Kenmore Elite 30 in. Freestanding Induction Range

Kenmore Elite 30 in. Freestanding Induction Range March 28, 2012
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I love this range! My first test was to boil 6 quarts of water in 5 minutes. It took the same pot 15 minutes to boil on my old electric range. The stove top and oven operate easily and as published. I have had to adjust some of my cooking habits, because waiting on the stove is not in the equation now. After working all day, less time in the kitchen is a good thing. My advice to anyone buying this range is to immediately perform the 2 hour self-clean function (open lots of doors and windows). We have had this range for almost 3 weeks and have been suffering with out-gassing fumes every time the new oven is used. I finally read a help desk blog giving advice to run the self-clean cycle. We did and it worked. It would be nice if Kenmore would publish this in the manual. If they had, I would give a rating of 5 stars rather than 4. Note: When using my iron skillets on this stove, I use a piece of parchment paper or a paper towel under the pan to insure no abrasions on the glass top. It works like magic through the paper.

How will we tell people when we sell our house we want our range December 13, 2011
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I am not really seriously thinking about taking the range as we can always buy another when we move but our range is now 2 years old and I LOVE it.  It takes no time at all when cooking on the induction top and spills are easily wiped up without fear of burns.  The over takes as long as the others I have had to heat up and I have found that preheating may take just as long as setting the oven but the conduction feature is great.  I do a lot of baking and all my stuff comes out perfectly cooked.  the only problem we have had is that once when a pot boiled over the water must have eaked into the housing for the digital clock/times so we cannot read the numbers as some are missing "parts"-although the time continues to work.  We had an old (1930's) 36" range and looked for a long while before finally settling on this one.  No matter what we bought it was going to be expensive since we had to deal with the matter of filling the 6" but the shiny smooth black top gave me an idea and I had our carpenter install 2-3" wide openings on either side topped with a counter height covering of shiny black formica.  The level of the range sits about 1" above our existing counters so it looks like it's all one piece with a "floating" top.  I cannot find one bad thing to say about this range!

We have a maintenance agreemnet so plan to have the timer problem fixed and then it will be "perfect" again.

Exclusive AirGuard system virtually eliminates unwanted odors November 14, 2011
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Our range is now about 2 years old. One of the reason we purchased this range was the AirGuard system, needless to say it does NOT work. We?ve had Sears service come out for two things on this range, one the AirGuard and second it takes forever to get up to temperature. The Tech told us BOTH are working correctly??? We can live with the Oven taking a long time to get up to temperature (350), just turn it on 10 minutes early solves that problem. But the AirGuard does NOTHING, the entire home upstairs and on the main level pick up the odor of what?s in the oven. I can leave the house jump in the car and discover I now smell like whatever is in the oven! The strongest spice we cook with is ?onion power? the odor in the oven fills up the entire home! We thought by getting the AirGuard this problem would be gone, it?s not, it still stinks up the house and us when we leave. Don?t waste your money or buy this range or any ranges with AirGuard it doesn?t work )-;

A great appliance that is fast, efficient and easy to operate April 28, 2011
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We did a lot of searching and came back to Sears for this purchase. Their price, on sale, was very competitive, especially for the features offered. It is a wonderful addition to our kitchen and makes it a more efficient place to prepare meals.