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hi guys I'm Brian Bennett for CNN appliances and right now we're taking a first look at the Frigidaire Gallery 30 inch electric range the first thing you're going to notice about the gallery 30 inch is that it has a very handsome looking stainless steel finish you also have that on the handle itself on the front of the door and you also have a nice sturdy handle on the bottom where the warmer tray is there's also a very nice looking badge right there that gives the whole stove and oven a professional look opening up the 5.5 cubic foot oven you're going to see that there is a hidden baking element that's a nice touch because that will prevent excess oil or other debris from hitting an exposed element and causing lots of smoke also nice is that the oven has a self-cleaning mode you can set that for three hours or as short as two hours looking at the cooktop you've got four main burners you've got two small as well as a quick boil special burner to boil your water and other sauces faster they also have a large burner for bigger pots to be clear though at this price you're not going to get a true convection of it another thing i don't like about this particular range is that the panels are located on the back that makes it a little tricky to actually manipulate if you have to you know reach over the burners it can be a little dangerous I also don't like how these dials here are kind of flimsy feeling they're made out of plastic and they actually feel a little loose so I'm afraid they might even pop off you crank them too hard or twist them with a little too much force another let down to is that the preheat mode doesn't actually display the temperature that you are currently at so you don't know how long you have until the oven is fully preheated for nine hundred dollars the Frigidaire Gallery 30 inch electric range certainly doesn't come cheap but it does offer a lot of style in a very compact package I'm Brian Bennett for seen it appliances be sure to check out my review of this oven as well as other ranges at cnet com