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Add something new to your everyday meals. This Samsung gas range lets you explore your culinary skills and cook your favorite dishes faster. Plus, the removable griddle is great for preparing sausages, eggs, grilled sandwiches, and much more.
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The range's plusses and minuses after a month
on May 10, 2015
Posted by: SnowyInDenver
Verified Purchase:Yes
We purchased a gas stove to replace our electric stove about a month ago. Not Best Buy's issue, but after purchasing the unit AND having it delivered, we discovered that we did not have the necessary gas capacity to handle this additional appliance in our home. I entirely blame this on myself and hired a plumber to run more gas line to fix this issue which ran us about $500 additional to the price of the stove. Like I said, this was my oversight, but may need to be considered in other's situations as well.
Things we like:
- Size of oven cavity. The five vertical grate positions are very useful.
- The oven preheats quickly.
- The stove knobs large and easily handled.
- The oven vent is located in front of display and therefore becomes warm. This allows food to stay warm, the front display to get quite warm, however, they had to vent it somewhere and I'd rather that then venting toward the back and overheating the wall behind the stove. We consider this a reasonable compromise.
- The ability to tune the oven temperature to reflect the actual temp in the oven. Out of the box is was about 25 degrees off.
- We like to cook with cast iron and it was only after purchasing this unit that we learned that an electric glass cooktop would be scratched with our pans. If the glass of an electric range becomes scratched it can become a weak place and ultimately ruin the electric range. The gas range fit our cooking preference perfectly.
- Size of oven cavity. The five vertical grate positions are very useful.
- The oven preheats quickly.
- The stove knobs large and easily handled.
- The oven vent is located in front of display and therefore becomes warm. This allows food to stay warm, the front display to get quite warm, however, they had to vent it somewhere and I'd rather that then venting toward the back and overheating the wall behind the stove. We consider this a reasonable compromise.
- The ability to tune the oven temperature to reflect the actual temp in the oven. Out of the box is was about 25 degrees off.
- We like to cook with cast iron and it was only after purchasing this unit that we learned that an electric glass cooktop would be scratched with our pans. If the glass of an electric range becomes scratched it can become a weak place and ultimately ruin the electric range. The gas range fit our cooking preference perfectly.
Things we've observed:
- Compared to electric, use of the burners warms the room more than our previous electric range's coils. This because the flame is open to the air and the electric surface is in direct contact with the pan, limiting how much excess heat escapes. Because the flame has a distance from the burner, if the window is open and it's breezy outside, it blows the flame around a bit. It's not a bad thing, but simply something to get used to.
- It took a week or so of use before the 'break-in' odor of using gas and getting the materials hot in the range to stop emitting odor. If it were the middle of winter when we purchased the unit and the house needed to be closed up tight, this could have been uncomfortable. We purchased in the spring and left windows opened during this period and it was no big deal. Just something to be aware of.
- Compared to electric, use of the burners warms the room more than our previous electric range's coils. This because the flame is open to the air and the electric surface is in direct contact with the pan, limiting how much excess heat escapes. Because the flame has a distance from the burner, if the window is open and it's breezy outside, it blows the flame around a bit. It's not a bad thing, but simply something to get used to.
- It took a week or so of use before the 'break-in' odor of using gas and getting the materials hot in the range to stop emitting odor. If it were the middle of winter when we purchased the unit and the house needed to be closed up tight, this could have been uncomfortable. We purchased in the spring and left windows opened during this period and it was no big deal. Just something to be aware of.
Things we'd like to see changed:
- The control buttons are a bit difficult to push and have them take action. You cannot test this when in the showroom on any model, but discovered when installed.
- We would like clock to be separate from other elements in the display so that when the oven is on and/or the timer is on, you can see the time. Also the display is a bit small in size.
- I would have liked largest burner to have an inside/outside ring of flame rather than one large ring. The large ring tends to make the handles of the pots hot and the center a little cool in comparison.
- The control buttons are a bit difficult to push and have them take action. You cannot test this when in the showroom on any model, but discovered when installed.
- We would like clock to be separate from other elements in the display so that when the oven is on and/or the timer is on, you can see the time. Also the display is a bit small in size.
- I would have liked largest burner to have an inside/outside ring of flame rather than one large ring. The large ring tends to make the handles of the pots hot and the center a little cool in comparison.
My Best Buy number: 1033308736
My Best Buy number: 1033308736
I would recommend this to a friend!
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