On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:26:19 GMT, "TKM" > wrote:
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>"DManzaluni" > wrote in message
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>On Feb 19, 1:36 pm, Ernie Willson > wrote:
>> Having both a gas and an electric oven is a great feature if you are a
>> serious cook. The gas oven cooks with a "wet" heat because of the water
>> vapor formed when the hydrogen in the gas is burned. The electric is a
>> dry heat. In an oven dry heat is better for crisping and crusting
>> things. Bread and Pizza will come out better from an electric oven. A
>> wood fired oven will also turn out a better "crispier" surface and more
>> crunch than gas fired. Since wood is principally carbon, little or no
>> water(steam) is formed in wood combustion, similar to an electric oven.
>>
>> I know this doesn't solve your dilemma, but it may make your selection
>> somewhat easier.
>>
>> EJ in NJ
>>
>>
>>
>> DManzaluni wrote:
>> > Does anyone know when GE revamps their Profile models please? I need
>> > to buy a range and it seems that the PGB918SEM is the only real
>> > contender: There is a Maytag with a double GAS oven (for some
>> > inexplicable reason the second oven on this GE gas range is electric)
>> > but it seems to lack significant features.
>>
>> > My concern is that this model has been on the market for a few years
>> > and I understand they revamp their range cosmetically every year or
>> > so. With minor revamps of the features every few models. And this one
>> > is suddenly being heavily discounted and offerred with hundred dollar
>> > rebates. (not real rebates: You have to buy more than one qualifying
>> > product)
>>
>> > I am wondering whether they will suddenly offer a model with a second
>> > gas oven five minutes after I have spent a ton of dough re-wiring my
>> > whole kitchen to accomodate this electric oven (at the minute the fuse
>> > blows every time we use the microwave for more than a few minutes with
>> > almost anything else around the whole flat turned on)
>>
>> > [My present range is also a GE Profile and the glass top suddenly
>> > shattered and I discovered that replacement costs about three times
>> > what the whole unit is worth]- Hide quoted text -
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>Thanks EJ: You have told me that come what may, this is the unit to
>get and I need to re-wire my fuse box instead of thinking about a
>second gas oven: You have also explained why the second oven is so low
>and flat. At the moment I have difficulty doing roast potatos in the
>same oven as a too-large (for example) turkey: You seem to be
>suggesting that this is a good thing and I should be doing them in the
>electric part anyway.
>
>I dont suppose there is any way of figuring out when they are changing
>the model for something a bit more up to date.
>
>Ask at a couple of appliance stores. They usually know when new models are
>due since they have to clear out the old ones via sales, etc.
>
>You could also ask the GE Answer Center ( See:
>http://www.geappliances.com/service_...pport/contact/ ). I've always
>found them helpflul.
>
>TKM
>
As long as that model keeps selling, they'll keep making it. It's not
a high volume seller, but with R&D fully ammortized, it's a high
profit seller. To redesign it will cost many dollars - which comes out
of the profit picture.