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Which range suits the kitchen

Choosing and comparing
guides.

Gas against electric, dual-fuel against induction, freestanding against slide-in and pro-style — what each costs to run, how it cooks and what it is like to keep repaired.

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Choosing and comparing,
guide by guide.

These guides are for the moment a range decision is on the table: a remodel with a 30-inch gap to fill, an older range with a repair estimate stuck to the oven door, or a household torn between a flame, a glowing element and an induction zone. They compare kinds of range, from gas and electric to dual-fuel, pro-style and induction, rather than ranking the companies that make them.

All 18 guides
A stainless freestanding gas range standing in its gap between white shaker cabinets in a US home kitchen, burners off and oven door closed, with a folded paper estimate and a tape measure resting on the counter beside it.
6-minute read

Repair or replace a range: which half failed, and what a new one needs

Igniters, elements, sensors and hinges are worth fixing on nearly any range; a board nobody makes, rust through the oven body or a new circuit for a bigger model are where the sums change.

A slide-in induction range with a flat black glass top in a bright US home kitchen, a cast-iron skillet sitting on one front zone while the other zones stay bare and dark.
5-minute read

Gas, electric or induction: how each kind of range heats a pan

Flame, glowing element or magnetic field — what each heat source does to the pan, the kitchen air, the circuit behind the range and the repairs it tends to need.

A 36-inch pro-style dual-fuel range in brushed stainless with six sealed burners under heavy cast-iron grates and large metal knobs, set between dark wood cabinets in a US home kitchen, every burner off and the oven door closed.
5-minute read

Dual-fuel and pro-style ranges: what the extra power asks of the house

Gas burners over an electric oven, wider frames and heavier grates: the gas line, the 240-volt circuit, the ventilation and the service access a big range brings with it.

Which range suits the kitchen.

We write them from the repair side. The range you pick decides which supply has to stand behind it, how heavy the frame is when it has to slide out, which parts wear first and whether those parts are likely to be around in ten years, and very little of that appears on a showroom tag.

Start here if you are planning a kitchen, weighing a switch of fuel, or deciding whether the range you already own deserves one more repair.

Not sure where to start?

The short answerRepair or replace a range: which half failed, and what a new one needs

Whether to repair or replace a range depends on which half failed and what a new one would ask of the kitchen.

The short answerGas, electric or induction: how each kind of range heats a pan

Choosing a gas or induction range, or a conventional electric one, comes down to how each delivers heat.

The short answerDual-fuel and pro-style ranges: what the extra power asks of the house

A dual-fuel range pairs gas burners on top with an electric oven below, so it needs both a gas supply and a 240-volt circuit.

When reading
is not enough.

If the checks in these guides did not settle it, the visit picks up from there, stop by stop.

What repairs cost
  1. 01Every burner and the oven, tried
  2. 02A price before any part goes in
  3. 03Common parts on board
  4. 04Fixed, then run hot

The problems
these answer.

Each has a page of its own, with the causes in the order worth checking.

All 17 problems
A gas range top in a US home kitchen with one burner cap lifted off and resting on a folded towel beside its grate, while the other burners burn with even blue flames under a pot of soup. Problem

Range Burner Won't Light

6 causes, cheapest first

 A freestanding gas range in a US home kitchen with a pot simmering on a lit front burner and the oven door open on an empty cold oven, a pan of unbaked dinner rolls waiting on the counter. Problem

Range Oven Not Heating

7 causes, cheapest first

 A close view of a black glass-top electric range in a US home kitchen, a jagged crack running across one cooking zone, a heavy cast iron pan set aside on a wooden trivet on the counter. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Glass Top Cracked

5 causes, cheapest first

 The backguard of a slide-in range in a US home kitchen with a dark touch control panel, a fingertip pressing a key that stays unlit while steam rises from a pot on the burner below. Problem

Range Control Panel Not Responding

5 causes, cheapest first
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Questions about
choosing and comparing.

Do these guides recommend a particular brand of range?
No. They compare designs across makers and name a manufacturer only where its own published figures back a specific point, such as the circuit a range of a given width needs.
Where do the efficiency and circuit figures come from?
From ENERGY STAR, EPA and the manufacturers' own support pages and manuals, linked beside the sections that use them. The installation instructions for your exact model always come first.
Can a comparison guide tell me what is wrong with my range?
It explains how the kind of range shapes the decision. Pinning down the actual failure takes the model number and a look at the range itself, which the troubleshooting guides and a diagnostic visit cover.

The other
sections.

Split by what you are trying to find out rather than by which part of the appliance it concerns.

All guides
A gas range burner with a weak, uneven flame under an empty pan.
Why the range is acting that way

Common problems

A hand pressing a burner cap flat onto its base on a gas range, the grate set aside.
Range checks you can safely make

Troubleshooting

Burner caps and grates soaking in a sink beside a gas range, a soft brush on the counter.
Keeping the range out of trouble

Maintenance and prevention

A kitchen with a gas range switched off and its knobs at off, the back door propped open to air the room.
When to stop using the range

Gas, fire and burn safety

A range slid partly out of its opening, the anti-tip bracket on the floor behind it visible.
Set up to last

Installation and setup

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The four questions most visits start with, each with the guide that answers it.

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