[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We've had this close to a year now, only thing that need attention was the light bulb. The spill guard is awesome.
This range is an okay performer, but it has some serious cons. We've had ours a little over 4 years and are eager to replace it in our upcoming kitchen remodel.
Pros: -It's pretty easy to keep the top clean; -Self cleaning mode for oven works well; -The two big burners put out plenty of heat and seem to heat up pretty quickly; -The oven is a consistent performer.
Cons: -The layout of the burners makes this essentially a two-burner cooktop. When I use the two large burners in front at the same time with meal-sized pans, the back burners are basically unusable. For example, if I have stock pot on one front burner and a 12" skillet on the other, the two back burners are impossible to use with anything other than a tiny pot (1-quart). This is by far my biggest gripe with the stove. -The two small burners on the back don't put out enough heat, don't seem to heat up as quickly, and are little too small to be useful very often. -The push button controls for the oven and the timer are annoying to the point of cursing frustration. They are difficult to manipulate with clean, dry hands and require way too many pushes to adjust. It's like an 1980's alarm clock. Don't even get me started on the timer controls. -The single read-out for the timer/oven makes it hard to tell what's going on when the timer and the oven are both running. I've accidentally turned off the oven several times thinking I was turning off the timer. -The blue-light on the led clock is cool but unreadable unless you're standing right on top of it. Even in the dark, your eyes simply will not resolve that blue light into numbers. Almost as a party game, I have asked many guests to try to read the numbers from 10-15 feet away. Most fail.
If you're only looking for light-duty cooking, this unit might be fine. If you're like me and you really enjoy preparing more complicated dishes or meals that require a lot of cooktop activity, I highly recommend that you look elsewhere or at least that you bring you pots and pans to the store and experiment with the cooktop before you commit.
At a little over four years old, the controls of one of our burners is beginning to act up. Sometimes, the burner simply ignores the nob when you turn it up or down. It started about a month ago and happens only intermittently, but as time goes by, it's happening more and more. If it keeps deteriorating, this will be a 3-burner range in another few weeks. I know they don't make appliances like they used to, but I'm not impressed
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We are having problems with the oven part of the stove, Sometimes when we turn It on it doesn’t start!! It’s like there is a short in the on off switch! I have to try it a couple times to get it to work! I would t recommend it at This time!
Owned many Whirlpool applilances - mostly Gold - washers, dryers, ranges (Ah, my Accubake!) over the years. This junk is nothing like in any little way those products of old. The new owners trashed Maytag as well. Of course, they don't care - too much money to be made on all those ill-informed buyers and consumers.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from whirlpool.comBy Harrimm, Social Care, July 10, 2020
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[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this stove on the 18th of May....I love the fact it works wonderfully well..oven heats and cook time is cut in half