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How Much is an Electric Range?
Affordable Electric Range Brands
Mid-Price Electric Range Brands
With rising concerns over gas cooking appliances in the home, more homeowners are beginning to reconsider whether electric cooking appliances are the way of the future. Buyers are weighing their options, wagering whether the precision and power of gas is worth giving up for the affordability and efficiency of electric appliances, and the height of the conversation always winds up at the gas vs electric range debate.
We recently gave our point of view on the safety of gas appliances, so for those who agree, we’re taking it one step further by showing buyers how to find the best electric range by price. Here’s the breakdown.
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When looking to purchase a new range, you can expect to spend between $500 to upwards of over $5,000 on a new electric range, depending on the features you’re looking for. We can help you narrow down which brand of electric range is best for you and your specific needs.
For example, you’ll spend less on an electric coil range versus a ceramic cooktop electric range since coil models cost lest to manufacture. Buyers can also save money by choosing a freestanding electric range versus an target=”_blank”electric slide-in range because the latter requires a special design made to sit between existing kitchen cabinets and countertops for a seamless appearance akin to built-in cooking appliances.
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Affordable Electric Range Brands
When deciding on the best electric range and one that will fit your budget and meet all your basic culinary needs, consider affordable electric range brands like Amana, Hotpoint, and Danby. With electric stoves in this price range ($500–$800), you won’t find many of the expensive finishes or fancy features on upgraded models, but if you’re looking to simply perform basic cooking duties, you shouldn’t need to spend more.
The best budget electric range will have all your basic functions such as four burners and an oven that bakes, roasts, and broils without extras that some users might find unnecessary (e.g., convection baking or an air fry mode). However, keep in mind that find that your options are limited to freestanding designs in this price range, but you will have some wiggle room when it comes to whether you’re looking for coil or glass tops, as well as white, black, or stainless steel color options.
Amana Electric Ranges
Amana electric ranges make cooking easy with their basic controls. They are some of the best electric ranges between $500 and $800 when it comes to price and functionality. With features including a four-burner cooktop, large capacity oven, and smooth glass oven doors making cleanup a breeze, an Amana electric range is a great starter stove for casual to mid-level cooks.
We Recommend: Amana® 30" Stainless Steel Freestanding Electric Range
This Amana 30” freestanding range is the best affordable electric range that is just what you need to get dinner on the table in no time, making it a top contender for best electric range under $500. The four-closed burner cooktop is perfect for preparing multiple dishes at once with no worry that spills could get beneath the surface, and easy clean-up. With a large-capacity oven that allows you to bake more than one thing at a time, your dinner will be ready in a flash.
Danby Electric Ranges
Danby electric ranges come in sizes between 20” and 24”, which are perfect for smaller cooking spaces from apartments to cottages to retirement. These space-friendly stoves range in price from $630 to $830 and have all the features in a smaller unit as those of a standard size electric range at this price point.
We Recommend: Danby® 20" Stainless Steel Freestanding Electric Range
This Danby 20” stainless steel freestanding electric range is perfect for the home cook with a smaller kitchen. Even though it’s more compact by design, it delivers everything you need to prepare a meal. It features an easy-to-clean porcelain cooktop with one 8-inch burner and three 6-inch burners that allow you to prepare more than one thing at a time. The oven boasts a pyrolytic blue interior for easy cleanup and a revolutionary new interior design that allows heat to be distributed more efficiently for more even cooking making this our pick for the best electric range under $800.
Hotpoint Electric Ranges
The Hotpoint line of electric ranges boasts affordable cooking options with compact to full-size setups. With a price tag staring around $600 up to $800, these electric stoves make for simple, affordable upgrades in the kitchen. The line includes models with self-clean ovens, raised edge cooktops for easy cleaning, and large oven capacities, along with a lift-up cooktops for easy cleaning beneath the burners.
We Recommend: Hotpoint® 30" White Freestanding Electric Range
This Hotpoint 30” white freestanding electric range eliminates any worry about spills and splatters with this porcelain upswept cooktop with raised edges that contain any messes and easily wipes clean. The large oven with 5 cubic feet of capacity is perfect for preparing multiple dishes with two oven racks to accommodate multiple sizes and types of cookware.
