FYI gas ranges
I looked on the Frigidaire website and noted the following:
1. Their TOL single-oven gas range still has third element convection cooking with conversion. Further down the line, they still seem to offer an entry-level convection model, with fan but without third element, but it's no longer called "Speed Bake". (I have the 2001* iteration of this model and it bakes beautifully, and no service calls in its 13 1/2 year service life).
2. Their TOL double-oven gas range still has self-cleaning on both ovens, and the larger (lower) oven still has third-element convection cooking with conversion. There is a BOL double-oven without convection. There does not seem to be a middle option (fan but no element), but I don't recall if they ever offered the double in that option range.
So as far as I can surmise, they have not tweaked the feature set of their freestanding gas range line-up. Since I don't have 220V behind the range (just a gas pipe plus 110V), I never studied their electric range lineup and would not know if something has been deleted.
I agree they have really decimated their FL washer line-up. Ten years ago they were very highly rated by CR and by experienced buyers (the kind who read this website), both for performance and price. It seems as if they got rid of their TOL, brought the BOL up and renumbered. Maybe they are trying to push their higher end customers into Electrolux. However, the manipulation of the washer line-up began well before they acquired GE appliances. FYI my original Frigidaire 2140 is nine years old, no service issues ever, and is still washing away over at my neighbor's; he inherited my 2140 set when I got my new Electrolux set.
*the cooktop of my model is somewhat behind the times, in that the highest power burner is 12K BTU, with two 9K units and a 5K unit. The current models offer uprated burners, I think 16K on one, 12K on one, 9K on one, and 5K on two (there is a fifth center burner), and some models seem to have a center griddle option. In addition, my model does not have grates that go all the way across (the higher end third-element convection model did have grates all the way across). However, I tend not to replace or discard something unless it's broken and cannot be fixed (or costs too much to do so) so for now the range stays. If it broke tomorrow, I'd buy another Frigidaire, it has been a great product. I had to calibrate oven temp once and that was it. At the time I purchased it, there were only four non-commercial gas convection manufacturers: GE, KA, JennAir, and Frigidaire. As I was on a budget at the time, I chose the Frigidaire, which cost literally half of the other models, and the savings paid for a new Bosch DW (still in service since 2001, no service calls).
