I took over some of the cooking in the kitchen while Jan was down with her foot surgery. I had always hated the fact that our oven would not heat to the set temperature and it was impossible to read the temperature on the display because it had gotten so dim. I always had to turn out all the lights in the kitchen and cup my hands to read the temperature - not acceptable. It was time to buy a new oven. We had a wall oven with a microwave above it in a separate wall insert. After looking around and checking Consumer Reports, we settled on an LG combo wall oven. It is really nice with some cool features (or should I say hot?). It has a water reservoir for steam baking and steam roasting! It is also "smart" - my Apple watch alerts me when the preheating is finished.
We ordered the oven from Best Buy - they had the best deal, and it took about three weeks to get it. It was on back order. It came and then the challenges began.
Sam and I took out the old oven and did some cutting and restructuring of the cabinet so we could fit the new oven and get some extra drawers. When the oven arrived, it weighed over 200 lbs. I ended up renting an appliance mover from Home Depot. It is like a manual fork lift using a crank. The rental was bent and off balance, so I had to have Sam stand on one side to counter balance while me and a friend (John Hall) pushed it into place. Another friend (Fritz Marohn) came by with a new circuit breaker for our sized oven and helped install it. It is good to have friends! I built the drawers and Sara had the drawer fronts made by her cabinet guy. It is all done now and we love it. The before and after shots are below.
Ovens and drawers
June 8, 2019