LG LRG4115ST vs Amana AER5630BAW

While most ovens have a heating element at the bottom, this oven has a heating element mounted at the rear that works together with a fan for true convection. This eliminates burnt bottoms when baking biscuits or cookies. Also, the convection allows you to cook meat with excellent results.

This is one of the largest single-oven consumer level ranges you can buy. It has a massive 6.3 cu.ft oven capacity and allows you to use three racks at once.

This range’s cooktop is large and versatile, with four burners of different sizes and heating capabilities. There is an oval burner in the middle that can be used with the included griddle or other types of long cookware.

The oven will let you know when it has reached the designated preheat setting, so you can place the food inside at the right moment and minimize energy waste.

This range has a timer that allows you to preset a time for cooking, so you can, for example, have hot food when you arrive home. You can also use it to schedule the self-cleaning modes.

The cooktop has an oval burner where an included griddle can be attached. It works well for cooking things like pancakes, eggs, or bacon.

The front right burner can quickly produce lots of heat, which is great for boiling water in almost no time at all.

Thanks to the continuous cast iron grates, it is very easy to move heavy cookware around the cooktop.

Since the broiler is not very hot or powerful, broiling doesn’t produce as much smoke as with some other ranges.

You can keep your already-cooked food warm while rest of the food finishes cooking.

The control panel’s display is clear and easy to understand. The responsiveness is also quite good.

The burner knobs are angled towards the user, making it easier to access them.

The range has two cleaning modes. Steam cleaning is meant for gentle cleaning that makes it easier to remove grease from the cavity. Pyrolytic cleaning, on the other hand, burns off tough stains, but this takes more time and is harsher to the oven.

Thanks to the efficient heating element and the well-insulated cavity, the oven preheats very quickly. It only takes about 8 minutes to reach 350 ºF, which is faster than other large ovens that usually need more than 10 minutes to reach the same temperature.

With a price tag below $800 and overall impressive features, this range is an excellent product when it comes to price-performance ratio.

The oven delivers very good baking performance despite not having any convection units or specialized modes. It takes only a short while for the oven to reach the desired temperature. Temperatures are distributed evenly throughout the cavity, preventing burned or undercooked items.

There are four heating elements on the rangetop, one of which is a double ring useful for both small and large pots. All of the elements can reach temperatures high enough for stir-frying and searing. Additionally, the elements can provide low temperatures, ideal for simmering and melting.

The range has a self-cleaning system, which heats up the cavity to extreme temperatures to burn off the debris. However, as this procedure imposes some stress onto the oven, it's not recommended to use it too frequently.