A new gas range, that is! Our old one, after 30 years of service, finally blew the bottom baking coil the other night when my wife was trying to bake a scrumptious white pizza she made. After an hour the temp was still at 225 F, so we knew it wasn’t going to be helping us out anymore.
While, yes, we could have repaired that coil (new ones are about $65 + the time to install it), we
knew we’d need a new range sooner than later and it seemed to be rather prophetic, so we took the hint, went to Menards, and got a Whirlpool model WFG361LV in “silver” which means half silver, half black.
AND IT’S GAS! Glory and trumpets! I’ve lusted after gas stoves ever since I found out how nice they are to cook with vs. electric and have always said some day I’d get one. Despite my wife’s trepidations about learning to cook on a gas appliance, I encouraged her and finally won her heart in the matter and we got the shiny beast with the help of my father and hooked her up 2 nights ago.
And boy, what a difference! Like I had mentioned to Yolanda, anything newer than 30 years old would be an improvement, but this is a huge difference. Even, gentle cooking, no harsh or weird temperatures, and the instant-on, instant-off wonders of gas. I haven’t really done much cooking with it yet, but the pizzas tonight turned out wonderfully, and that’s a good starter.
Hopefully the next time we replace a major appliance it will be because we’ve decided to do so versus being forced, but in this case, I think it’s turned out to be a win-win all around.
Sexy looking oven
I’m afraid of gas stoves. :/ Can they leak carbon monoxide? I’m also sort of clumsy/careless so flames would not be a good idea for me, personally. Glad you enjoy it, though
It’s amazing how great a new appliance really is after you’ve been using a quirky machine/piece of shit for years. We just replaced our 12-year-old oven a month ago after replacing the oven coils for the 50th time. It’s nice to have four burners and an oven that work 
Now you have no excuse to not have a dinner party 
Have fun with your beauty.
Marie: No, they cannot emit carbon monoxide, mostly because carbon monoxide requires a contained environment to be generated (a low-oxygen environment) and that almost never happens with a range because all the flames are open to large spaces. So they’re very safe in those terms.
Yeah, you have to be more careful about what you get near there…for instance, putting a pot holder on the stove next to the burner is now a no-no and so forth, but for the most part you’d have to work pretty hard to catch something on flame.
Congratulations on the new gas stove. I know what it’s like dealing with an old one, let alone an old electric one, lol.
As well…congrats on being featured on “We are Fuelmyblog” today.
APRIL FOOLS!
It’s set for publication tomorrow, but I wanted to be the first and visit your blog.
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John: Awesome…thanks! I look foward to seeing my interview in “print”, so to speak, and thanks for stopping by!
That looks like a sweet unit! I do love a gas range. We’d considered an electric oven/gas range combo unit when we moved into the new house, but who has the money? Don’t do that much baking anyway.
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