When it comes to cooking appliances, if they aren’t easy to use, you’re probably not going to waste your time with them as much. That’s why having a range with the right features for your lifestyle makes preparing your favorite dishes faster and more convenient than with a featureless conventional oven. From quick-boiling features to self-cleaning options, there are a lot of innovative range controls made to benefit you while you whip up something delicious in the kitchen.
So instead of settling with any ol’ range out there, it’s time to level up and enhance your culinary repertoire with the help of some of these basic must-have range features.
Say Goodbye to Smudge Marks
There’s something so striking about shiny stainless-steel appliances that just screams “class!” Of course, all of that can go away in two seconds if you have kids who stampede into the kitchen with dirty or sticky fingers. One moment, your kitchen looks sleek and clean, and the next, it looks like a complete mess. Luckily, life doesn’t have to be like this.
You can stop stressing about the exterior of your stainless steel range when it has a fingerprint-resistant exterior preventing it from becoming an eyesore.
Now you can focus on the more important things when your range, and other smudge-proof appliances, look as good on the outside as they work on the inside.
Cook in Different Styles
Cooking food the traditional way in an oven is so passé! When there are features like Air Fry and convection cooking, why would you ever settle for conventional? Fortunately, you don’t have to.
These days, you can get an Air Fry range oven and a convection range combined into one! This Frigidaire Air Fry range (Model#: GCRE3060AD) is the perfect example, providing multiple ways to cook for you and your loved ones. The Air Fry feature makes healthier versions of your favorite fried meals, delivering all of the flavor and none of the guilt with just the touch of a button. And because you probably don’t want to eat fried food all the time, you can simply push a different button to get your range ready for True Convection cooking.
Having more options is always better, so instead of having a one-trick pony of a range, get a feature-full cooking appliance so that you’re never limited again.
Let the Oven Clean Itself
Keeping the oven cavity part of your range clean doesn’t sound so hard, right?
Well, after all the cheesy pizza messes, casserole spills, and drips from sauces, cleaning your oven suddenly becomes a bit more complicated, doesn’t it? But with new and innovative cleaning features equipped to ranges and ovens, these appliances are almost able to completely clean themselves!
This LG range with Self-Clean and Easy Clean (Model#: LRGL5825D) gives you two types of cleaning modes: The Easy Clean feature, which requires a little bit of effort and scrubbing from you, and the Self-Clean cycle, which typically takes three to five hours while using extremely hot temperatures to eliminate messes. The Easy Clean is a less intense cleaning method and can be used every day to destroy daily spills and such, while the Self-Clean takes more time and should be used for deep cleans. In fact, Self-Clean probably doesn’t need to be used more than two to three times a year because of how tough it cleans.
And, if this oven couldn’t get any cooler, the LG InstaView feature lets you knock twice on the door window to get a peek at how your cleaning cycle is faring!
Boil Quicker
It’s not always about winning the race when it comes to cooking, but sometimes growling tummies call for haste in the kitchen. With something as simple as the Power Boil burner on this GE range (Model#: JGB660YPFS), your water will be bubbling in just a few minutes so that you can be eating sooner rather than later.
This Bertazzoni Master Series gas range (Model#: MAST365GASXELP), also has powerful burners—six to be exact—with two dual-ring 19,000 BTU power-burners capable of boiling water in under six minutes! It also gives you complete control and precision over the burners so that you have the flexibility to either boil water quickly or simmer a delicate sauce if needed.
If your range can’t resist dirty fingerprints or boil a pot of water in six minutes or less, is it even worth your time? You deserve to have a cooking appliance that not only makes your kitchen tasks easier, but something that makes cooking meals fun and ultimately less tedious. It’s time to step up your cooking game and get a range with the features needed to fit your lifestyle.
If you have any questions, our team at East Coast Appliance is here to answer them! Give us a call or stop by to speak with an expert and we’ll help you discover the range to enhance your kitchen adventures.