve had one for years, and they heat as quickly as gas and are just as >>> adjustable as far as temperature. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Jun 28, 2019, at 12:48 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think a lot of people are irrationally afraid of gas stoves, that >>> they'll "start a fire" or something. >>>> The worst kitchen accident I've personally witnessed was caused when one >>> of Angie's friends was melting beeswax on an electric stove, this was the >>> old type circular burner stove. She dripped some liquid was onto the burner >>> which immediately caught fire, blackened the ceiling before anybody could >>> move. Fortunately she had only spilled a little but the noise and bright >>> fire was pretty scary, we all went and had a sit down for a few minutes >>> afterward. >>>> I don't think a gas stove would have had that fire as there wouldn't >>> have been a hot surface for the liquid wax to get heated up on. I think >>> it'd have just passed through the flame and puddled in the stove. >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 28, 2019, 11:25:09 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is she used to using an electric stove? Most people prefer gas if they >>>> have it for a while. Heats faster and has more infinite control. >>>> We do not have a gas stove but have considered getting one. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 28/06/2019 8:40 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> Craig, and everyone else: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the input. I have been happy to light pilots or burners >>>>> in exchange for appliances that run when there is no lektrick. A few >>>>> yrs ago they buried the lektric service, and I put in a new 200A >>>>> panel, so juice is available, and lektrick is much more reliable. Now >>>>> it only goes out if someone takes out a pole on the highway. >>>>> >>>>> I think the stove is the major gripe. The pilot has not worked on it >>>>> for at least 50 yrs. When I offered to try to clean it up and get the >>>>> pilot working a few yrs ago she didn't want me to. We have a new >>>>> kitchen design that can accommodate a 30" lektrick stove, and we have >>>>> a 30" lektrick stove already. So, that gripe will go away. >>>>> >>>>> The current water heater is ok. I have a spare available (used 30 >>>>> gal LP) (both are over 40 yrs old, but used seasonally) my rule is >>>>> to use/repair them until they leak. >>>>> I am redoing the plumbing to PEX, and have a little closet for the >>>>> water (pex manifolds) with space for a tankless. In this, I will move >>>>> the current heater a few inches so it will take up less space. >>>>> L >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
