How To Choose The Best Gas Range

Michael Simmons
3 min readJan 10, 2018

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Although electric stoves are still very popular, there are people who prefer a good gas range instead.

If buying this kitchen appliance is on your mind, then you’d better check out the following tips in order to pick the gas range that suits you best.

Size matters

Our online store offers a plenty of gas ranges varying in size. You need to consider this parameter keeping in mind how much space your kitchen and appliances allow for it.

Standard height of the unit is usually 34 inches, while the standard depth is somewhere about 20–24 inches.

If we’re talking about the width, it can vary between 12 and 36 inches. The bigger the size, the more burners the unit can have. Big families are recommended to pick 36-inch gas ranges. On this website page you will find the top models review guiding you to the right choice: https://diligentchef.com/best-36-inch-gas-range/

Appearance and design

Today practically each gas range model is made of high quality heat-resistant steel. No wonder every manufacturer wants its products to look thoughtfully designed and attractive, yet practical and handy panels are still a good thing to consider.

Our web store offers different gas ranges in terms of panel material, unique in peculiarities and functionality, which of course influences the final cost of the unit.

Enamel.

Benefits:

  • Sturdy
  • Not expensive
  • Wide color range

Disadvantages:

  • Difficult to clean
  • Rather primitive (poor mode range)

Stainless steel

Benefits:

  • Sturdy
  • Well-designed
  • Easily cleaned surface

Disadvantages:

  • Medium cost
  • Rather primitive (poor mode range)
  • Necessity to buy special cleaning agents
  • Poor color range

Glass ceramics

Benefits:

  • Well-designed appearance
  • Variety of functions
  • Easy to clean

Disadvantages:

  • Expensive
  • Poor color range

Burners: size and number

Each person should choose the right number of burners depending on the size of frequently used pots or pans and cooking needs. Typically gas ranges are equipped with four of them, yet our web store offers units of different brands having from 2 to 6 burners varying in heat output and size.

  • Burner size is the first factor to consider. Usually it depends on pots and pans you use every day for cooking food. Obviously, the more you cook, the bigger the size of the burner should be.
  • Many brands offer gas cookers with a set of burners different in size and heat output. The standard set includes a high-output big burner, two medium size and output ones and a small one with low output. Yet manufacturers easily modify this combination. For instance, one can find a single burner gas stove for faster cooking. It typically has a multilevel construction of nozzles emitting multiple flame circles during the cooking process.
  • Apart from classic round burners it is also possible to find units with oval, square and triangular burners, which makes it possible to avoid using top grates. And the choice is up to your taste and specific preferences.

What should the best oven be like?

Cooking delicious and healthy food is impossible without ovens. Modern brands offer both standard gas and electric models.

  • Gas ranges faced significant transformations since the first model has appeared on the market. So you can easily find the unit with minimal standard mode set as well as modernized multi-functional one. The following are the most valued additional features: gas or electric grill, the function of forced air circulation and so on. Therefore the more modes the gas range has, the higher is the price.
  • Electric ovens can be both simple and stuffed up with functions. Some of them may have different ways of heating process depending on the number of walls used. While others have rather handy temperature and heating modes.

To sum it all up, it is obviously necessary to go for the right gas cooker in terms of paramenters. Still keep in mind that a good oven should be equipped with proper safety features. And in the first place it concerns shockproof and heat-resistant glass door.

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Michael Simmons

Hi there! I'm Michael Simmons. I'm chef from New York. I like my work and have many hobbies. Let's be friends.