Gadgetory

hey I'm C that's right Crist and I'm standing here beside whirlpools gold series 6.2 cubic feet freestanding electric range with fast preheat model WFP 720 h0 a s let's call it the whirlpool from now on like I said this is a free-standing electric range that you can slide into your kitchen wherever you want and it's got four main burners and one keep warm burner on this smooth top cooking surface now the features this thing has are kind of minimal it's got a triple ring burner here that you can expand choose how big you want it to be kind of nice for flexible cooking depending on the size of your pot it also has this rapid boil burner here on the front right that'll boil water a little faster using a little extra wattage when I tested it out the rapid preheat decreased the preheat time by about 20% that's not bad but it's still not as good as the fast preheat mode on this Electrolux model that decreases preheating time by about 33% as for the oven you're looking at a six point two cubic foot convection oven so it's got that fan in the back circulates the hot air throughout the oven for more even and slightly faster cooking in some cases and that's about as far as the seven will take you in terms of features it's got a recessed baking element which is nice that hides the coils you won't drop food on it and you can put water over top of that for an easy self-clean cycle they call that aqua lift but again not terribly uncommon in ovens at this price range still the lack of flashy exciting features aside this whirlpool gets the little things right and it cooks well in our tests that never disappointed us we cooked the usual roast chicken tests and biscuits and I also made a lot of sweet stuff some cookies and brownies and with all of it the whirlpool did a nice job now let's talk about some of these small little things that I liked a lot first off the knobs a lot of ovens right now are kind of going all-in when it comes to touch controls they got multiple buttons for each burner it makes for a cluttered display and not a very practical one whirlpool has resisted that temptation with this oven and I'm really glad they did because for me knobs just make a lot more sense when it comes to how you control your burners another thing I like is that you've got this hot surface light this comes on once the burners get hot but it stays on even after you turn them off because the burners don't instantly get cold that's great because it's not always obvious when the burners are hot after you've turned stove and that can help keep you from burning yourself I like that it's a good little feature this Whirlpool Gold Series freestanding range retails for 1249 and that's a little on the expensive side but not quite as expensive as a comparable model from KitchenAid and it's also three hundred dollars less than that Electrolux market for its solid performance in the kitchen and it's keen attention to detail I think this is a pretty good oven and if you find it on sale maybe consider it for your kitchen for seeing it I'm right Chris