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Luxury Ranges at a Mid-range Cost: Check Out Our Top Kitchen Brands!

by Pam Silvia

At East Coast Appliance, we know value goes beyond what follows a dollar sign on a price tag. Our inventory proves that it is possible to shop for first-rate appliances from top brands while maximizing your budget. That said, as you build the kitchen of your dreams, look no further than our catalog to outfit your setup with a luxury range that sells at a mid-range cost!

We know family comes first, which is why we’ve rounded up a list of our favorite mid-end brands with high-performing cooking features. Not only that, but we also included our top 3 favorite features from each brand.

Check out how you can start exploring a new world of culinary possibilities today!

Frigidaire

Extravagance meets convenience when it comes to Frigidaire appliances. This cooking line offers the latest in culinary tech, including induction power, as well as sleek features to complement a modern kitchen, like an extra-large oven window (to better monitor those brownies) and slide-in options (for a built-in look).

Quick Boil

In the spirit of saving time, the brand’s Quick Boil feature gets meals to the table in a jiff with a 3,000-watt cooking element that boils water faster than any traditional setting. This bodes well for pasta nights—you no longer have to sweat it if you forgot to boil water for your four-cheese linguine until the very last second.

Continuous Grates

A feature on gas models, continuous cast-iron grates make it easy to move heavier pots and pans between burners without lifting them. Appearance-wise, this Frigidaire stovetop emulates the streamlined appearance of a pro-style luxury range from Thermador or Jenn-Air. How’s that for extravagance on a budget?

One-Touch Self-Clean

Cleaning the splotches off the walls of your oven is a hassle home cooks know all too well. Thankfully, many Frigidaire gas and electric ranges are stocked with a self-cleaning cycle so that you don’t have to stress over post-dinner cleanup. Because no two meals are alike, this feature is available at a touch of a button in 2 -, 3 -, and 4-hour cycles.

Frigidaire Gallery

True to its name, Frigidaire Gallery offers a wide array of kitchen appliances you’ll proudly want to put on display. Exuding classic design and time-saving features, this brand maximizes your budget with impressive stovetop flexibility and bake settings!

Air Fry

Stuck-on grease and sputtering hot oil are things of the past with Frigidaire Gallery’s Air Fry ranges. With just a touch of a button, this appliance will have healthier versions of deep-fried favorites, like mouthwatering chicken wings, onion rings, and churros, out in just minutes. Delivering all of the flavor and none of the guilt, these luxury ranges have us scratching our heads at their mid-range pricing. To that, we say, no, you’re not dreaming.

Quick Preheat

From pumpkin scones to Thanksgiving turkey to gingerbread cookies, the holidays signal the onset of baking and roasting season. Translation: You’ll likely be putting your oven to work more often. Frigidaire Gallery’s Quick Preheat setting will not only help you save time in the kitchen, but it will also help you multitask as you run down your dinner-party checklist and wrangle your excitable kiddos.

SpaceWise Triple Expandable Element

Many electric stovetops already exude a luxurious appearance with a smooth glass surface. Frigidaire Gallery ranges turn up the heat with a three-in-one cooking element that expands to 6-inch, 9-inch, and 12-inch outer rings for any-size cookware—from small skillets for cracking eggs to larger pans for searing salmon.

GE

This midlevel mass-market brand boasts gas and electric ranges with a timeless look and up-to-date features that offer performance and value. With many sub-brands under its wing (including stylish Café, labor-saving GE Profile, and high-end Monogram), GE knows a thing or two about catering to different flavors for distinct appetites. This parent brand hopes you brought your own plate.

Extra-large Integrated Non-stick Griddle

Thanks to the industry’s largest integrated griddle, you can cook up to six grilled cheeses at once—in time for lunch, to the delight of students and parents learning and working from home, respectively. You can also sear multiple beef patties for burgers and flip several pancakes for weekend breakfasts!

Best of all, Taco Tuesdays are more streamlined than ever, with the ability to warm several tortillas that are just waiting to be filled with their mouthwatering fixings of steak, salsa, and sour cream. Okay, who’s next?

Large-capacity Oven

Speaking of maximizing cooking power, GE ranks among the top ranges with the roomiest ovens, meaning you can fit your Thanksgiving turkey, green bean casserole, and baked mac and cheese in one go.

