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    6 Best Electric Ranges of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

    These models are less expensive and work with more kinds of cookware than other range types

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    Frigidaire Gallery GCFE3060BF Range in kitchen with white cabinets and farmhouse sink
    Electric smoothtop ranges, like the Frigidaire Gallery model shown, are easier to clean than coil tops and are often cheaper than induction models.
    Photo: Frigidaire

    Although they sometimes get a bad rap, electric ranges have a few definite advantages over gas stoves. They tend to boil water faster and often bake more evenly. They’re also easier to clean because they have a smooth glass top largely free of crevices.

    But that doesn’t make them a can’t-miss purchase for your kitchen. In our tests, we’ve found wide performance gaps between the best performers and the worst.

    “We see some of the biggest differences in how well they bake and broil,” says Kenneth Sutton, who leads range, cooktop, and wall oven testing at CR.

    Electric ranges may also be better for the environment and your health because they don’t produce the byproducts associated with gas stoves.

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    Below, we feature the best electric smoothtop ranges, which can be installed in any home with a 220-volt electric line. They’re easier to clean than coil tops, and compared with induction ranges, they’re usually less expensive and compatible with any kind of cookware.

    While there’s currently no Energy Star certification for residential ranges, some models are more energy-efficient than others. Induction ranges use the least power overall. But you can also save energy with conventional electric smoothtops that have a convection mode (which circulates hot air evenly with a fan), a self-cleaning oven (which tends to be better insulated and loses less heat), or both.

    For more on how we test ranges and the differences among range styles, see our range buying guide. CR members can also jump right into our complete range ratings.

    Best Electric Ranges With a Single Oven

    If you don’t often bake or broil two things at once, buying a single-oven model can save you money. It will also spare you from having to bend as low as you do with a double-oven range, which usually has its main compartment closer to the floor.

    Best Electric Ranges With a Double Oven

    Double ovens typically combine a smaller oven on top of a larger one. They’re great if you often bake two things at once at different temperatures. There are some drawbacks, however, notably the extra bending required to reach the bottom oven, and the absence of a storage drawer.

    How CR Tests Electric Ranges

    We test electric ranges with the same rigor used in evaluating all ranges. We bake hundreds of cakes and cookies a year and take thousands of precise temperature measurements to see how well each model bakes. We wire a broiler pan with special high-heat thermometers, called thermocouples, to measure not only how evenly a broiler heats but also whether it gets hot enough to sear.

    As for the cooktop, we measure how quickly it brings 4 liters of water to a near-boil (our “cooktop high” test). We also test how well a burner can maintain more modest temperatures for tasks like simmering tomato sauce or melting chocolate (our “cooktop low” test).

    We also gather data on each brand’s reliability. To do that, we ask CR members whether their ranges have broken or stopped working as they should within the first five years of ownership, so we can see which brands are most reliable. If you’re shopping for a new electric range because your old one broke, we have a calculator (and plenty of expert advice) to help you decide whether to repair or replace it.

    How CR Picks the Best Electric Ranges

    While sleek styling and a dazzling array of features might impress, what’s most important is a range’s ability to perform some very basic tasks really, really well, day in and day out. And that’s what we zero in on when we’re choosing the best electric ranges. Here’s what our recommended ranges have in common:

    They heat water fast. The best ranges in our tests bring a large pot of water to a near-boil quickly.

    They simmer steadily. They have a low-heat burner that maintains a steady temperature when simmering liquids, so you don’t need to stir constantly to avoid scorching.

    They bake and broil evenly. Cakes and cookies emerge uniformly baked from multiple racks. And the broilers heat evenly while still getting hot enough to sear.

    They offer plenty of space. Many manufacturers inflate oven sizes by counting the space you can’t cook with, like the bottom of the oven. We measure and score usable capacity from the lowest rack position.

    They self-clean well. For ranges with a self-cleaning feature, we bake a truly disgusting mixture of eggs, tapioca, pie filling, and a few other tough-to-remove foods onto the walls of the oven and then run the self-clean cycle. Then our techs give each model a good wipe-down to see how effectively the self-clean feature loosens grime. (That said, many ranges don’t have a self-clean feature, and that’s okay, too. Here’s how to clean an oven without a self-clean setting.)

    They’re reliable. We survey thousands of CR members each year about the reliability of their gas, electric, and pro-style ranges, and tabulate scores based on those responses.


    Paul Hope

    Paul Hope is a Home & DIY Editor at Consumer Reports and a trained chef. He covers ranges, cooktops, and wall ovens, as well as grills, drills, outdoor power tools, decking, and wood stains. Before joining CR in 2016, he tested kitchen products at Good Housekeeping and covered tools and remodeling for This Old House magazine. You’ll typically find him in his old fixer-upper, engrossed in a DIY project or trying out a new recipe.

    Allen St. John

    Allen St. John has been a senior product editor at CR since 2016, focusing on digital privacy, audio devices, printers, and home products. He was a senior editor at Condé Nast and a contributing editor at publications including Road & Track and The Village Voice. A New York Times bestselling author, he's also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone. He lives in Montclair, N.J., with his wife, their two children, and their dog, Rugby.