I have no experience with either of those, we have the Whirlpool brand. I have to say, I do love our range. We use the top oven almost all the time, which is the smaller one. It is big enough for most things. And it heats up soooo fast, like before I can even finish buttering the bread for toast. We got the extended warranty, which is good - we had to have the control panel replaced. But also we had to have the control panel replaced in both dishwashers as well. I don't know if I should attribute it to the salt air (we are oceanfront), or just poor manufacturing nowadays. They don't make things like they used to.

My stove is Whirlpool GGE388LXS Smoothtop Electric Range w/Double ovens
This stove is now available with an induction top(!!) which is what I would have gotten if it had been available at the time. WGI925C0BS

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.whirlpool.com/kitchen-1/cooking-2/ranges-3/-[WGI925C0BS]-1021750/WGI925C0BS/

I had a GE electric double oven range at our last house (7 years) and loved it. It was a big upgrade for me, and I got it half price as a floor model. The small oven was on top which I used most of the time, but that really depends on what you cook. The small oven was just too short for an angel food cake pan to give you an idea on size. The large bottom oven had a hidden element so it was extra big and also had convection which I rarely used, but would have been nice for my 22 lb turkey I made at last TG.

It always cooked/baked well, and I never had any problems with it. I always thought the broiler could use a little more power, but I think that is standard for the lower to mid range styles. I do miss having two ovens. The burners on my cheaper Maytag gas oven puts out more heat in the burners though, but even though its cheaper I lost some features like convection for more btu power.

I think if you're used to electric you will love the GE. Even though it had a lot of programmable stuff, and my dad always made my 90 year old grandma try to turn it on (which of course she couldn't do) it was a great range. If I had to buy another electric range I would get another GE double oven range in a heartbeat.

Just wanted to add the GE was a smooth top with an extra griddle burner or bridge burner going between two burners with an extra warmer small burner in the back. I couldn't use the warmer burned unless I used my smallest pot because of the back control panel but did love the bridge burner for my two burner griddle.

This post was edited by IowaCommute on Fri, May 9, 14 at 10:40