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hey I'm seen that's right Crist and today we're taking a look at electrolux's freestanding 30 inch electric oven the here we go he I 3 0 EF 3 5j s hope I said that right and this is a free-standing range with a smooth top electric cooktop and a 5.3 cubic foot convection oven interior so it'll circulate hot air using a fan and that makes for more even and sometimes faster cooking if you look at the burners you'll see this fast boil burner on the front right that'll amp up the wattage to boil things more quickly you'll also get this simmer burner and a warming zone along with two other burners that have adjustable sizes the other notable marquee feature for this oven is the IQ touch control panel sounds fancy all that really means though is that you've got a lot of buttons I'm not sure I actually like that because that makes for a really cluttered display if you take a look at this it looks a little like something you might see on the set of Star Trek I don't know how to fly that ship and I don't know how to use this oven at first glance that said once you find the buttons that you're looking for and get used to this kind of wide display you've got you do have a lot of options you have convection baking and broiling and convection roasting you can do even a slow cook mode that sets the oven to a low temperature for kind of that crock-pot style of cooking you'll also find this fast preheat mode that will accelerate your preheat time by 3 to 4 minutes in our tests and then also this my favorite mode just punch in a commonly used set of settings and hit the heart it'll save that setting and then you can get back to with one press that's great if you have a recipe that you make a lot but a lot of these features they sound good they are attractive when you hear them but then when you actually play around with them a bit they're just not that deep they don't actually have much new functionality it's nothing that you can't do with another oven take a look inside the oven here we'll see the bright cobalt blue interior that's pretty common on Electrolux ovens although some competitors have that as well LG Samsung there's also the recessed baking element at the bottom here that's hidden to the panel so you can spill stuff and not get it right on the coils you can also put some water in there to run a nice steam cycle that will help loosen up stains and clean it and also there are these glide racks I like these a lot they have ball bearing mountings and glide in and out of the oven with next to no resistance all the Electrolux is a lovin it performed well our test and the food all tasted great we cooked a lot of stuff in it but it's not an exceptional oven it doesn't really set itself apart with any unique features and at this price point fifteen hundred and forty nine dollars I think you sort of have to start setting yourself apart we've seen smart ovens at that price point there are induction ovens and only cost a couple hundred dollars more the Samsung flex a duo can be split into two cavities there are double ovens that cost less than that so it's kind of a high price point for something that's pretty basic all things considered I've seen it on sale at some places for around $1,000 if you see it at that price point maybe consider it but at full price I don't think it's worth it for seeing it I'm right Chris