Samsung - Flex Duo™ 5.8 Cu. Ft. Self-Cleaning Slide-In Gas Convection Range - Stainless steel

I am absolutely loving my new Samsung 5.8 Cu ft slide in Gas flex Duo Range with Dual door! It is a dream compared to my previous stove from the 60's. I never knew what I was missing until I got my new range. It fires up quite nicely without any hesitation. Each of the 5 burners work with as little or as much flame power as I need. It will easily adjust with the knobs on the front with little hesitation. They glow a pretty blue to let you know that you have the stove top burner on. The light can be seen from across the room. What I like is that you have to push the knobs in so that it will turn on the burner. This is a great safety feature to prevent the stove from turning on while cleaning. The middle burner is perfect for using the griddle that is included, (which is very heavy duty by the way...it's cast iron) I can also use it for oblong pots or pans.There is even a wok burner attachment! It burns so hot that I can get rid of my electric wok and use this instead! The simmer burner is perfect for making stews or chili. All of the other burners are great too! The flames can go very high, which I would not have to use them on full blast because my pots are not big enough! The range allows me to cook evenly so I don't have to keep moving my chicken pieces around the pot to make sure that it's evenly cooked. I just flip and it cooks nicely all around. The oven part of the range is awesome! I love the look of it and the way that it functions! The dual door is a great option for me so that I can cook multiple items at once. The door has a locking feature so that I can just open the top door my itself if I don't want to disturb what is cooking below. There are two lights inside, one for the top oven and the other for the bottom oven. I can turn them on independently or together. The oven comes with multiple racks that can be adjusted to various positions within the two ovens. The touch screen is a nice added feature as well as the wi-fi connectibility. (still learning about the wifi) The touch screen pad responds quickly and with ease. A touch of the button and this oven does what I need it to. There is even a Sabbath mode on this oven. (not a feature I would use, but I would imagine that some people would find this very useful) There is a lockout feature on this range as well. Hold the button down for 3 seconds and it will lock the touchpad from being utilized until you hold it down again for another 3 seconds. This feature will also lock the oven door shut. This is a very nice for someone who has a child. The range has a warming drawer on the bottom as well. One drawback is that it is not very deep, but I can live with that. It's a very heavy and durable range that can be enjoyed for years to come! Overall, this range is a beauty and has a lot of great features that other ranges do not. I am very pleased with it and look forward to using it for many dishes to come!

Our initial impressions as the range was being unpacked, well this one’s a "looker'. Sleek and well designed. The installer actually commented, this one is loaded with features! As we have used this range over the past week, there are many positives that have struck us. 1) Safety - the blue led lights on burner knobs are lit on when either the gas burner or oven is in use. This is a big safety feature for families having little kids and bigger forgetful folks like me (been guilty of doing that in the past). 2) The increased clearance provided by design for the burner and base grate is more than our previous range. This makes the flame rise to the vessel rather than being spread out of the perimeter of pan or pots. Big plus for optimal coverage and reduces loss of heat to the periphery. And, then it also prevents the handles from being exposed to the flame. 3) The wok grate (circular support base) for woks, invariably an integral part of Indian and oriental cooking, is one of our favorite features. The inverted slant on the grate for support provides perfect stability for the wok and prevents it from wobbling. This ranks very high in my opinion especially for Indian households where deep frying is a near daily cooking feature. 4) The center burner is well sized, providing good coverage to the griddle and make multiple rotis (Indian bread) at once. 5) The flex oven feature is brilliant. Allows two distinct cooking options in roast or bake at differing temperatures. The temperature probe is an added bonus. 6) All these combined with the feature rich digital control panel (delay start, keep warm) with SMART connectivity to your phone to control oven options makes it a feature pack Smart Cooking range All these and more, make this flex duo offering, an ideal choice for households, wanting to create a SMART Home ecosystem. P.S. The well-spread out design for burners and steel body makes it super easy to clean

