Great double oven for a small kitchen!

After 9 years using builder-grade white appliances, my husband agreed to let me replace the electric coil-burner/unevenly heated oven range! I knew I wanted a gas cooktop and two ovens, but our kitchen is so small there was no way to fit a double oven in other than by using the same space as a typical single-oven range (or reconfiguring the cabinets, which we weren't willing to spend the money to do).

I found this range at the Seattle Home Show and loved the looks of it immediately! We were able to get a great price on it through Home Depot (they matched the home show price of $1500), but we had to spend about $500 to get a gas line tapped into the kitchen.

I LOVE the 16000 BTU burner and use it most of the time, as long as my pot is large enough to justify it. I use the right front burner (can't remember the BTUs) second to the most, and honestly rarely use the 'keep warm' burner in the middle, but it's a nice feature and I think of it as a bonus.

I use the top oven ALL THE TIME. I LOVE it. There are very few things I can't do in the upper oven, and it heats up very quickly (with small children with little patience, this is a huge benefit!).

I use the bottom oven when I'm having lots of people over, or when I want to bake all my cookies at once, or when I need the convection. Honestly, the convection still confuses me a little because I haven't really practiced using it, but I have found the drying feature to be really great (I have started making my own beef jerky, and the convection oven with the drying feature is so great to have!).

I do find getting the cooktop clean a bit cumbersome (there are so many things to clean around!). I use a mixture of ammonia and water to get the junk around the burners, although after just a few uses, it was obvious the cooktop would never be as smooth and glossy as it was before it was used. Stains on the burners do not come off, but I've decided if I wanted them to look new, I'd just buy new ones and then never use the stove! I have never had any of my knobs rust (as experienced by a previous poster).

The lower oven has 5 racks. Before I bought it I was very impressed with the flexibility. But honestly, we took one rack out right away and stored it because it was simply in the way! I've never had a use for having so many racks, and could easily go down to 3 on a regular basis for as often as I use that lower oven.

Finally, from what I can tell, the timers only beep once when they are done, and give no reminder, so if you miss it, you really MISS it! I've had to train myself to really listen for that first and only beep! There might be a way to set it to give reminders, but honestly I haven't looked into it so don't know!