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Forced to purchase a new stove🙁

SeaMaiden — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:46:52 GMT

Our stove came with the house (year 1980). We never use the oven...only the cook top, so for the past 35 years it worked fine....but we were down to only one top electric coil burner that worked and three not working...and yesterday the last working burner died....the wiring is just old and burnt out. So I am using an electric cook plate for now with one burner.... an inconvenience.

now we are forced to buy a new stove. I hate buying new appliances...always such a big inconvenience ..... 😩 uggggg. Dreading this...

I am someone who is not concerned about having the newest and the best...or looks...hate renovating and updating. I repair everything and keep everthing up to date for the bones of the house....but appliances....and such could care less...

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amyb — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:32:00 GMT

@SeaMaiden I hear you. I hate renovations too. I've done some recent ones pre-and post-covid. Happy I did them, happy their done!

But now my floors and kitchen need updating next, and I'm not only not in the mood to shop, but the pricing, (I got pricing on flooring right before Covid hit and was ready to go forward with it...sadly didn't happen), is 3 times more and deliveries still a year out.

So, best to get shopping, you may luck out somewhere, but from what I'm hearing, depending what it is and where you happen to shop for it...deliveries are still way out there. Shop around, hopefully, because you aren't hung up on one look or brand, you'll find something in stock!! Good luck!!

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:19:43 GMT

I think you got a lot of use with your inherited stove. Im not an appliance snob either. Good luck with your stove search.

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Meowingkitty — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:30:07 GMT

@amyb wrote:
I hear you. I hate renovations too. I've done some recent ones pre-and post-covid. Happy I did them, happy their done!
But now my floors and kitchen need updating next, and I'm not only not in the mood to shop, but the pricing, (I got pricing on flooring right before Covid hit and was ready to go forward with it...sadly didn't happen), is 3 times more and deliveries still a year out.

So, best to get shopping, you may luck out somewhere, but from what I'm hearing, depending what it is and where you happen to shop for it...deliveries are still way out there. Shop around, hopefully, because you aren't hung up on one look or brand, you'll find something in stock!! Good luck!!

We are having our floors redone soon. Replacing old worn wood stairs with new wood and 3 rooms replacing the old tired wood. We had no problem with product delivery. I think business is slow because these companies are ready to start now. We also replaced all of our appliances earlier this year and no wait for anything.

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Eileen in Virginia — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:36:04 GMT

If you're going to replace it with another electric range with a ceramic cooktop, get a black cooktop, even if it doesn't match anything else in your kitchen. I wish I'd done this when we replaced our coil electric cooktop. The lighter ones are extremely difficult to keep clean. Good luck!

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amyb — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:37:42 GMT

@Meowingkitty Encouraging, though I don't know where you are. I'm in CT, everything is high here. And depending what it is...my neighbor just cancelled a window order she had in since March 2022...it first came in damaged in July, and replacement still hadn't come now. She's going to start over in spring with a different mfr.

Haven't shopped again recently...don't know what I'll find...but hoping it's better than I expect. I mostly want fairer pricing, don't care as much about deliveries...especially now since I don't even want the disruption until after the holidays.

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jlkz — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:52:50 GMT

@SeaMaiden

If you go with a cooktop stove, be forewarned that you may need to replace your pots !

If the bottom of a pot / pan doesn't make complete contact with the stovetop, you will see the red light of the cooktop turn up and go down constantly: uneven cooking or boiling of water !

Even if the pot is a copper bottom good one, the usage over time can warp the bottom....you may not be able to see this with the naked eye, trust me. I had to relegate my 20-qt Revere Ware pot to the vacation house with gas burners !

Does it matter ? Ask DH who does a lot of cooking: just waiting for water to,boil and stay boiling used to drive him crazy !

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PA Mom-mom — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:58:36 GMT

@SeaMaiden I hope you don't get knocked out with sticker shock. We always go for the basics too. I'm a full contact, things cook over, pots and pans get banged around kind of cook. So, none of those fancy stoves for me.

BTW, have you looked at your neighbors trash? One year our stove conked out during the holidays, and I didn't know what I was going to do. Then I saw our neighbor hauling their old (really ugly) stove out to the curb. They were upgrading to a fancy model. I called them, and they said it worked. We procured it, and it lasted for 10 more years!

Good luck!

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rockygems123 — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:25:11 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia wrote:
If you're going to replace it with another electric range with a ceramic cooktop, get a black cooktop, even if it doesn't match anything else in your kitchen. I wish I'd done this when we replaced our coil electric cooktop. The lighter ones are extremely difficult to keep clean. Good luck!