If you are looking for less than a commercial grade with all the new high tech features, but foremost safety of family, then look no further. What my family and i love most about this range is its smart and safety options. first of all samsung has intregated this range with its smart control options. what that allows the users to do is not only the convience of controlling the dual convections ovens, but also allows you to montior the cooktop. In the gas version, you cannot control the cooktop from the smartthings app, but atleast you can see if you left any of your cooktops on or even the oven. The ovens you can turn on and off from the app. Having two little kids in the house who love to get into things, this is an amazing option. Also, what samsung has done is that they have also built in led lights into the knobs sections of the cooktop, which may not seem like a big deal, but when you have two little kids running around the house and getting into thing, you can easily glance over you shoulder to see if they kids accidently turned on any of the cooktop or just pull out your phone and check. In my opinion, samsung has done an amazing job with this range. It has an amazing 22,000 btu burner, which just makes cooking anything an easy task. The over controls have been placed in the middle of the cooktop knobs in a very sleek and easy touch control screen. The dual flex, dual oven make cooking a large meal just a simple task. The dual ovens can be set to different temperatures and seperate cooking times. The upper oven also has a connection for a temperature probe which allows you to monitor the internal temperature of any item you are cooking, along with its multiple adjustable racks. This is an amazing safe and smart range.

We have the range at home for 2 months now and use it regularly. I have read most of the reviews that were posted and thought I can add a little more. First, let me say that most of the cooking we do at home is performed at the range top - and of the five burners we have not yet used the center one. But the four that we use are truly outstanding! This area is clearly a HUGE strength of this appliance and it is versatile and easy to use. The 22k burner is extremely powerful - probably as powerful as it gets without going to very high end line. With it we reached searing and oil heating temperature that we have never thought possible on a stove top yet it can be lowered to near-simmer levels. The second strongest (15K) is excellent as well, and the smallest one is a true simmer burner. I really like the design that leaves enough space in the back so that larger skillets or pots can be placed there without overlapping the front burners area. As for the stove, we mostly use the two compartments configuration with the divider in (only once we cooked with the divider out). We do not bake cookies or cakes so I do not have much to say there, but we do cook meat, chicken, fish, and vegetables. Having two compartments is so nice especially when you have a dinner with several courses to bake or roast. Things just move so much faster altogether and of course you can use the compartment to keep things warm before serving. We do not find it a problem that "broil" is only at the top and "bake-no convection" only at the bottom, since you can choose where you place things based on what you need. We have used the oven about a dozen times so far and without exception the results were excellent! Love the touch controls - very easy to follow and responsive. Finally - heat vent - mainly at the back, through very active fans, no problem at all. During extended cooking in the oven, all the external surfaces are only slightly warm and there is no issue of escaping heat, hot knobs, etc. Altogether - for what we need - a great buy!

I broke my cardinal rule: When you make a significant purchase, you should really download the manual first BEFORE you buy and read it. If I did this, I would have been aware of some limitations regarding the double-oven feature of this product. This oven has some features that only work when in 'single-oven' mode. Food warmer feature: This only works in single-oven mode. So, if you think you can use one of the ovens to keep food warm and the other to bake, forget it. Not available. Upper temperature limit: I like to bake pizzas as hot as possible. The specs say this oven goes to 550 degrees, which I would normally set for pizza. But NOT in double-oven mode. Only up to 480 for each oven. Sorry! Convection / standard bake features (convection uses the interior fans): When using double-oven, convection feature is available in both ovens, but only one oven can use the non-convection bake mode (forgot which one). Temperature differences when using double oven: The allowable temperature difference between the top and bottom oven is about 125 degrees. So, you can bake at 425 in top oven and 300 in bottom oven. But if you wanted to bake at 425 in top and 250 in bottom, it's a no-go! Pros: Front right burner is really powerful! Solid build quality Nice front touch panel (although leaves fingerprints!) Wipe it often. Nice center burner and heavy duty removable griddle Two independent timers Cons: The double-oven limitations described above Doesn't have the utility of a true double oven Timer alarms not loud enough So, if you're ok with the limitations listed, I would still recommend this product!

