8 Best Stoves and Ranges, According to Food Network Kitchen

We love everything about this GE Profile gas range. For starters, it has an oven that bakes very evenly as well as great stovetop cooking. It has every feature you could possibly want in a range. On top, there’s two high-powered burners, one of which is a whopping 21,000 BTUs as well as moderate and low powered ones; there’s also a center oval one for a griddle and you get a reversible grill/griddle to use on it. The spacious convection oven comes with three racks. Bake a trio of pans of chocolate chip cookies at once and every cookie will be done at the same time. It’s equipped with an air fry function so you can make extra-crispy foods without using lots of oil and having a bulky appliance sitting on your countertop.

On this model, you’ll find both a traditional self-cleaning cycle and a steam clean one. You can steam off light soil and then give the oven a full cleaning if and when it gets really dirty. The stovetop grates can be placed in the dishwasher or in the oven during a self-clean cycle. When connected to Wi-Fi , this range can be controlled remotely on your mobile device or via Alexa or Google Assistant. As GE introduces new features, like its just released Turkey Mode, you’ll be notified and can download them to your smart range. You can choose between a smudge-resistant stainless steel or black stainless-steel finish.

Although very reasonably priced, this Whirlpool has lots of great features. On the cooktop, there’s two power burners for boiling a big pot of water quickly so you can get the macaroni on the table fast. There are two large porcelain-coated cast iron grates that provide a continuous surface so it’s easy to move pots around on the stovetop. While the grates may be too large to fit in the sink, they can be cleaned in the dishwasher.

The oven is generously sized and has a keep warm feature to keep food at serving temperature during a dinner party or for latecomers. Unlike many ranges at this price, it has a high heat self-cleaning cycle. It’s available in stainless steel as well as in black or white.

The electric version of our best gas range, this model also gives great cooking and baking performance and has many of the same stand-out features. Of course, the stovetop has a smooth glass ceramic surface with elements rather than burners with grates. It has one power element as well as three moderate power ones and a fifth warming burner in the center. If you use the two elements on the left side together, they form a griddle burner. The convection oven is equipped with three racks and has a speedy preheat setting to cut down on waiting time when your kids are clamoring for dinner. The air-fry function lets you jump on the air fry trend, which gives you extra-crispy foods without using lots of oil and without sacrificing any precious countertop space to a bulky, awkwardly-shaped appliance.

As it has both a high heat self-cleaning cycle and a steam clean one, you have flexibility when it comes to maintenance. You can use the steam cycle frequently to prevent baked-on messes from building up or tackle heavy soil once or twice a year with the traditional self-clean. Connect this range to Wi-Fi and you can control it remotely on your phone or through Alexa or Google Assistant. You’ll also automatically receive notifications about new downloadable features as GE introduces them. This model is available in fingerprint-resistant stainless steel or black stainless steel.

Without going over budget, you can have a beautiful stainless steel electric range with a glass ceramic cooking surface and a self-cleaning oven. The stovetop has five burners including one with high wattage for boiling water and searing steaks and a low power burner for keeping food warm or gently melting chocolate.

The oven is generously sized and well lighted but at this price you only get two oven racks. In addition to stainless steel, the Frigidaire is available in black stainless steel as well as black and white, which makes it a good choice if you’re looking for a range to coordinate with existing appliances in your kitchen.

If you’re buying a new electric range but wish you could have a gas model, consider installing this induction range. It will give you the quick response that you get from a gas flame as well as very precise control over the heat setting. And you’ll love how quickly it heats up: In less than 15 minutes, you’ll be able to bring pasta water to boil. As only the pan heats up, not the stovetop itself, you won’t have burnt-on messes to contend with, making cleanup exceptionally easy. Just make sure your pots and pans are magnetic and have flat bottoms.

In addition to a state-of-the-art cooktop, this range has a large convection oven with three racks and lots of advanced features. It has a quick preheat setting for when you want to get a weekday casserole in the oven fast. When you use convection for baking, it will automatically convert the temperature you typically use for cakes or biscuits. There’s an air fry setting for making French fries and chicken nuggets without any oil. The Frigidaire has both steam clean and self-clean functions so you can do quick touchups on a regular basis and a long, high temperature deep clean once a year. You can choose either a stainless steel or a black stainless-steel finish.

Avid cooks and bakers who often find themselves challenged when they want to roast a chicken on a high heat setting and bake dessert at a gentler temperature at the same time will love the convenience of this stainless-steel range with two separate ovens that can be used simultaneously at different temps. And with no worries that your chiffon cake will come out tasting like the garlic you rubbed on the chicken. The upper oven is smaller and perfect for broiling, making pizza, or even baking two sheets of cookies. While the larger, lower oven is not as big as the ones you’ll find in ranges with just a single oven, it can accommodate a Thanksgiving turkey or three pans of snickerdoodles at once. Do keep in mind that you’ll have to bend a bit when you use the bottom oven and there’s no storage drawer on this range.

On top of the stove, there’s a high BTU burner. The knobs for turning on the burners are large and angled so they’re easy to see and grasp. When they need to be cleaned the grates can safely be put in the dishwasher. In the lower oven, which is the one you’re most likely to use for roasts, there’s a convection mode. Both ovens have a quick 10-minute steam clean cycle as well as a long, high heat self-clean feature.

Aptly named the Flex Duo, this Samsung range gives you ultimate flexibility. You can have one huge oven for a ginormous turkey or place a divider in the middle to create two separate ones; you can cook two different things at different temperatures — even salmon and butter cookies — at the same time without worrying that you’ll wind up with fishy-tasting shortbread. And with this range, you still have the convenience of a storage drawer at the bottom. You get two oven racks so you can bake two things in any of the ovens or one in the upper and one in the lower.

The smoothtop cooking surface has five burners including a high power one, a warming zone, and two that form a griddle burner; Samsung includes a nonstick griddle to use with it. In the oven, you’ll find a convection mode that works in the whole or upper oven and an air fry function to use in the large oven. It’s equipped with both steam clean and traditional self- clean modes. You can connect this range to an app on your phone so you can preheat the oven or change the temperature from another room as well as use Alexa, Bixby, or Google to give it voice commands. Choose the Samsung in either a fingerprint-resistant stainless steel or black stainless-steel finish.

The Café is a stunning commercial-style range that slides in between cabinets for a built-in look. While not inexpensive, it’s a lot less costly than other pro-style, dual-fuel models. In addition to seriously upgrading the look of your kitchen, it’ll give you first-class cooking performance. On top of the range, there’s six gas burners of varying power that are covered with heavy-duty cast iron grates. Two of them form a griddle burner and a cast-iron griddle is included. The large electric oven comes with three racks and is one of the few that can bake three sheets of cookies at once and give good results. In convection mode, it will give you a perfectly browned and extra-crisp skinned chicken or turkey faster than usual and there’s even a temperature probe to make sure you’ve cooked your bird to a perfect doneness. As it has an air fry mode, you don’t need to clutter up your countertop with a bulky appliance in order to make the crispy fries and Brussels sprouts your family loves without using lots of oil. Below the oven, there’s a warming drawer which is perfect for entertaining.

You have the option of quickly steam cleaning the oven or running a full high heat self-clean cycle if it has lots of impossible to remove burnt-on spatters and spills. When you connect the Café to Wi-Fi you get remote and voice control as well as updates about new cooking programs as they become available. As you would expect on a pro-range, the finish is stainless steel but you have the option of paying a premium to replace the knobs and oven handle with brushed bronze, black, or copper versions.