My wall oven went kaput - it had a good run (I think it's original with the house, from 1960. Or at least from the 80s. It has a mechanical timer!). But the heating element melted itself and I'm not really up for trying to find a replacement for that.
So I'm in the market for a new wall oven and seeking input. Key specs:
- It's a 24" single wall oven. Cutout is 22.5" wide, 28.5" high, and 25" deep.
- Electric power, 240V/30A circuit
- I only care about baking and broiling. Steam, air fry, wifi, rotisserie are all zero-to-negative for me.
- I would prefer physical dials and buttons but that seems uncommon these days
- I wouldn't want to go much more expensive than the options I've found (see below).
I've found two that seem like a native fit:
- GE JRS06SKSS
- The installation manual shows that this needs a cabinet cutout below the unit, which I don't want to do because I have existing drawers there
- Frigidaire GCWS2438AF
- This seems to fit my cutout without modification, so I'll probably buy this unless I find something better
Most other 24" models are designed for a shorter ~23" cutout, which is unfortunate because there are some substantially cheaper options (like $500 vs. $1700). For example the Empava EMPV-24WOB14, and some others from Magic Chef, Cosmo, and various other brands I've never heard of. It's maybe possible that I could build a nook above or below the oven, or a trim piece covering the opening. But I'd kind of just rather not.
Any thoughts on my best options here?
Edit to add: I opted to look harder for a replacement heating element, and after a long slog through a lot of appliance parts websites that don't offer many specs for their parts, I finally found a couple options that look like they will work at www.therm-coil.com, where it seems that every heating element they offer is listed with cross-references, dimensions, and terminal style. Like, all the stuff that should be listed on all the other sites but never is.
They went beyond the mysterious beyond