Anyone have a new Kenmore gas stove?

[Metta]

Does it vent a lot of oven heat into your kitchen? We'll be returning a new GE range because we can't use the kitchen when the oven's on. Thanks.

[Kali]

1. my oven does

but I have no external vent in the kitchen

good in the winter, sucks in the summer - we just avoid using it - crock pot, grill outside, bread machine, stove top only, etc

[Metta]

2. Thanks, Kali.

It looks as if we'll just be making the best of the situation, then. Odd that our old stove didn't pump nearly the heat of the new one.

[Kali]

3. that's because it was broken!

:P

just kidding - probably it was better insulated and just released the heat slower and you noticed less

[Metta]

4. Yes, I think it was better insulate.

A 20 year old stove was better than new. What else is new? :hi:

[sarge43]

5. Ours is about five years old.

Never had any problem with it overheating the kitchen and my husband bakes bread two to three times a week.

[Metta]

6. Thanks, sarge43. That's good to know.

So, there's hope we won't be blasted out every time we use the oven.

[sarge43]

7. You're welcome, Matta.

We can't rely on brand names anymore. We have to do our home work for a major purchase -- consumer reports, consumer reviews, etc.

According to hubby lot of Sears stuff is now being made in Korea by a mega outfit called L.G. Much of its product is top of the line, others POS. Research always research.

[Metta]

10. Yep, better to err on the side of caution. Ounce of prevention.

:toast:

[grasswire]

8. I have a GE tabletop oven that is a piece of junk.

It doesn't get up to temp -- not over 325 even when the dial is set at 450. And it's very hot on the outside. Hot enough to get burned. It takes about 12 minutes to make a piece of toast in it.

[Metta]

9. Sorry to hear it, grasswire.

No one deserves to live with that, if you ask me.

[GoneOffShore]

11. We've got a Blue Star - home version of a Garland.

Throws out an amazing amount of heat even with the hood running and the kitchen window open for air flow.

I've had it for 3 years and even in the depths of a Philadelphia winter the kitchen can be crazy hot.

[Metta]

12. I hear you, GOS. That's what we're trying to avoid.

Go figure. Those are supposed to be really good stoves, too.

[tigereye]

13. we have a Whirlpool- it does get a bit warm in the summer when you use it

but we don't use it that much in the summer. I don't remember if the old gas range was that hot...