Gadgetory

hi guys this is Brian Bennett for scene of appliances and right now we're taking an up-close look at the frigidaire FP GF 30 77 qf this range is gas-powered and it cost 1699 that's definitely on the high end as far as stoves go you definitely have some premium styling here it is coated in stainless steel and the oven actually is a true European convection oven five point six cubic feet you also have a sturdy gas range on top with five burners you also have this very large 18,000 BTU burner right here which is very good for heating up large pots of water really quickly for boiling vegetables or cooking pasta you also get this power preheat mode which is designed to heat up the oven a lot quicker the only thing you have to be aware of is that it only works in the single rack mode and it uses the convection fan to achieve that temperature quickly this oven is also a very solid performer it cooks relatively quickly and also its oven can bake pretty evenly as well one thing I don't like about it is that you have this touch panel up here that's extremely small it's very confusing to operate you can't even tell what's happening most of the time the timer doesn't display the seconds until you reach below one minute that also means that you have to put in one number higher than you actually want so if you want 10 minutes you have to put in 11 because it counts down immediately from 59 seconds it's kind of annoying I don't know why it does that the lights on the front are actually very hard to see from off angle so you have to actually be staring straight at it to really know if it's preheated or not also the preheat chime is extremely soft making it very easy to just miss completely if you're in a large or noisy environment so when you break it all down this frigidaire range is a little bit too expensive for what you get it also doesn't have a lot of the features that you want to get at this price point so you're probably better off going with a range from Kenmore Samsung or KitchenAid I'm Brian Bennett before seen it appliances be sure to read my review of this oven as well as other ranges at cnet.com