We love the black stainless and slide in look. It is really easy to keep clean even with all our kids cooking on it. The gas top works well. We have had this unit 3 months and have not been able to get good results in the oven cavity with or without the divider. With the divider in: The top smaller portion of the oven is where the broiler heating unit is. The result is the heating element is just inches from your food. Even with reduced temperatures we have burned pizzas and taco shells in the time it took to preheat the upper portion of the oven. The technician measured the temperature of the upper unit and measured it as normal. The bottom portion also reads slightly lower than expected with the divider in. I have good results cooking smaller items in the lower portion with the divider in. With the divider removed: With the oven preheated to 400 F the technician gets a temperature reading of around 400 at the top of the oven and 250 at the bottom (this is with convection running.) This cannot be fixed and was told this is normal because as soon as the divider is removed it turns off the bottom heat sensor. The geek squad tech said he has never seen such a large temperature difference within a cavity of an oven. Be advised that it is hard to cook more than one food item at a time with the divider out. If you need everything cooked at the same temperature, or if you are cooking a large item, make sure the bottom of it is cooked and the top isn't overcooked. I have cooked in lots of ovens here and overseas over the years we were in the military, this one is the hardest to get good results. I have been actively cooking and baking for over 40 years.

I have had this installed for a few weeks now and can give a few pros and cons.... Pros: Stove top heats quickly and cleans up nice. Illuminated dials show when one is on with a glance, which is nice when you have a burner turned on but is not lit. Wi Fi controls a bit cumbersome, but nice to adjust oven and timer from your phone. Oven heats rapidly and convection cooks really quick without adjusting recipe temps. ----------------------------------- Cons: Top oven has a tendency to crisp up the top of things being baked. DO NOT USE TOP OVEN FOR CAKES as it will burn the top before it even is done. Pizza, cookies, meats and such come out fine. Even cooked a frozen pie well in the top as long as the rack in the top portion is at it's lowest. sometimes a bit of foil covering will help keep the tops from scorching. Remember the heating comes out of the TOP burner which is also used to broil, so it's quite hot. We typically keep the rack in the top oven at it's LOWEST point. The oven vents it's heat from top back of the unit which will melt things hanging on the back-splash. Keep in mind that the heat coming from these vents is quite intense and I advise a heat resistant back-splash wall like tile, stone or metal. --------------------- Conclusion: Because I didn't expect it to run exactly like a typical dual oven, I'm not disappointed. I'm learning where to place things to get the best results. My mother-in-law absolutely loves it even with the top oven issue. Nothing that couldn't be adjusted. I have instructed her to use the lower oven for corn bread and cakes to help with the top burning issue. I'd give it 5 stars, but with the limitations from the top oven and WiFi features being so limited, I have given it 4.

What is there not to love about this range? I have to admit, I was a little skeptical about mechanical operation of the FlexDuo oven doors from a mechanical perspective, but I am very pleased! To elaborate, knowing that you make a trade of needing to open the top oven to get to the bottom one for a clean, single door design, is one thing but the mechanical operation of this was brilliantly designed; the top door is essentially a door on/through the larger door. This means that when you pull the handle without holding the lever/switch (that unlatches only the top door) the entire oven door opens without any flimsiness or "locked" hinges. No need to worry about this getting frustrating over time as things wear down because it's legit one large door! Then, when holding the lever, just as easy as the entire door the top section opens but while leaving the entire door firmly attached to the unit! Love the design; hard to put into words clearly but I think Samsung NAILED this from an engineering perspective. Moving on, the convection heating - coupled with the fact that it's a gas range - it's very efficient and cooks very evenly. So far, it's been a pleasure - from roasting veggies to baking cookies, this has been a great experience. The stovetop is also incredible and very flexible. It's easy to make modifications to the arrangement so long as you remember to do so ahead of time. Everything on the top is cast iron, so it's heavy and stays hot for a little while, but not so much so that it interferes with the "instant off" benefits of gas cooking. Coming from electric to this unit, I cannot be happier. From a safety perspective - and one of the biggest reasons I wanted this unit in particular - knowing that the knobs (which are on the front of the unit) are lit when gas is flowing is outstanding. From across the house I can tell if the gas is on and that is a wonderful peace of mind. Not to mention that, when all else fails, it's SmartThings connected so I can check on the status or even make adjustments to oven temperatures. Very very satisfied with this purchase!