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My new stove - stainless and black - classic pretty!
My new stove – stainless and black – classic pretty!

My new stove arrived yesterday – be still my pounding heart!  A new stove is not generally what makes my heart pound – but this is the second new stove I have ever purchases and that is pretty exciting!

About 3 weeks ago my oven died.  It had been acting up for a while and it owes me nothing.  I had replaced a burner or two over the years and the convection heating element as well.  That stove had seen a lot of cooking in its lifetime!  But it was time for a new stove.

I learned a lot of things about stoves when shopping for this one;

a) convection ovens – a must, not an option – no longer come with coil tops stoves – they only come with smooth tops or gas tops!  The oven had to be a “true” convection oven – heat + fan – nothing else would do!  Gas was not an option, smooth top it would be.  This could be a bit of a learning curve – the timing will be different!  Smooth tops are a little slower to heat (and cool) than coil elements.

b) decent stoves are not cheap – even if not looking at a really high-end brand.

More pies, cookies and tarts in the my future - Strawberry pie from last years stove!
More pies, cookies and tarts in the my future – Strawberry pie from last years stove!

We bought a Kenmore.  From Sears.  I feel like my mother!  It does what I want and has a few extras; self-cleaning cycles – including steam clean, porcelain racks, a warming oven, lots of settings and a griddle for the bridge elements!

What it does not have – and what stove doesn’t have these! – is a plug-in – I didn’t check for that option – I have never used, or owned a stove that didn’t come with a plug-in option!

I see lots of baking/roasting and all out cooking in my future!

Have a great day!

Lynette