⭐Featured Hotpoint RBS160DMWW Review:
“Great range. Very simple design. Really love it. Hot Point products have always been my choice and I am still pleased with their products.”
Mid-Price Electric Range Brands
Somewhere between just needing to boil some noodles or putting a cake in the oven and preparing a six-course feast for guests while trying out all the new culinary feats? You might be looking for an electric range that has more than just the basics but a little less than all the customary frills. For this type of electric range, we recommend looking for a stove in the price range of around $800–$2,000 give or take.
With popular mid-tier brands like Maytag, GE, or Whirlpool as part of this category, finding the best electric ranges under $1,000 is just a matter of deciding which features you like and the look. You’ll be happy to know that you can expect some nice features such as radiant electric smooth-tops, expandable dual or triple elements, induction ranges, the option of slide-in or freestanding, single or double ovens, and larger oven capacity at this price point.
Maytag Electric Ranges
Maytag has some of the best mid price electric ranges with features like true convection with third element heating, fingerprint-resistant stainless steel finishes, and large oven capacity with air fryers on select models. Buyers have the choice between a single or double oven range from the line with models at a price point of $900 to $2,100 on its premium model.
We Recommend: Maytag® 30" Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Freestanding Double Oven Electric Range
This Maytag 30” freestanding double oven electric range features a fingerprint-resistant stainless steel that is so easy to keep clean and free of smudges you’ll wonder how you ever survived without it. Family gatherings will be a breeze with dual ovens that allow you to bake multiple dishes at different temperatures allowing. Need to get dinner ready but can’t stay in the kitchen all day? That’s not an issue with the delay bake option. Just place your dish inside the oven, program the time to start, and leave without any worries knowing your dish will be baking while you get on with the rest of your tasks.
⭐Featured Maytag MET8800FZ Review:
“Even heating, easy-to-clean ceramic top, design, and function are all great. Very pleased with the quality of the appliance.”
GE Electric Ranges
Elevate your cooking experience with the GE line of electric ranges that feature up-to-date technology with outstanding performance. Priced between $650 and $1600, these ranges deliver options such as precise temperature control, a no preheat air fry mode, and the power of a steam cleaning oven that eliminates the need for scrubbing.
We Recommend: GE® 30" Stainless Steel Freestanding Electric Range
This GE 30” freestanding electric range has over 7,600 5-star ratings, making it both users’ and our pick for the best electric range under $1,000. From dual element baking you’ll know your conversions are correct to a self-clean mode, this setup was made with performance and convenience in mind. The smooth cooktop isn’t just beautiful. It’s powerful too, with a power burner that boils water up to 25% faster.
⭐Featured GE JB645RKSS Review:
“We are very happy with our new GE® 30" Free-Standing Electric Range Model #: JB645RKSS. It is exactly what we were looking for. It cooks, on the stove top and in the oven, very evenly.”
Whirlpool Electric Ranges
Whirlpool has a large selection of electric range options to choose from between freestanding and slide-in, flat surface cooktops with spill guard, frozen bake technology, and front controls or backsplash controls to name a few. Whirlpool electric range prices run between $700 to $2,250.
We Recommend: Whirlpool® 30" Stainless Steel Freestanding Double Oven Electric Range
This Whirlpool 30” freestanding double oven electric range features frozen bake technology that allows you to bake all your favorite frozen foods quickly and evenly without the need to preheat. With the FlexHeat triple heat element you can use only one smaller element that is 6” in diameter for smaller saucepans, while the 9” and 12” rings are perfect for those larger skillets and pots making it more efficient. Additionally, the true convection oven bakes quicker and more evenly with a third heating element and a fan that helps to circulate the air all around your food resulting in a perfectly baked dish.
⭐Featured Whirlpool WGE745C0FS Review:
“The new burner configuration is great, the rapid boil settings work like a charm, as does the warm setting that we've used for making candies. We appreciate the convection option in the larger oven (wasn't a feature that our old oven had). The same goes for the "frozen bake" option in the upper oven. We love our Whirlpool!"
Learn More: What to Consider Before Buying a Double Oven Electric Range
Luxury Electric Range Brands
The very best electric range brands are for all you chefs out there, ultimately making a statement in your kitchen that rivals the best of the best. These pieces of art will definitely dip into your pocketbook more than your average range, but if your goal is sophistication and style along with culinary prestige, you won’t regret the dent in your wallet.
