In the month that I’ve owned my Frigidaire Gallery Freestanding Electric Range, the oven is the thing I used the least. We haven’t been entertaining much, and since it’s summer, we’ve been grilling a lot outdoors.
Ironically, the oven is the part of my new range that has the most features, such as:
- Fits-More™ Oven – The range comes with four racks, one of which I had to remove since I didn’t need it and probably won’t unless I conducting a cookie baking marathon. Still, having that option is very cool.
- Effortless™ Oven Rack – The bottom rack extends when you open the door for easy access. I’m still trying to remember to put dishes on that rack to take full advantage of this feature.
- SpaceWise™ Half Rack – I’ve actually shown this to friends who’ve come over. (Yes, I”ve conducted a few range and microwave tours.) You can remove the half rack, which gives you extra height for tall dishes like beer can chicken, while giving you a half rack to put other dishes on. Bet this will come in handy on Thanksgiving.
- Quick Preheat – You can pre-heat the over in less than six minutes. I used this and it works well. You can even watch the temperature zoom up on the oven dial. Neat.
- Keep Warm Setting – I use this a lot, even more than the Keep Warm Zone on the stove top.
- Keep Warm Drawer – You know the drawer you keep your muffin tins in? It’s a warming drawer with a rack. Again, perfect for Thanksgiving, pot lucks and parties. I’ve shown this to friends, and everyone thinks this is awesome.
- Cooking timers – There is a regular timer, of course. There’s also a way to set the baking time, so the oven shuts off and keeps the dish warm when cooking time is over. Setting this up is a bit challenging to figure out without having the manual near by. The only thing I didn’t like about it was that it doesn’t give you a count down to when your dish will be ready. So unless you set the timer on the microwave as a backup, you don’t know exactly when dinner’s ready unless you note the exact minute you put the dish in and wrote it down.
- Push buttons – It’s like the Starship Enterprise (Next Generation). However, I’m not used to setting something and then having to press start. I often set something and forget to press start and wonder why the oven isn’t getting warm. I’ll get used to it, I’m sure.
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