Having both a gas and an electric oven is a great feature if you are a
serious cook. The gas oven cooks with a "wet" heat because of the water
vapor formed when the hydrogen in the gas is burned. The electric is a
dry heat. In an oven dry heat is better for crisping and crusting
things. Bread and Pizza will come out better from an electric oven. A
wood fired oven will also turn out a better "crispier" surface and more
crunch than gas fired. Since wood is principally carbon, little or no
water(steam) is formed in wood combustion, similar to an electric oven.

I know this doesn't solve your dilemma, but it may make your selection
somewhat easier.

EJ in NJ

DManzaluni wrote:
Does anyone know when GE revamps their Profile models please? I need
to buy a range and it seems that the PGB918SEM is the only real
contender: There is a Maytag with a double GAS oven (for some
inexplicable reason the second oven on this GE gas range is electric)
but it seems to lack significant features.

My concern is that this model has been on the market for a few years
and I understand they revamp their range cosmetically every year or
so. With minor revamps of the features every few models. And this one
is suddenly being heavily discounted and offerred with hundred dollar
rebates. (not real rebates: You have to buy more than one qualifying
product)

I am wondering whether they will suddenly offer a model with a second
gas oven five minutes after I have spent a ton of dough re-wiring my
whole kitchen to accomodate this electric oven (at the minute the fuse
blows every time we use the microwave for more than a few minutes with
almost anything else around the whole flat turned on)

[My present range is also a GE Profile and the glass top suddenly
shattered and I discovered that replacement costs about three times
what the whole unit is worth]