My wall oven went kaput - it had a good run (I think it’s original with the house, from 1960. Or at least from the 80s. It has a mechanical timer!). But the heating element melted itself and I’m not really up for trying to find a replacement for that.

So I’m in the market for a new wall oven and seeking input. Key specs:

  • It’s a 24" single wall oven. Cutout is 22.5" wide, 28.5" high, and 25" deep.
  • Electric power, 240V/30A circuit
  • I only care about baking and broiling. Steam, air fry, wifi, rotisserie are all zero-to-negative for me.
  • I would prefer physical dials and buttons but that seems uncommon these days
  • I wouldn’t want to go much more expensive than the options I’ve found (see below).

I’ve found two that seem like a native fit:

  • GE JRS06SKSS
    • The installation manual shows that this needs a cabinet cutout below the unit, which I don’t want to do because I have existing drawers there
  • Frigidaire GCWS2438AF
    • This seems to fit my cutout without modification, so I’ll probably buy this unless I find something better

Most other 24" models are designed for a shorter ~23" cutout, which is unfortunate because there are some substantially cheaper options (like $500 vs. $1700). For example the Empava EMPV-24WOB14, and some others from Magic Chef, Cosmo, and various other brands I’ve never heard of. It’s maybe possible that I could build a nook above or below the oven, or a trim piece covering the opening. But I’d kind of just rather not.

Any thoughts on my best options here?

Edit to add: I opted to look harder for a replacement heating element, and after a long slog through a lot of appliance parts websites that don’t offer many specs for their parts, I finally found a couple options that look like they will work at www.therm-coil.com, where it seems that every heating element they offer is listed with cross-references, dimensions, and terminal style. Like, all the stuff that should be listed on all the other sites but never is.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Only a recommendation against. I bought a KitchenAid KODE500ESS double wall oven and apparently it comes free with a whole pile of regret.

    The upper oven glass exploded while cooking baked potatoes the first week I had it. Shit happens but the hoops I had to jump through to get a new oven were just ridiculous. But I did eventually get one.

    The glass on the bottom oven exploded right before I sold the property less than a year later. It had never been cooked in. I opened the door to check it and closed the door (normally) at which point it detonated itself.

    I had to threaten KitchenAid with CFPB and my state attorney general to fix the second one under warranty. They wanted $900 before they caved because “oven glass is not a functional item and not covered under warranty”.

    Just don’t buy from them. They are out to screw their customers.