Drop in range?

9 years ago

My stove/oven finally died this week. I have looked everywhere for a drop-in range, flat surface, but every time I find one it is out of stock. Are these just not a thing anymore? Am I going to have to have my cabinets cut/renovated just to buy a range?

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OklaMoni

9 years ago

Quite a while ago, in one of my former houses I cut the little bit of a strip up front and did a few minor other cuts, and put a free standing range in where previously a drop in lived. It was easy for me to do myself, even though at the time I was married... but he was no where near a handyman. ;)

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Elmer J Fudd
9 years ago
Do you have a good kitchen appliance store nearby you can task with finding you what you want?
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
9 years ago
Probably.
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You need to clarify what it is you are asking for is what you're actually asking for. A range has burners on top and an oven below. Consumer grade ranges are 30" and it takes a good amount of money to move up to a 36" as you have to move up from a basic consumer grade category. A regular range can be free standing, where it sits on it's own feet, and in a consumer grade appliance, usually has a backguard. There are a couple of 36" consumer grade ranges, but they are mostly weak 30" ranges with fillers on both sides. A slide in range will have little lips that sit over the side of the counters when it slides in on it's own feet. It only comes in a 30" size. A drop in range, which is what you are asking about, sits on a cabinet box below, has no feet, and has small lips that sit over the counters. It's an obsolete style, is barely being made anymore, and there is no 36". If you want a 36" cooking surface, your best bet is to move to a 36" cooktop (with the 42" vent above) and a wall oven. You will lose 30" of counter space, need more electrical circuits, and more than double the money costs for appliances and cabinetry to hold them. Or, move to a 36" pro style range for about the same money as all of the extras for the consumer grade cooktop and wall oven. And then buy a vent that's stronger to work with that pro grade range.
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I run into this issue frequently. It seems that a rash of local builders 15 years ago got really good appliance package deals with drop in ranges. And when they die, folks discover that they are pretty pricy to replace and that there isn't that much choice even for a higher amount of money. It's sometimes complicated by the fact that there are some 27" drop in ranges out there as well, so be sure that you are measuring correctly! What most people end up doing is removing the cabinet piece at the bottom (where the platform is that supports the drop in) and removing the laminate countertop at the rear (along with the attached backsplash) and putting in a free standing range rather than replacing the drop in. It would work to do a slide in that way too, except that the countertop to the rear would probably not need modification. Granite is, of course, harder to deal with and not DIYable for 99% of folks. You do need a 30" "clear span" hole from cabinet to cabinet and from counter to counter (no overhang on the sides) to be able to replace your drop in range with most freestanding and most slide in ranges. That size is fairly standard in the industry. Since you have granite, you need a professional to come out and modify your counter openings to 30" in order to replace your range. It probably won't cost you more than a couple of hundred dollars, which is still cheaper than the cost difference between a drop in and any other type of replacement range. You can probably do the cabinet modifications yourself if you have a few tools and are handy. If not, then it's usually much too small a job for a local cabinet guy, so your best bet is a "handyman" type person who can do decent finish carpentry. Those can be pretty hard to find for small jobs as well, so you might ask around to family and friends for a recommendation.
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Olychick
9 years ago
So odd that it shows many sources when you google for them...none of those places (Sears, Lowes, JCPenney AJMadison) can get their hands on one for you? Maybe go to the manufacturer's websites and see where they suggest you buy them. Several manufacturers pop up as still making them. Very strange that no one has them.
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9 years ago
I like this place because of it's easy search function...(nope. Don't work for them, but have purchased)

https://www.goedekers.com/appliances/cooking/ranges/drop-in-ranges.html
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9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
If it's a once piece unit, flat top stove with an oven below, stands on the floor......? They are ALL the rage! Totally IN STYLE! They still command a higher price too.

