dustin92
Well-known member
We had a BOL GE gas range from about 2000 at our old house- So very basic that it had pilot lights for the top burners AND the oven, no clock/timer/digital anything, and no oven window. It had no issues whatsoever in 12 years, except for the pilots clogging up, but that was easily remedied with a toothpick. However, it never baked very well- if you planned on baking a cake or cookies/biscuits/whatever, it had to be on the top rack position, or the bottoms resembled charcoal, while the top stayed white. If you baked only on the top rack, it did fine, and we cranked out plenty of good food with it. We have an electric Whirlpool from about 1990 here, and it bakes FAR better than the GE ever dreamed of, and preheats in about 5 minutes. We can bake on any rack position, or any combination of positions, and it bakes perfectly, although the thermostat is about 50 degrees off (albeit reliably 50 degrees off). We also have a Maytag gas range downstairs (probably a bit newer than the one upstairs), and it performs slightly better than the GE, but nowhere near the electric Whirlpool. It seems to take forever to preheat, and cycles constantly. I haven't been impressed.
