Cooking and refrigeration are the toughest choices in kitchen planning with more options than any other appliance. Of the two appliances, cooking is the most difficult with slide-in, freestanding, wall oven, cooktop, induction and professional in different configurations.
I divided stoves to be: affordable free standing, better free standing, induction, slide-in and professional.
Affordable Freestanding Stove:
Frigidaire FFGF3027LS/FFEF3048LS: The price for a white freestanding range when I started in 1986 was $599. The stainless Frigidaire is $499 and $549 in gas. It is affordable and reliable.
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Better Freestanding Stove:
Bosch HES5L53U/HGS5L53UC: Bosch offers a burner, convection range with a bit more style than the others. Rebates on packages are more aggressive as well.
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Slide-In Stove:
Jenn-Air JES8850CAS/JGS8850CDS/JDS8850CDS: With prices starting at $1399-1599, Jenn-Air is the most competitive, quality slide-in with convection. Available is gas, electric and dual fuel, it can be combined with a shallow depth refrigerator, integrated dishwasher and convection microwave/vent for less than $4,000 after rebate.
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Professional Stoves:
Viking VGIC5304BSS/Jenn-Air JGRP430WP: Both have huge rebates until the end of the year and are excellent value for this niche. Viking is $750 per product (plus another $150 for liking them on Facebook). Jenn-Air has a $200 rebate and a free integrated dishwasher.
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Induction Stoves:
Frigidaire FPCF3091LF/GE PHB925SPSS: Induction is faster than professional burners with better simmering and less heat emission. I like all the units. We wrote a post about the Four Best Induction Brands. The Frigidaire is a hybrid or half electric/half induction at a better price. The GE slide-in is new and the controls are really intuitive (honorable mention Electrolux).
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