If it's just a drop in stove top w/ an oven then a cabinet drawer under it?....then yes...totally out of style.
seagrass_gw Cape Cod
9 years ago
OklaMoni - you are too funny. We call it a slide in range in New England - they are hard to source. I hate to cook on electric. - gas is my medium. In our now full time home, we initially installed an electric downdraft range with a grill on one side. It totally sucked. Eventually it self destructed. I paid to have a 50 gallon propane tank installed for our slide in gas range - wanted the old fashioned cast enameled surface but got flat black glass top. A real pain in the ass to clean and never is.
Joaniepoanie
9 years ago
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I can vouch for Goedeckers. When we remodeled our kitchen five years ago i ordered our DW, slide in range and microwave from them. Good prices and service. Everything arrived on time and were packaged well.
chisue
9 years ago
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In Chicagoland -- and on the internet -- it's Abt Appliances.

Are y'all saying nobody wants separate cooktops and ovens today? I'm confused (not a new thing). I thought a slide-in range was a narrow, freestanding *range*, i.e., oven with burners on top. The ones I see have no 'backstop'; controls are on the front. They come with flat panels to cover the spaces between range and countertop.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
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Drop in and slide in are 2 different things. The drop in does not go to the floor there is cabinet strip at the bottom. It's also not a separate cook top and oven. It's a totally different style. It is rare that I see them. You likely will have to order online. It's not a difficult task to have a carpenter make the adjustments to your cabinet and use a stand alone slide in. But as Joe mentioned it may involve cutting the countertops and installing a different type or location of plug or gas line depending on the type.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
Example of dropin

https://www.google.com/search?q=kitchen+with+drop+in+stove&client=ms-android-att-us&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6w-jsy_TWAhWK1xoKHUAuBI8Q_AUIEygC&biw=360&bih=560#imgrc=5bFe_OUUhc_alM:
User
9 years ago
I have an OLD set up. Just a 6 burner stove top sitting on a custom made-to-fit cabinet. 36" x 36". The double ovens are on an opposite wall. These are still in style....in a restaurant kitchen....not a home owner kitchen. And restaurant equipment has to have open air space around it and a fire wall/tiled in wall behind it if it's not open. Lot's of codes if it's not made for a residential application. I wouldn't recommend it.
chisue
9 years ago
Ah-hah! Thanks.

I have a cooktop over three deep drawers and an oven/microwave combo in a nearby cabinet. (Won't do combo again; microwaves die much earlier than ovens.)
User
9 years ago
True about the microwave having a shorter life span....

The op said that her "stove/oven" died, so my conclusion was that she wanted what she said, which was a drop in range and not a slide in range (to the floor) or a cooktop only (no oven)...

Maybe she'll stop by and say hi sometime?? :)
crazybrunette64
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you all for your comments. I want to try not to have to have the cabinets cut - just can't afford it right now - but I will definitely try all of your suggestions. Thanks!
breenthumb
9 years ago
We moved into a home with a drop in range too, back in 1975. We found it limited our selection and raised the price which we really couldn't afford back then. So, like Moni, we got rid of the base. There's not really much to it. Freed us up to select any type of stoves we wanted all these years.
Jasdip
9 years ago
When we visited our friend for a couple of days last month, he showed us his stove. The appliances came with the condo, and 2 burners on the stove no longer work. This doesn't really bother him all that much, as he's not an avid cook, he gets by with small appliances and the other 2 working burners.

It's a slide in stove, and he's been looking, and can't find any with those measurements any more. The new ones are wider and it'll be expensive cutting the countertop to make it fit.
Marilyn Sue
9 years ago
My range is also a slide in one. When we bought this place it had a G.E. slide in range and I think they were only 28 inches, not the 30. So I had that a couple of times, but I wanted a different range, bigger. My son in law was able to pull the bottom cabinets out after cutting apart the back cabinet as there was enough over hang on the counter top. Oh, this is in an island. Placing a trim board over the back of the outside cabinet to cover the cut. Now I have a full size slide in range. Frigidaire electric slide in range. White smooth top one. I do really like it over the coil type. Mine came from Lowe's. Most all of my appliances come from there.

Sue.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
Jasdip if his range has coil burner elements those are usually replaceable and just pull out and plug in. He may just need to replace the elements. I have done that in the past.

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