The custom designs are endless in size, style, color, and any feature you can imagine all wrapped into one coveted appliance. And with state-of-the-art cooking features on setups with up to six heating element, quick boil options, warming zones, induction cooktops and ovens, self-clean ovens, and built-in air fryers, any menu can be handles. Buyers have a wide range of styles to choose from this category, including pro-style electric ranges, ceramic cooktops, induction options, and high-end custom hardware of any style and color desired.
Monogram Electric Ranges
The Monogram series of electric ranges drastically raises the elegance of your kitchen with their brass accents on knobs and hardware and large oven windows, making each model a statement as well as a powerful cooking appliance. With the price point starting just over $7,000 and up $11,000, buyers will enjoy all the luxury features you would expect such as high-quality materials, precision cooking modes, touch oven LCD control that opens when needed and closes flush when not in use, WiFi capability, and Sabbath mode, as well as delay bake to name just a few.
We Recommend: Monogram® 30" Stainless Steel Slide In Induction Range
This Monogram 30” stainless steel high end electric range boasts W-iF capability that allows you to program your oven’s accent lighting and brightness to accentuate your kitchen’s color scheme. Users also have access to downloadable upgrade options to elevate every cooking performance with features like hot air fry and precision cooking modes. These cooking modes track the progress of your dish as it cooks, making any adjustments that will ensure the perfect outcome for your recipe.
Thermador Electric Ranges
When choosing a Thermador electric range, you will be confident you’re buying quality that is unmatched in performance and power. Rated as some of the best high end electric ranges on the market, you will have every feature you can imagine and enjoy a culinary cooking experience that is second to none. Priced between $8,000 and $16,000, you can expect luxury features such as an induction cooktop that has three extra-large cooking zones that allow for versatility in different cookware sizes and shapes, WiFi-enabled monitoring remotely for control of temperature and preheating, as well as sauté to simmer with an easy transfer from one cooking zone to another.
We Recommend: Thermador® Pro Harmony® 30'' Stainless Steel Freestanding Induction Range
The Thermador Pro Harmony 30” freestanding induction range elevates your cooking skills with the HeatShift option. Your cooktop is divided into three separate preset heat zones allowing you to go from sauté to simmer with a simple move of the pan from one element to another. The PowerBoost option virtually eliminates the need to wait for your water to boil or for your dish to heat up quickly with a 50% increase in element heat making it quicker than ever to get dinner on the table.
Wolf Electric Ranges
Wolf Induction ranges are second to none in quality and performance with outstanding responsiveness, heat transfer efficiency, and cooking speeds that will enable any chef to create and deliver the most scrumptious of dishes. Priced between $8,000 and $21,000 these chef-tested ranges boast easy-to-clean ceramic glass cooktops, Dual VertiFlow convection oven with 10 different modes including Gourmet mode.
We Recommend: Wolf® 36" Stainless Steel Induction Range
This Wolf 36” range features Wolf’s state-of-the-art Dual VertiCross convection system. This luxury baking systems prepares meals in an even heat zone with no cold spots, even heating on all racks and creates remarkable flavor during cooking. With the Gourmet mode, you’ll be able to serve all your guests the most extravagant meals they can imagine confidently and effortlessly when cued on rack position, cooking mode, and even self-temperature changes automatically when needed.
Overall, choosing an electric range for the kitchen can be an affordable option, but there are also premium models that high-end kitchen users can appreciate. If you are in the market for a new electric range, consider shopping at Don’s Appliances. Located in and around the Pittsburgh area, Don’s has everything you need for your next best electric range!
Why Trust Don’s Appliances?
Founded in 1971, Don’s Appliances is a family-owned, independent appliance retailer based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Don’s has since expanded to 10 locations selling, delivering, installing, and servicing all major appliance brands. Large enough to offer competitive pricing yet small enough to continue offering the “white glove” service we pride ourselves on, our focus is always on the customer experience — from the first step into a showroom to the purchase transaction to well after your new appliance has been installed.
When our customers are remodeling or building a new house, Don’s has all the expertise, product knowledge, inventory, brands, displays, and services to meet and exceed your needs. And in the event an appliance breaks, we are there, right on time and with the right product, delivery, installation, and service.
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