We have an old double oven Maytag with a smooth surface electric stove top that works great, but SWMBO wants an induction stove top, so we might be shopping some day. We also have a propane range in the outdoor kitchen, beside the wood fired clay oven/smoker - but the mice decided to eat the wiring since we last used it last fall, so the oven won't light - it heats an element somewhere to light the gas for the oven.
On Fri, 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." 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