Have you looked at Frigidaire? I am going to buy the model linked below next month. Frigidaire used to be rather mediocre in quality, but now they are rated very good. (consumer reports - JD Power). I love the styling and the nicest model has a warming drawer and full convection oven that you can switch to regular baking. (Are they all that way?)Oven is not large in slide-ins, but there are only two of us. I can still bake 4 loaves of bread at a time or a large turkey. And I won't be wasting electricity heating up oven space that I don't need.
I have read so many complaints about KitchenAid and Jenn-Air as well as GE. In fact, I was about to keep my old slide in as it still works - just hate the coil burners. Then I saw my neighbor's new Frigidaire and was hooked. She loves it.
The last great thing is that you can get the mid-range model for less than $1100 if you stop around.

Here is a link that might be useful: Frigidaire Dual Fuel

Frigidaire manufactures some of the Kenmore Elite ranges, which get high marks from those who own them. I'll suggest a search on this forum (use the search function at the BOTTOM of the page, not the one at the top, for best results.) Search on brand names. There are many threads which may include a lot of the information you are looking for.

thanks to both of you. i hadn't even thought to look at frigidaires, but this model looks very similar to the GE profile i was interested in. thanks also for the info on the search, this is something i'm still in the dark about.

egganddart49:

I have a new Frigedaire dual fuel slide-in that is no longer on the Frigidaire site. It was not as expensive as
the top model. Anyway, so far I am happy with it.

**BE CAREFUL if you get a slide-in of the countertop height. I had to take the feet off the range to get it to match the counter at 34.75". Also don't go by cutout dimensions for counter templating...have it on site. That being said, I do like the look of a slide in.

foreverremodel - I've fallen in love with frigedaire dual fuel slide-in, but I'm not ready to purchase it since my DH has run the gas line to the house yet, but my granite goes in on Oct 8, templates will be done Friday. Was it a big deal to take off the feet? Was that the only thing you had to do to get it to fit?

cburch:

I fretted over every measurement during the remodel, but somehow I did not notice the spec. min. height on the dual fuel slide-in. I figured the min - max allowable was to fit the majority of set ups. Wrong. My bases are 34.5, the Cambria counter adds a smidgen under 1.25. 35.75 total (not 34.75, as stated in my first post, my mistake). The specs read "35 5/8 - 36 5/8. This added to the fact my floors are uneven lead to a gap between the top and counter. I took off the feet but when the bottom drawer is fully extended, it touches the floor due to the slope. I have vinyl flooring but if I ever lay a new layer I will have to do something for the top gap.
The countertop people went by the "unclear specs" listed in the installation guide as I had no room to have the stove onhand. The cutout was not deep enough and one side had to be reworked (very long other story).
Sorry this is so long winded but I just wanted you to be very aware of your dimensions. There is a thread out there about slide-in height issues and a few solutions.

Thanks..... DH and I were measuring fools last night. I'm so worried the slide in won't fit. Is it bad to have it higher than the counter-tops or lower? My bases are exactly 35 next to the stove (I'm sure they are off elsewhere) and my granite adds 1 1/4 inch, so I'm looking at 36 1/4. I think??? DH was measuring, I was worrying! I'm waiting till my granite is installed before actually ordering anything, that way I can allow for over hang and height.

THANKS for the information, the more the better! :-)
Christy

I have the GE slide in. It's designed to hang from the countertop with approximately 8 inch deep cutout. So, if the base cabinet is too tall then the slide in won't sit down properly and actually has to be supported by the base cabinet instead of the counter. My 36 inch wide base cabinet had three drawers so we cut off the top drawer. I measured and planned it myself but if we were doing it again I would have had the range set in place prior to cutting the base cabinet. In the end we shimmed the base up about 3/4 of in inch to get a tight fit under the range. We also allowed space for a plywood top for the base cabinet. It fits tight so that when opening full drawers there is no tendency for the cabinet to tilt. This was needed in our case since we have 4 inch spacers on both sides of the range cabinet fronted by turned legs. While working on this we were able to slide out the base cabinet, measure and make final modifications with the range hanging in place in the granite counter. We're done now and it looks and works perfectly! I have to say though my GC didn't have a clue how to pull this together and I had to take time off work to plan and supervise.

cburch:

Just to be clear, you are talking about a slide in full range and not just a cooktop?

I would rather have the COUNTER too HIGH. If that was the case you could always put something under the range to get it to the right height. The thing is, when you install it you raise the feet of the range so the overlap part of the cooktop clears the counter. Then you slide the range back. Then, you crawl under and lower the feet of the range until the overlap top part just contacts the countertop. The countertop does NOT support the range. In my case where the COUNTER was too LOW, it is hard to compensate for the gap that is between the overlap part of the range and the counter.

Clear as MUD right?

Here is a link that might be useful: A pic of my set up

Sorry took so long to get back here.

Yes, I'm looking at a slide-in. I'm actually in the process of having the granite around the stove put in now. My installer called this morning and requested that I fax him the sheets from the owners manuals about countertops and cabinets heights, etc. He was thinking about it last night and wanted to make sure he made the cuts right the first time. This the only thing that worries me so much. I don't have the stove yet, because DH wants to wait to the floor is in. AND we haven't had any rain, so our ground has been too hard for him to run the gas line.... now it's raining! I pray it fits. I'm glad the installer asked for copies of the dimensions, at least I know he's thinking about it. I'm like your forever .... it seems like nothing in the kitchen is level or straight. Makes changing things a big head ache ..... but I so love the look of the slide-in.

Christy

My stove is in and it's about 1/4 inch too tall. Which I'm probably the only one to notice. We think it's the tile. It's thicker than your normal tile so we think we didn't compensate for the it. The only other option was not to put the tile under it, but I'm not sure that was an option either. It looks good no matter what! I'll post a picture soon, hopefully once everything is finished it can be added to the finished blog! Hopefully in a couple of weeks!!!

Christy

Hi Church,

Congrats on getting the stove up and running! Let us know how you like the oven and especially the burners: are they powerful enough? What do you use the low BTU burner for? Also, do you have propane or NG?

Thanks,

Debbie