@Eileen in Virginia

Thought the glass cooktops only came in black. What is the lighter color? Thanks for the info.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:29:28 GMT

At least you got 35 years out of it. 🤷‍♀️

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SeaMaiden — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:34:48 GMT

@Eileen in Virginia wrote:
If you're going to replace it with another electric range with a ceramic cooktop, get a black cooktop, even if it doesn't match anything else in your kitchen. I wish I'd done this when we replaced our coil electric cooktop. The lighter ones are extremely difficult to keep clean. Good luck!

@Eileen in Virginia @jlkz I I just want coil burners....that way all my old pots and pans will work on them

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Fressa — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:08:51 GMT

SeaMaiden--I recently went thru the similiar situation last year. My stove came with the house and that was 28 years old. I like to keep appliances simple and easy to clean. I also needed it to be in the inventory so I wasn't waiting on that problem. That really slimmed down the choices which was okay with me. I found that the indenpent appliance store had sales and in warehouse stoves ready for delivery. This is where I purchased mine.

Some of the big box stores have lots of sales but look on the website for "in stock" items. You can usually pick up within the week.

One item that I was surprised by is the quality of the oven racks. Some of them are very light weight and stick while sliding out. I made my decision between models based on the stronger oven racks.

Good luck.

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Meowingkitty — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:09:08 GMT

@amyb wrote:
@Meowingkitty Encouraging, though I don't know where you are. I'm in CT, everything is high here. And depending what it is...my neighbor just cancelled a window order she had in since March 2022...it first came in damaged in July, and replacement still hadn't come now. She's going to start over in spring with a different mfr.

Haven't shopped again recently...don't know what I'll find...but hoping it's better than I expect. I mostly want fairer pricing, don't care as much about deliveries...especially now since I don't even want the disruption until after the holidays.

I'm in Arizona. We pretty much have a lot of everything. No shortages even during the pandemic of anything here. At least not what I've found.

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Enufstuff — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:41:50 GMT

@rockygems123 About 50 years ago, when ceramic top stoves first came out, I got a Harvest Gold Kenmore stove with white cook top.

I absolutely loved it. I didn't find it hard to keep clean. Of course you had to wait until stove top cooled, before cleaning

any spills on the burner areas.

I have bought two more stoves with smooth cook tops and have never seen white again, since the 70's. The one I bought about a year ago has a black top, like all the rest that I have seen in recent years.

I really liked the white top and would have liked to have gotten another one in white.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:07:40 GMT

So for those who are budget conscious, why not try Habitat Restore, FB Marketplace, Craigslist or NextDoor?

I picked up a brand new in box retro sink at a Restore type of shop. Habitat offers pick up service here, you may find someone who will deliver and install if you inquire.

I bought new in box 2nd quality Mannington flooring on CL. Was enough for a 3rd bedroom used as office flooring. Marked as 2nd quality, I couldn't find anything wrong with it.

If you need installatìon services, try your local real hardware store and ask if they have contractor referrals. I'm so done with Big Box we know nothing stores.

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chrystaltree — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:18:51 GMT

You never bake anything? Maybe that's why that stove lasted so long, it was only being half used for 42 years. I don't know what you are dreading. The salesperson isn't going torture you...lol.

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Snowpuppy — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:06:26 GMT

I forgot to ask the obvious......have you tried to replace just the elements? I know you said the wiring was worn out? They shouldn't be wired but they do burn out.

There are two basic styles of element. Both pop out, no tools needed. Try Amazon if you're armed with Make and Model.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:09:50 GMT

@SeaMaiden I replaced my stove in 2010. Its a plain Jane model but does have a glass top. It is such a joy to clean after the coil burner model and all my pots and pans worked just fine. When not in used, my stove provides much-needed workspace too. I would never go back to a coil burner stove.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:17:08 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@Eileen in Virginia wrote:
If you're going to replace it with another electric range with a ceramic cooktop, get a black cooktop, even if it doesn't match anything else in your kitchen. I wish I'd done this when we replaced our coil electric cooktop. The lighter ones are extremely difficult to keep clean. Good luck!
@Eileen in Virginia

Thought the glass cooktops only came in black. What is the lighter color? Thanks for the info.

@rockygems123 My mother's stove had a light gray glass top. It was pretty much a mess but she was legally blind and I think she did not see spills and clean them adequately. I saw gray tops when I shopped for my stove but avoided them.

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CatsyCline — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:20:36 GMT

we have a glass cooktop and DH fusses with it. He wanted it but all he does is boil water for tea . i don't like the coils.

@SeaMaiden how do you cook a Turkey?