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Recommended cooktops and wall ovens, by Consumer Reports

“Swapping a range for a cooktop and wall oven can be an appealing option,” says Consumer Reports. “The look is sleek and modern plus you have some flexibility where you install the appliances. Place the wall oven at a height that works for you. Install the cooktop over a cabinet that stores pots and pans. But keep in mind that the cooktop and wall oven combination is typically more expensive than a range.”

Here is the Consumer Reports’ selection of recommended cooktops and wall ovens. The maximum overall score is 100, and “Best Buy” models offer more value.


Electric cooktops

30-inch smoothtops

KitchenAid KECC604BBL

Overall score: 94

Jenn-Air JEC4430BS

Overall score: 94

Bosch NETP066SUC

Overall score: 88

Whirlpool G7CE3034XP

Overall score: 86
“Best Buy”

Frigidaire FFEC3024LB

Overall score: 85
“Best Buy”

36-inch smoothtops

KitchenAid KECC664BSS

Overall score: 93

Viking VEC5366BSB

Overall score: 88

30-inch induction cooktops

GE Cafe CHP9530

Overall score: 99

Kenmore 43820

Overall score: 99

Bosch NIT5066UC

Overall score: 98

Kenmore 43800

Overall score: 97

KitchenAid KICU500XB

Overall score: 95

Whirlpool GCI3061XB

Overall score: 95

36-inch induction cooktops

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Gas cooktops

36-inch gas cooktops

Thermador SGSX365FS

Overall score: 81

Kenmore 32713

Overall score: 79

GE Cafe CGP650SETSS

Overall score: 77

LG LSCG366ST

Overall score: 74

30-inch gas cooktops

Whirlpool WCG97US0DS

Overall score: 80

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Wall ovens

Single electric wall ovens

Whirlpool WOS92EC0AH

Overall score: 80

GE Cafe CT9070SHSS

Overall score: 76

KitchenAid KOSE500ESS

Overall score: 74

GE Profile PT9050SFSS

Overall score: 73

GE PT7050SFSS

Overall score: 73

Whirlpool WOS51EC0AS

Overall score: 72

Maytag MEW9530DS

Overall score: 72

Double electric wall ovens

Whirlpool WOD93EC0AS

Overall score: 80

KitchenAid KODE500ESS

Overall score: 74

GE PT9550SFSS

Overall score: 73

Whirlpool WOD51EC0A

Overall score: 72

Maytag MEW9630DS

Overall score: 72

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Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly since 1936. It features reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research centre. The magazine accepts no advertising, pays for all the products it tests, and, as a not-for-profit organisation, has no shareholders. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides. (Wikipedia.)

Source: Consumer Reports
Last checked on: 29 September 2016
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