My electric range needs replacing ... Two of the ranges (the bigger ones) don't even work now and the rest are only working half the time. Oven still works great, but not the range. It is an old GE range and it is screaming for replacement.
My dishwasher is also broken. The water outlet is broken so sometimes there will be a "pool" of water on the bottom. If the water is left there, it will become a bacteria sweet spot - so we have to keep using the dishwasher periodically or cleaning the bottom and removing the water - which is a pain. We try to have it fixed but the parts are hard to find and expensive - almost as much as buying a new one.
So when the company I work for announce that we will be getting our bonuses, we are off to our search for new appliances: dishwasher, electric range, and a matching hood/vent.
Electric Range
For one reason and another, we decided to go with Whirlpool as our chosen brand of appliance. For our electric range, we wanted to go with "coil" instead of the ceramic glass cooktop - because we found that the coil "heats" better. Since we cook on regular basis, coil seems to be a better option. Plus, the ceramic glass is expensive to replace if it is damaged (could be $250 or more) - even though it is really really easy to clean and certainly looks better. The model that we went for is Whirlpool RF263LXS. We also got the vent/hood for it: RH3730XL
Dishwasher
For the dishwasher, we also went stainless to match with the range and the hood: DU1055XTS.
So what kind of "heavy duty" cooking are we doing on our range? Well, my wife cook almost everyday and about once a week we host a bible study group at our house on Saturday. So more often than not, the heaviest use of our range is on the weekend, where our friends and us must cook for our bible study group (abour 20 people).
We do not use the oven as much - which is why probably the oven is still in good shape. As Asians, most of our food are deep fried, stir-fry based or soup based - which means that almost all the cooking is happening on the cooktop instead of in the oven.
We ordered these last weekend and they will be shipped within this week. I hope they work as long as my old appliances are, for years and years and years.
Monday, September 29, 2008
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2 comments:
On your dishwasher.... try to put the outlet pipe from dishwasher to disposal sink high enough to make sure the water in the disposal sink does not return to the dishwasher.
Jadi pipanya lebih tinggi almost making and "U" shape. Kadang2 gitu bisa fixed the problem of water underneath the dishwasher.
JH
Thanks JH. The new dishwasher came with a lengthy hose and it has a built-in u-bend "route" on its side.
The problem with the old dishwasher was a broken part within the suction for water outlet that prevent the water to go out all the way - leaving some behind.
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