Buying a stove

Looking at replacing our stove.
Never thought it would be so difficult.
New induction units look good but they don't make them in white and everything else is white and working good.
Dual fuel unit would be nice but price on them is insane.
Had a flat top, it was ok but sucked when canning.
Considering gas or a plain old coil top.

Big problem I have is they all [even the gas] have the electronic controls for the ovens, the last one we had we finally threw out as they wanted almost as much for a control board than we paid for the stove in the first place.
Spoke to an appliance shop and was told most of them now days it is cheaper to buy a new stove if the panel goes out.
As well I can't find anybody who offers more than a one year warranty.
Does anybody know of a brand that isn't insane on parts prices or stands behind there products anymore?
Or should I just buy three plain Jane coil top stoves for the same money and keep the spares in the barn.

get a regular gas burner unit

If you have room I would look at a restaurant stove. We have a 6
burner Garland with a grill/broiler and two ovens, of which we
only use one. Had one from the 30s that we used for the last 13
years, now someone has offered to buy it for $200 since it still
mostly works, just needs some TLC. I bought a 1986 model,
same configuration this summer for $600 and it is stainless steel
so it is much more cleanable. It should last for the next 50 years
with an occasional new thermocouple or orifice. There are also
restaurant stoves that are closer to the size of a regular stove,
but still built really well. A used one can be quite cheap and they
are easy to work on for someone like me who doesn't know
much about gas.
Zach

We have two houses. One has a 1928 Magic Chef
gas stove and oven, and the other a 1949
Chambers gas stove and oven. Easy to fix, very
reliable, etc. They will do anything and more
then many newer stoves. Made to be kept a
lifetime (or more).

As to new gas stoves with a mechanical oven
thermostat? Several companies sell them.
Simple, reliable and expensive. Lehmans.com
sells them. Unique of Canada sells them, etc.

Probably not what you're looking for and few
people want an appliance to last a lifetime. If
so, they can be found.

Unlike antique tractors that often cannot do
some of the things new tractors do - some old
stoves cook better then new ones. As to the new
"off grid" stoves with mechanical thermostats -
I've never owned one. I know a few people who
do however.

https://www.lehmans.com/p-4473-brown-gas-
ranges.aspx

http://www.uniqueoffgrid.com/en-
Ca/Products/Product-Line-up_/Off-Grid-
Ranges/UNIQUE-30-WW.html

I get many years out of the simple coil top stoves.
I buy electric with self cleaning oven. Get them
from Lowes. Have 10 in rental properties, no
problems. Perhaps the oldest is 20 years. If you
want more than one year, lowes sells an extended
warranty. I don't bother buying one. I like lowes
free delivery and they will remove the old one or
put it outside if you like.

In our first house, built in 1978, we had electric stove and water heater. We built and moved to our farm in 1992 and switched to propane as much as possible. The first stove worked fine. The wife worked it hard as she was baking constantly.(Bread from our own wheat, etc.) Over 11 years I replaced several oven igniters. I got sick of that and bought her a new stove. This one was the nightmare. Worked OK for about a year. Then, when I fired up the corn dryer, it would go berserk. Appliance repair guy, who was hunting here at the time, replaced everything in it, twice, (at no charge). I assumed it was something to do with gas pressure, draw, whatever. He finally suggested we unplug stove for a while when it screwed up. Eureka! Apparently a voltage drop was messing with the stoves brain. Wife got fed up with that one. A few years ago we bought the most basic stove we could find around here. It's a Hotpoint RGB530DEP2WW. So far, so good.

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We have a very basic Montgomery Ward by Tappan propane stove, it does have pilotless ignition. We have had it for about thirty years and it is used every day. It is the old style white porcelain. Be careful of commercial stoves, the REAL commercial ones don't have much insulation and can really heat up your house. Also if the thermostat control valves are too old they are no longer available. I went through that with the range at church. I had to replace it.