Gas Convection

Using fan-circulated technology, GE gas ranges can evenly bake, roast, and toast entrées and treats to perfection. As opposed to relying on an upward burst of hot air to reach the food, convection bake settings concentrate the heat all around the food so that it bakes evenly and more quickly, making it so that there’s no need to turn over your roasted vegetables at the halfway mark.

GE Profile

With the tagline “This is smarter cooking,” GE Profile makes life simpler with WiFi-enabled settings and cutting-edge features in every appliance. Yes, you read that right—there’s no need to scrape deeply into your pockets for a smart range.

WiFi Connect

‘The Jetsons’ isn’t as far off as you think. By syncing your GE Profile range with your smartphone or tablet, you can remotely enable essential operations, such as temperature settings, timers, and cooking modes. This makes it so you can turn off your stove while you’re busy unloading the dryer—and have the world at your fingertips.

Built-in Temperature Probe

We can’t stress the importance of searing roasts and poultry to their correct temperature of doneness. Luckily, you can eliminate the guesswork with GE Profile’s temperature probe (built into select models)when you use the Bake, Traditional Bake, Convection Bake, or Convection Roast settings.

Pro tip: Always check the temperature at multiple locations in the food after cooking to ensure that all portions have reached the minimum safe internal temperature for serving. In general, be sure to insert the probe into the thickest part of the whole poultry or meat. For casseroles, probe the center of the dish!

Warming Drawer

Hosting for the holidays is harder than it looks. From cleaning to tablescaping to dinner prepping to getting ready on time, some things are bound to fall through the cracks. The state of your holiday ham doesn’t have to be one of them. If you’re wary of cold entrées and sides, put your trust in a warming drawer.

With a GE Profile warming drawer, you can be assured your culinary works of art are eaten the way they are meant to be enjoyed. This luxe feature helps prevent food from drying out by keeping the appliance at a consistent temperature with sensor controls—taking the guesswork out of selecting the proper settings for warming, slow cooling, or bread proofing (for the dessert course)!

LG

The same purveyor that brought us OLED TVs sells midlevel cooking appliances that are just as highly regarded for their high-tech design and technology. Feast your eyes (and taste buds) on LG’s culinary quality that is as palatable as 4K Ultra HD resolution.

Double Oven

Praised for having the largest oven capacity of their class, LG double-oven ranges allow you to cut down on cooking time without sacrificing your menu—meaning you can bake multiple Thanksgiving courses all at once! This appliance even lets you set different cooking temperatures so that your biscuits don’t turn to crisps by the time your turkey is done.

InstaView Window

Newer LG models are stocked with an oven window that lets you check on your food without opening the door or turning on the oven light. With two quick knocks, the obscured window will instantly reveal the contents of dinner or dessert without causing you to lose your momentum in the kitchen.

PrintProof Exterior

In addition to their high-performance value, luxury ranges are applauded for their stylish appearance—it always looks as if they never get dirty. That said, many LG ranges are coated with a patented smudge-proof finish, safeguarding themselves against rampant toddlers and greasy meal prep.

Samsung

The only other electronics titan on our list, Samsung continues to innovate, bringing high-end appliance features to the mid-priced market.

Induction Cooking

More precise than gas and more efficient than electric, Samsung induction gives you greater control in the kitchen. A subtype of electric cooking power, induction cooktops and ranges are marked by the ability to transfer heat electromagnetically into specially conductive cookware with virtually no trace on the cooking element itself.

Stocked with a smooth glass-top surface that instantly cools down when powered off, this appliance makes easy work of post-dinner cleanup. In the spirit of not breaking a sweat, due to their technology, induction cooktops also make for a heatless kitchen.

Glass-Touch Controls

For luxury you can feel, look no further than a Samsung electric range’s glass-touch controls on a sleek panel that showcases bake and clock settings.

Convection Baking

As is the case with GE gas ranges, Samsung ranges feature a powerful convection fan to help cook faster and more evenly to produce superior cooking results. Many newer Samsung models pair this setting with Air Fry, amplifying your baking prospects in time for the holiday season.

Who’s the host with the most? It could be you.

In Conclusion

You can satisfy your craving for a luxury range thanks to our selection of midlevel brands with high-end features. Call or visit any of our East Coast Appliance locations today! Our friendly staff of experts is always happy to help.