Models like these from Frigidaire, LG, and others are less expensive and work with more kinds of cookware than other range types
Electric smoothtop ranges, like the Frigidaire Gallery model shown, are easier to clean than coil tops and often cheaper than induction models.
By Allen St. John
Updated by Tim Barribeau
Although they sometimes get a bad rap, electric ranges have a few clear advantages over gas stoves. They tend to boil water faster and often bake more evenly. They’re also easier to clean because the smooth glass top is largely free of crevices.
But that doesn’t make every electric range a can’t-miss purchase. In our labs, we find 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 CR’s testing for ranges, cooktops, and wall ovens.
Electric ranges may also be better for your health and the environment because they don’t produce the byproducts associated with gas stoves.
Below, we feature the best electric smoothtop ranges, suitable for any home with a 220-volt line. They’re easier to clean than coil top electrics, and compared with induction ranges, they’re usually less expensive. They’re also 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 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 info on the various range styles, see our buying guide. CR members can also jump right into our complete range ratings.
Best Single-Oven Electric Ranges
If you don’t often bake or broil two things at once, a single-oven model can save you money. It also spares you from having to bend as low as you do with a double-oven range, which usually puts the main compartment closer to the floor.
Frigidaire Gallery GCFE3060BF
The understated Frigidaire Gallery GCFE3060BF aces every key performance test. It heats quickly, simmers steadily, and offers superb baking and broiling. It’s also the only single-oven model on this list with a self-clean mode. The slide-in design has a modern look without going full Jetsons; the controls are mounted in the front, and there’s no back panel. As a brand, Frigidaire earns superior marks for predicted reliability for its electric smoothtop ranges, based on CR’s member surveys. It earns a poor score for owner satisfaction, though.
For $100 more, you may also want to consider the similar GCFI3070BF, which has a 750-degree pizza oven mode, complete with stone, peel, and other accessories. We evaluated a similar Frigidaire model with an induction cooktop and found it to be easy to use and deliver really good pizza with a little practice. We assume that the electric version, which uses the same super-hot oven as the induction model, will perform similarly well when it comes to baking pizzas.
LG LSEL6331F
The LG LREL6331F single oven is an exceptionally strong performer with a wallet-friendly price. The cooktop heats fast and simmers steadily, and you’ll find a convenient warming element along with two high-powered burners on the stovetop. And while there’s no convection mode, the oven bakes and broils evenly. LG earns impressive reliability ratings but a so-so owner satisfaction score for its electric ranges, based on our member surveys.
GE Profile PSS93YPFS
The GE Profile PSS93YPFS is a slide-in with all-digital controls, offering cake-and-cookie performance worthy of the Great British Baking show, as well as top-notch low-heat stovetop performance, which allows you to melt chocolate without anxiety—or scorching. The model comes with a slew of intriguing features, including convection and air-fry modes in the oven. GE lands a top-notch predicted reliability rating but a mediocre owner satisfaction score for its electric ranges, based on data from CR’s member surveys.
Best Electric Ranges With a Double Oven
Double ovens typically place a smaller oven on top of a larger one. They’re great if you enjoy baking 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.
LG LTEL7337F
The top-rated LG has a great cooktop, acing our high-heat and low-heat tests. The baking and broiling are fine, but not quite up to our highest grades. And the model excels at both oven capacity and self-cleaning efficiency. It also has convection mode and WiFi, but no warming drawer. LG’s brand reliability is strong, but its owner satisfaction is merely so-so.
Samsung NE63A6751SS
The Samsung NE63A6751SS may lag just a bit behind the other double-oven ranges on this list when it comes to searing a ribeye or boiling a pasta pot full of water on the cooktop. But the low-heat performance is ideal for cooking—but not scorching—ganache. And the baking and oven capacity are top-notch. Even better, the oven can be partitioned, so it works as either a single- or double-oven unit. There’s a convection mode in both ovens and an air-fry setting. So if you use your oven every day, you’re likely to appreciate this modest-priced model with a surprising array of features.
How CR Tests Electric Ranges
We test electric ranges with the same rigor we use 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. And our owner satisfaction rating centers around one key question: “Would you recommend this appliance to a close friend or a family member?” 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 less-than-appetizing mixture of eggs, tapioca, pie filling, and a few other tough-to-remove foods onto the walls of the oven and 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. (For ranges without a self-clean feature, feel free to use these tips.)
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.
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