Product Review Frigidaire Range ES340 BLACK

About a year ago my oven temperature knob broke off and permanently set my oven to 350 degrees with no ability to change it. The oven had been discontinued quite some time ago and there were no replacement parts available. I used my oven all this time adjusting cook times, not being able to justify a new oven. Mine works!

Well for Christmas I was given this oven and I could not be happier. This oven is a bakers dream. I chose black, it's a smooth top and I love it. The first thing I did wrong was try to use the oven for dinner the first night. Smoke and an overpowering odor filled my home within minutes. I called Frigidaire and much to my surprise got a live person! She instructed me that I should use the self cleaning feature before using the oven feature to burn off all the packaging dust. She went so far as to warn me that small children and even adults for our protection should not be around when we use this feature because the outside of the oven would become several hundred degrees as well as the odors from the burn off could be a hazard. She was very friendly and thorough as well in her explanation and seemed very happy to help me.

The front left burner puts off steam every time we use the oven and this is a ventilating feature to keep the oven the desired temperature. The heating element inside the oven is uniquely placed at the top of the oven instead of the traditional bottom where caked on burned grease and food drippings tend to stay stuck on for years! When I spilled a sugar cookie on the bottom of the oven it was a piece of cake to wipe clean and then burn off with the self clean feature! VERY SATISFIED and with Lowe's free delivery and haul away, I couldn't be happier! Frigidaire is owned by Electroluxe, so quite possibly a high end product at a very average price!