Are Double Oven Ranges just STUPID…or BRILLIANT? Find out here. 

I bought a Maytag Gemini gas double oven December 2005. I love it and have no regrets. I’m 72 now and sometimes my hip arthritis acts up from bending down for cooking tall tube cakes and baking for the holidays. I use both when making 100+ cookies. I use the upper oven for majority of baking other foods. At one point I was baking so much sweet stuff that: I burnt out the gas element, I had to have the gaskets on both doors replaced, my adult daughter wasted milk down one knob that made the cooktop stop working. I’ll be sad if my gas range has to be replaced. Especially if gas ranges are no longer available.

I have a GE CAfe double oven just like the on in this video, with GAS top and oven and love it. This range is genius because you do not have to turn on an entire oven just to use a portion of an oven.

couldnt live without the double oven, I can cook a full size (20 lbs plus) turkey in the main oven at 325 while cooking roast potatoes at 400 in the top oven

I"m surprised that no one makes the models with the eye level ovens anymore.

We just renovated our kitchen and put one of these in (got the induction model) and we love it. We found the same thing between gas and induction (harder to clean, and doesn’t heat near as fast). For anyone considering a GE Cafe model induction oven they’re really great. They are expensive, but they do come on sale. We got ours 15% off, so was $3565 instead of the listed $4100.

*"premium product"* sells well in the USA as a premium product but yes usually as a separate item that is elevated. Great explanation as to why so.

Actually looking for a replacement to my Gemini and considering this exact model Cafe range :). Thanks for the vid.

UPDATE Nov 29, 2023: Regarding the rear oven vent issue I described below in the last paragraph. I finally bought a piece of stainless steel and cut a piece 1 inch x 12-5/8” wide and pre drilled and attached with screws covering the 3 right rear vent openings facing forward leaving the vent openings behind them facing upwards open. Now I have NO ISSUE with the exhaust blowing across the right side burners and they now only blow upwards towards. I am very surprised I cannot find other people online mentioning this issue. First one delivered had about 15 stripped screws and one oven door hinge not working quite right. Almost all of the screws along the inner panel of one of my oven doors were stripped so the inner panel/glass would move and almost completely separate from the outer door panel. A bunch of screws on the back panels were also stripped and one of the electrical wires that was supposed to be behind the small rear panel was protruding between two sheet metal panels and the wire insulated was cut through to the wire as a result of the sharp panel edges. Also the GE repair person mentioned the whole side panel of the range needed to be removed to replace the hinge. So due to the issues I mentioned here and a few other issues, they sent me a new one. The new one only had about a handful of stripped screws, all on back panels which are not as important. Both ranges sent to me had the same issues as listed in the next two paragraphs. I have the GE Cafe CC2S950 gas range. From new(2020 or 2021), the front right burner on simmer up to number 2 setting where flame is still low would cause the sensor to think the flame is out and would activate all spark ignitions of all burners 1-2 times every minute. Cannot use it on simmer. Had tech out 3-4 times for this. They tried to add a ground cable to another burner (front left burner) and it seems to have helped. ALSO a very bad design flaw is that the exhaust vent for the oven, which operates when the oven is on and for several minutes after the oven is off, located at the rear right blows horizontally across the right two burners. If you are using those burners when the exhaust is operating, the blowing air will blow out the burners unless on medium to high flame. But then the flame is not uniform and dancing all over the place due to the exhaust air flow. To some extent, it also affects the flame on the middle burners. When the rear right oven exhaust is operating, I must use something thin and upright and police it at the rear of the right cast iron grate to block the airflow if using the burners on the right. The the exhaust will blow upwards. I use my stainless steel stove top round burner covers. No fix from GE. This is my first double oven and I love the double oven. Shortly after buying this gas model (I have always purchased gas ranges on the past 35 years), I learned of the hazards (the 3 different chemicals released that are hazardous to us) of the gas fired appliances, especially appliances where you will like be close to while operating such as ranges. Had I known this earlier, I would have purchased electric.

The concept of double oven freestanding ranges dates back several decades. My grandparents had a 40 inch double oven electric range, turquoise blue, dating from 1967 when they brought that house , and remained in good working order as of August 2022 when we sold the estate after grandma passed away that April. Together they raised 7 kids and life would have been far more stressful than it already was, without a double oven. Since young couples today are having fewer children on average, than say during the 1950s - 1970s, that's likely the reason double oven ranges are not as commonplace as they once were. Nonetheless they are convenient for those who love to bake, and almost a must for larger than average households.

Old ranges have 4 oven compartments

I wish it came in 36 inch! I also love the rangemaster in the Uk I wish they sold that type our size here in the US.

Worth remembering that on almost all of these if you want convection/airfry, it’s only available on the LOWER oven. Want to roast some vegetables or frozen fries or chicken nuggets with the airfryer? Gotta use the bottom.

I wish Cafe make one of these two ovens a steam oven

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Thanks so much for the video!! It is so informative. I have a question - it seems like the upper oven is not convection. Does it still work for chicken nuggets and stuff... like air fryer...crispy food?

I was planning on ordering this but in induction but seems like people are complaining that the temps aren't actually what they say they are. Just ended up getting the Bosch induction industrial oven instead

I have a GE Profile old slide in. The bottom is on the floor. I hate it but unless i remodel I would buy another one. The convenience vs “on the floor” works.

Can you use one of the ovens as a salamander?

I had that Maytag Gemini oven and loved it! Yes, the large oven is low to the ground and I am 5' 1" so the arm reach into any oven is a challenge with the door open. Looking for a new range and looking for a double oven or the Samsung that converts from double to single oven.

The author says it takes forever to get hot. Mine is superfast at getting hot on the range top and the oven.

Thank you for this!! So helpful. I was debating whether to get a double oven or not and after watching your video I think the double one will be perfect for me. Really hoping I can get my hands on the Café (but induction).

You would have to lay on the floor to clean oven !?

Only issue is the choice of no convection on the upper unit.

Can the top oven be an air-fryer? We are seriously considering this model. Thank you!

How to bake a cake here?

Since you mentioned that you use induction at home, you should really do a video on induction cooktop options and their pros and cons 🙂

I get what you’re saying, but if that’s your use case wouldn’t it be way better to get a couple of small wall ovens so they’re at least at waist height?

Anybody know how to turn off the oven lights? The knob is turned off but the light is still on.

Thanks for making this video. I am torn between the slide-in cafe double and single oven induction. Understanding that convection is only on the bottom, what can't you do in the top oven? Is there a temp restriction on top? Can it get to 500 degrees?

I wouldn’t be able to stand up ending that far down, lol

Who is lifting a hot turkey literally from the floor after a few glasses of wine?!?!

How does the top oven compare to an air fryer?

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