On 15-Jun-2004, "Jason in Dallas" > wrote:

> "Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:c8myc.83806
> > I won't own an electric stove.
>
> They do suck but some of us own homes that came with with electric stoves
> and are too cheap/lazy to have the gas line installed for a proper gas
> stove. I'd like very much to have a Viking or Jenn-Air with a downdraft
> system and all the goodies and I can afford it but it's a royal PITA to
> have
> the kitchen torn up.
>
> Still others rent and have no choice.

Agreed with all of the above. I moved into this POS mfg home about
12 years ago. It had an electric range with only one burner working.
About $40 in new burner sockets and it was back in business, but
it was still a POS as stoves go. I finally got a little windfall and bought
a 30" Jenn-Air. It lacks most of the bells and whistles, usually assoc-
iated with a Jenn-Air. But is has a "hot" burner capable of lighting up
a wok pretty well and more uncommonly, a "simmer" burner that turns
down to candlepower. The oven has standard and convection features
and the electronic controls are excellent. Oh yeh, my real point is that
I wanted a nice gas range, but don't have the physical room for that
downdraft Jenn-Air or the Viking that I really wanted. I don't even have the

room for a 36" range let alone a 48" with built in grill etc. Price was not
the deciding factor in my case. I have a plumber friend and got a pretty
good deal on the gas installation. That required a permit ($50), testing
and inspection plus the plumbing cost. The kitchen was never torn up
for that, just for the floor repair after the old fridge dumped water on it.

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