We had a dual fuel before we moved to the farmhouse. I loved
that thing. Convection electric oven and gas top. I always
thought that the grates were too far away from the flame -
much higher than necessary. But other than that it was a
dream. It came from the Sears scratch and dent - paid half
cause it had a dent on the back.

I would give anything to have a gas stove here but we are all
electric. We are going to buy a new stove here in a month or
so - electric but double oven. I'm not sure that any new brand
will last like they used to. I didn't ever buy an extended
warranty before. I will for the drier and new stove. The drier is
a few months old and has had three service calls.

(quoted from post at 19:30:46 10/24/14) We have two houses. One has a 1928 Magic Chef
gas stove and oven, and the other a 1949
Chambers gas stove and oven. Easy to fix, very
reliable, etc. They will do anything and more
then many newer stoves. Made to be kept a
lifetime (or more).

As to new gas stoves with a mechanical oven
thermostat? Several companies sell them.
Simple, reliable and expensive. Lehmans.com
sells them. Unique of Canada sells them, etc.

Probably not what you're looking for and few
people want an appliance to last a lifetime. If
so, they can be found.

Unlike antique tractors that often cannot do
some of the things new tractors do - some old
stoves cook better then new ones. As to the new
"off grid" stoves with mechanical thermostats -
I've never owned one. I know a few people who
do however.

https://www.lehmans.com/p-4473-brown-gas-
ranges.aspx

http://www.uniqueoffgrid.com/en-
Ca/Products/Product-Line-up_/Off-Grid-
Ranges/UNIQUE-30-WW.html

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Thanks for the links Jdemaris
I think that stove would work great for us and no electronics to fail a week after warranty expires.
As usual they are doing there best to screw us on the price.
The link you provided for Lehmans lists the stove for $599.00. Up here in Canada where the stove is made, dealer wants $1299.00 for the exact same unit.

If you've ever cooked with gas you will never
go back to electric. I bought a new Acu-bake
when I got the house in town. It has cast iron
burner spiders. I opted for the self -cleaning
oven even though I never use that feature
because the salesman told me that the self-
clean model has more insulation it it. It does.
It hardly gets warm on the outside. The burners
are pilotless but in case of power outage I can
light them with a match. The oven has to have
power to work. I did have an oven control go
bad last year but I was able to find trouble
shooting techniques online, isolate the bad
unit and ordered a new replacement from Amazon.

We are going to miss our appliance man in town as he is retiring after 42 years in business. He worked with a company that offered a 5 year warranty at a reasonable price. My wife always liked electric and said she never wanted gas. Kids and several friends convinced her to try gas so the last time we got a Maytag gas and she loves it. Won't go back to electric now. As far as warrantys the companies seem to offer a year at a time and not sure how many years you can renew. Best Buy used to offer longer ones and our local Menards offers up to 5 years.

We have the NG Kenmore wall oven and counter top
range with electronic ignition. I installed them
in 1988 had one service call on the oven. Bought them from a Sears Outlet store. I had to enlarge the hole for the wall oven. Hal

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As well I can't find anybody who offers more than a one year warranty.

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Many credit cards double the manufacturer's warranty up to a year, if you have one and didn't know. It's free. Depends on your card, example here.
http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits/index.html If you plan on using a card, you can look up yours online, or just the name of it here and we can see.

I would think a stove would be covered. Extended warranties besides that I usually don't do, but on a higher dollar appliance, I'd consider it if not ridiculously priced. Squaretrade.com is a reputable company, sometimes they have codes for discounts. But I didn't price one, at least I think they cover big appliances. I could check but not researching right now.

If possible, I'd wait till the end of this next month. They haven't had many "good" sales after Thanksgiving, and I hate going to town on those days so I don't. But maybe on one of the three day sales they might have a cheaper stove, and I don't think people would be breaking down the doors to get a stove, but I don't know. Probably not worth the hassle though just to save a little $$.... But there MIGHT be something then.

edit: sorry, didn't see the other post