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Prepare meals faster. This Samsung range has a 5-burner gas cooktop and dual electric oven. The large oval burner helps you create a family-sized meal. Plus, you can heat dishes at different temperatures simultaneously with the oven's Smart Divider and flexible temperature controls.
 
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5 out of 5
5
A versatile range
on May 1, 2016
Posted by: MentorMom
Verified Purchase:Yes
The Samsung oven is great and meets our needs. The design looks like a small restaurant stove but measuring only 30 inches to fit in our home. We had a gas, double oven before but the Samsung duo fuel oven outshines our old oven. We have always like cooking on a gas cooktop and I love baking in an electric oven; now we have both types of fuel. The two oven sizes are fantastic. It’s great to have a smaller oven to bake smaller items – no need to heat up a huge oven. In addition, with this new style, we can take out the divider to use the whole oven at one time for big baking projects, which is something new for double ovens. The single door with the lever that triggers the hinges to open the top oven versus the whole door is really a clever design. The high output burner will boil water so quickly compared to traditional burners. Preheating the oven is so fast; the oven will be preheated before the cake batter is in the baking pans.
The one thing that was so disappointing was the leveling feet. It isn’t a deal breaker but it made leveling the range very difficult. The feet are bulky, plastic feet but that isn’t the main thing wrong with them. We were not able to lower the feet enough to level the cooktop with the countertop. The leveling feet are too high when they are twisted to the lowest position. We have tiled the kitchen floor and put the tile under the range, which has raised the floor under the range. However, we expected the leveling feet to accommodate the tile. When we kept trying to lower the feet the plastic eventually stripped that caused it to be very difficult to take the leveling feet off. We then had to go to the hardware store and purchase universal leveling feet. The other problem is the opening for the leveling feet is not the universal diameter size so we had to jury-rig the new universal leveling feet into the feet slots.
The other thing we didn’t like is having unnecessary accessories such as the griddle and the wok grate. We already have a griddle that we still will use with the Samsung cooktop. Our griddle can make 8 pancakes at a time; the Samsung griddle is narrow and might make 4 pancakes. And the griddle is extremely heavy. Not everyone cooks with a wok. Our wok has a flat bottom. I think those accessories should have been optional purchases, which should make the cost of the Samsung range lower since the cost of those accessories is built into the price.
Even with these two setbacks, I am so happy with the Samsung range. I would recommend the Samsung range to family and friends.
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Easily clean your dishes with this Bosch 800 Series SHE68T55UC 24" tall tub built-in dishwasher that features 6 cycles for wash customization. The top rack features a RackMatic system that allows easy adjustment to help simplify loading.
 
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5 out of 5
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Perfect Fit
on August 15, 2015
Posted by: MentorMom
Verified Purchase:Yes
The Boesch dishwasher looks great. I like that I can still see the control panel on the front panel; it is slanted so I don't have to bend over to read which button is which. And I didn't want the buttons on the top hidden by the countertop. It is SO QUIET I look at the control panel to make sure it is actually running, really, it is so quiet. We spent a little more money to get the third cleaning rack on the top. I had to lower the cup rack to accommodate taller glasses so that was good to have the adjustment - and lowering the rack has not interfered with the bottom plates. There is so much room on the top third rack for the silverware that we took the bottom silverware baskets out. By taking out the silverware baskets on the bottom, it opens up more room for larger cookware. We are still trying to figure out the best way to put the dishes since the bottom rack has the prongs close together and are slanted - I do like the slant but our dishes have a ridge so they don't always slide right in the slots. The dishes dry quickly; we even have to wait for them to cool down since the silverware is very hot when we first open the dishwasher. I don’t mind that they get so hot since that assures me that the dishes were sanitized efficiently. I have NO bad smell like other reviews mentioned.
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Easily store important documents, special photos and more with this Seagate internal hard drive that features a 1TB capacity and a Serial ATA interface for easy connectivity. QuietStep technology ensures quiet operation.
 
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5 out of 5
5
Simple even for amateurs
on July 9, 2015
Posted by: MentorMom
Verified Purchase:Yes
So the system crashed and it would have cost better that $200 to have someone else do it. We bought the new Seagate hard drive put it in the computer tower - it was so easy to figure out - we had to buy an operating program since new computers do not include a CD with a complete program, loaded the operating program and we were back in business.
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
My Best Buy number: 0762466113
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Prepare meals faster. This Samsung range has a 5-burner gas cooktop and dual electric oven. The large oval burner helps you create a family-sized meal. Plus, you can heat dishes at different temperatures simultaneously with the oven's Smart Divider and flexible temperature controls.
 

Size of the oven's "smart divider" and storage space in oven drawer?

Is it possible to store the "smart divider" in the range warming drawer when it is not being used? And, what are the exact dimensions of the divider so I can make sure I have someplace where it can be stored when I do not use it?
The Smart Divider measures 24 3/4" length, 18 3/4" width, 1/2 " depth

Warming Draw measure 23 1/2" length, 15 1/2" width, 3" depth- enough for broiler pan and a couple of cookie sheets
7 years, 10 months ago
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MentorMom
 
Prepare meals faster. This Samsung range has a 5-burner gas cooktop and dual electric oven. The large oval burner helps you create a family-sized meal. Plus, you can heat dishes at different temperatures simultaneously with the oven's Smart Divider and flexible temperature controls.
 

Is the electrical outlet required for this range 220v or 120v?

a 220 line for the oven; a gas line for the cooktop
7 years, 10 months ago
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MentorMom