Stoves - why do you love (or hate) yours?

[DebW]

I'd had electric stoves/ovens for years, the last 2 being smooth top stoves which I liked. When I bought a house last fall it came with gas, and the oven didn't work so I went and bought a new gas range to replace it. I'm not very happy with it. The burners are somewhat big for most of my pots (I live alone so use 1-2 qt pots most of the time) and the sides of the pot rather than the bottom are heated. It takes a long time to boil water. The stove sits behind my back door and the burner knobs are on the front, creating a dangerous situation. The door knob can hit one of the burner knobs and turn on the gas without lighting the burner. I've smelled gas from this occurring a number of times, and if it happened as I was leaving the house for hours, my house might explode. I put a door stop on the hinge to limit the swing of the door but that didn't entirely solve the problem, so now I've removed the stove knob. It's for the extra-large burner that I can't use anyway unless I'm making soup in a very large pot. The oven has worked well for me, except that last fall I had mice in the house, and with the large vent holes in a gas oven, the mice could enter the oven while I had bread rising and nibble on the dough. Ugh! I'd always assumed the inside of an oven was mouse-proof, but not a gas oven! I got rid of the mice last fall, but now they seem to be back, so baking day will be challenging again. I'm thinking about getting rid of this almost-new gas stove and going to electric (but will need an electrician to install the proper outlet).

[Irulan]

I've currently got a 10 year old Kenmore flat top that works just fine. However, I'm getting the kitchen done soon and will replace it with a gas range.

[Dogmama]

I've currently got a 10 year old Kenmore flat top that works just fine. However, I'm getting the kitchen done soon and will replace it with a gas range.

Kenmore is one of the more highly rated stoves. Found it interesting that JD Powers rates Electrolux highly, yet the consumer ratings are horrible. Who do you believe?

[malkin]

INDUCTION!!

We have a portable one with 2 burners now, and a few of the one burner ones.
We will never go back.

[Irulan]

Kenmore is one of the more highly rated stoves. Found it interesting that JD Powers rates Electrolux highly, yet the consumer ratings are horrible. Who do you believe?

I always use Consumer Reports.