We spend all year obsessing over the best ovens, ranges, and cooktops. Here are our favorites. The best gas, electric, double oven, and more.
Cooking may be an art, but building a great range, cooktop, or wall oven is a science.
That’s why we tested over 180 major cooking appliances. We not only baked cookies, roasted pork, and boiled water—we also took measurements of how evenly, how fast, and how easily each appliance cooked.
Thanks to all that data, we can tell you that these are the best ranges, ovens, and cooktops of 2017.
If you’re remodeling your kitchen and want to stick with a radiant electric cooktop, we think this Frigidaire is a great choice. In fact, this is the second year it has won our top award.
This streamlined Samsung gas range looks great no matter what style of kitchen you have, but that’s not the only reason we’ve awarded it two years in a row.
A massive oven can fit anything from roasts to multiple sheets of cookies, and its control panel makes life easier buy only illuminating the functions that are relevant to the kind of cooking you’re doing. Even so, you’ve got tons of features—from Dehydrate to a Salmon Steak preset.
You don’t have to spend a ton to get a great range. For gas, our value pick is the Whirlpool WFG515S0ES. With two powerful burners, simple controls, and rave reviews from owners, it’s an affordable way to upgrade your kitchen.
Our favorite value electric range is the GE JB655SKSS, which is one of the most affordable convection ranges you can buy. Both come in multiple finishes, and both cost less than $600 on sale.
Induction cooking uses magnets to heat a pot or pan directly—not the surface beneath it. As a result, it’s faster to boil than electric, more precise than gas, and safer than both.
But induction has always had a problem: It’s expensive. That’s why we love Frigidaire’s new FGIF3036TF. On sale for just under $900, it’s the least expensive induction range we’ve ever seen with an oven that also offers convection baking.
This Thermador has earned our Best of Year award three times, largely thanks to its classic design and versatile burners.
Whether you choose one oven or two (as the CT9550SHSS), this GE Café is a baker’s best friend.
A unique convection system called Direct Air channels heat through the top of the oven for even baking. We put it to the test and ended up with impeccable cookies and cakes.
Why choose a double- or single-oven range when you can have both? That’s the beauty of the Samsung Flex Duo system.
The NE59M6850SS/AA starts as a standard, 5.9 cu. ft. oven that’s plenty big enough to fit a Thanksgiving turkey. But slide in the included Flex Duo divider, and the single oven suddenly becomes two—with independent controls and doors.
