When we built the house we put in Maytag kitchen appliances, electric range, fridge, microwave and dishwasher. We went with Maytag because at the time their appliances had features that nobody else could offer in some of the appliances. The dishwasher had three racks. The bottom rack was good for cookie sheets. The range has TWO ovens. They took the space for the bottom drawer, moved it up above the regular sized oven, and made the drawer a little oven. We use this little oven all of the time. The regular sized oven it use a few times a year for big holiday dinners. I will second the usefulness of a convection oven.
Now our range is a smooth top glass with four burners plus a warming area. I cook in the family so I'm the one using the appliances except for the dishwasher. I cook, she cleans.
The stove top does get crowded but I make do. I LOVE the glass top. Easy clean up. And I can just move pots around as needed to make room without worrying about spilling something due to the burners.
If you need two ovens I think other brands beside Maytag offer them in ranges. And with gas burners. Still will be 30 inches though. I suppose you could put in a regular range and put in a two burner stove top next to it. Not sure how that would look though.
Maytag quality dropped in the first part of this century for sure. We bought a dishwasher for our old city house. It failed after one use. The board was replaced under warranty. But it was perfect after that event. The dishwasher in the new house also failed right after we moved into the house. Within a few uses and it too was fixed under warranty. The little wheels that run in the baskets would broke and we could not get new parts. NONE. I hobnobbed it togather for a year or two with a fix that would eventually fail until I found some brass fittings that solved the problem. Now the dishwasher latch is not working correctly. The machine still runs but it needs to be fixed.
The fridge compressor started to fail. Thankfully we caught it in time before it completely failed and it was under warranty. If it had been out of warranty the cost of the compressor would have been about half the value of the fridge. Searching the Internet turned up lots of problems with this fridge.
Not problems, Knock on Wood, with the range or microwave.
Now that Maytag is owed by Whirlpool? hopefully their quality will return. We have great service from the local small dealer. He said if the fridge had failed completely he would bring out a loaner fridge for us to use. We won't get that from Lowes.
If we have to replace the fridge or dishwasher I might try Maytag again due to the owner ship change simply because of the dealer. But if the quality is still bad its to Lowes I go.
Later,
Dan
