I’ve bought older stoves. The latest is a Tappan from the 50’s or 60’s. NO ELECTRONICS
Sorry, it’s a Whirlpool, although I’m not sure that makes much of a difference.
Maytag is now, unfortunately, owned by Whirlpool.
Despite the great reputation of Maytag appliances in general, this isn’t the first story I’ve heard of their microprocessor equipped whiz bang stuff being troublesome. My brother had a Maytag washer that blew out control boards on a fairly regular basis @ $350 each. If I lived out in the boonies, I would definitely prefer luddite-grade appliances with no computers in them. The Maytag washers & dryers that I have seen work for twenty plus years are entirely mechanical, turn the knob and push the button. No clock, no display.
We live a lifestyle similar to yours.
The bigger problem you have is if the grid goes down or there’s an EMP. All that modern junk becomes worthless.
I suggest just trying to sell your current POC and get an all mechanical/analog range even if you have to buy an antique. We used a 40 year old gas range for about 10 years that worked perfectly and sold it last year for $150. The one we have now is all mechanical except for the igniters. When the power goes out we use matches to light the burners.
Tell us your budget first, then we can give you suggestions on good ranges.
I’ve had good luck with our GE Profile series gas range, but you’re going to pay $2,000+ for a 30” free standing single oven unit today. (Ours cost $800 in 1996)
If you want to spend $400 on a gas range, you’re going to get $400 worth of range.
You probably already know, but you’ll also need to re-jet the range for propane. They usually come jetted for natural gas, and will run very poorly on propane if not re-jetted. (Some ranges come with the LP conversion kit included.)
Was the gas oven you bought rated to run on propane? There is a difference.
Sorry to hear of your troubles. We bought a Samsung a few years ago and aside from the knobs being a little cheap I love it. It has a continuous top, a griddle, convection bake and roast, and a a dehydrating cycle.
Can any gas stove be converted to propane?
This is just about the same model, but we got ours on a great sale. You might find it elsewhere for less?
Good luck!
To be perfectly blunt about it, there’s a huge market crying out for the solid quality and simplicity of the products of yesteryear. Blenders, gas stoves, refrigerators, office chairs, jigsaws — everything under the sun. As it is, Chinese mainland manufacturers crank out a vast flood of junk that fails quickly and demands unending repairs. American companies that value quality have fallen by the wayside. I’ve been watching this phenomenon spread like cancer for more than twenty years, and it’s depressing as hell. -_-
Did you change out the coupling/adapters for ones that will convert the usage from natural gas to propane? Check out any number of videos on youtube: Converting A Natural Gas Stove To Propane
You have to get the oxygen mix to be what it needs to be by manipulating a few things on a factory direct natural gas stove.
My old Viking finally died after 20 years.
Bought a Samsung, the one rated #1 by Consumer Reports.
Excellent piece of gear.
The best stove that I have had (for the past 6 years) is my GE profile convection oven with a second oven in the bottom.
I am a cook and yes it was pricey but has been totally worth it. It has 6 burners of various type, comes with a Lodge griddle that fits onto 3 of the burners. Yes, it is electronic, but I also put in a surge protector to protect the computer part of it during a power surge. When I had a service guy out for a minor repair, he was impressed that I had that. He thought that it was brilliant. If the power goes out you can still light the oven and the burners with a match.
It does have the built-in oven cleaner which I have never used because I have heard that it is very hard on the oven since it heats it to an incredibly high heat which basically destroys the oven. ( Was told that by more than once trustworthy source and that after 5-6 cleanings you can kiss that oven goodbye.)
We are selling our house. We will be replacing my stove with a much more economical stove and taking that one with us. I am not parting with that stove. While I would love to get a Wolfe, that is not in our budget. So I will will make do with my GE.
Our Wolf gas range is five years old and gets heavy use every day. No problems so far.
The last Maytag drier we bought was a hunk of junk. Bunch of plastic pieces that broke all the time.
Look for a vintage gas range in a vintage travel trailer. They are usually small, three burner, small oven, with NO electronics. Many were hardly used by the trailer owners
Aga.
I’ve got a GE that I run on propane for the last 4 years. Not a single problem.
I think your problem isn’t the stove, but the quality of signal your AC input has. You might consider an inline AC power supply for your whole home, to clean up the signal quality. Otherwise, try getting an old school propane stove without the computerized bullshit. So many circuits in your stove are timing dependent, and just a small frequency fluctuation can trip alarms.