KitchenAid® 30″ Stainless Steel Slide In Electric Downdraft Range | Dick Van Dyke Appliance World
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Model #: KSEG950ESS
$3,429.99
At a Glance
This all-in-one eclectic range includes Downdraft, which integrates the ventilation system so a separate hood is not needed. Smoke and odors can be removed outside or filtered air can be recirculated inside. This range helps you achieve flawless cooking results thanks to Even-Heat™ True Convection. The unique bow-tie design and convection fan ensure the entire oven is heated perfectly. It also has a Steam Rack that offers the ability to add moisture to the oven and enhances cooking results.
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Misc. Specs
| Product Weight (lbs.) | 162 |
|---|---|
| Air Fry | No |
| Cooktop Features | Digital Display, Downdraft, Hot Surface Indicator Light, Digital Display, Downdraft |
| No. |
7 |
| Depth w/Door Open 90 Degrees (in.) | 48.75 |
| Appliance Fit Width (in.) | 30 |
| Manufacturer Warranty | 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor |
| Total Capacity (cu. ft.) | 6.4 |
| Color Finish Name | Stainless Steel |
| Number of Elements Burner Cooking Zones | 4 |
| Number Of Rack Positions | 7 |
| ADA Compliant | Yes |
| Induction Cooking | No |
| Range Type | Slide-In |
| Number of Elements/Burners | 4 |
| Convection Cooking | Yes |
| Hot Surface Indicator | Yes |
| Cooktop Surface Style | Glass-Top |
| Cut Out Width | 30 |
| Voltage | 240 |
| Amp | 40 |
| Fuel Type | Electric |
| Number of Oven(s) | Single |
| Appliance Color | Stainless Steel |
Depth (in. ) |
28.88 |
| Height (in.) | 36 |
| Width (in.) | 29.88 |
| Oven Features | Self-Cleaning, LED Display, Broiler in Oven, Gliding/Roll Out Rack, Hidden Bake Element, Delay Bake/Start, Keep Warm, Proofing Mode |
| Oven Cleaning Method | Self Cleaning |
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At a Glance
This all-in-one eclectic range includes Downdraft, which integrates the ventilation system so a separate hood is not needed. Smoke and odors can be removed outside or filtered air can be recirculated inside. This range helps you achieve flawless cooking results thanks to Even-Heat™ True Convection. The unique bow-tie design and convection fan ensure the entire oven is heated perfectly. It also has a Steam Rack that offers the ability to add moisture to the oven and enhances cooking results.
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Downdraft
Integrates the ventilation system right into the range so that a separate hood is not needed. Smoke and odors can be removed and taken outside or air can be filtered and recirculated inside. A duct free kit can be purchased separately.
Even-Heat™ True Convection
Produces flawless results. The unique bow-tie design and convection fan ensure the inside of the entire oven is heated to, and stays at, the perfect temperature.
Steam Rack
Offers the ability to provide additional moisture to the inside of the oven, enhancing cooking results.
6.4 Cu Ft Capacity
This electric slide-in range provides a large cooking capacity that easily handles multiple dishes at once.
4 Cooking Elements
Provides four independent cooking surfaces that allow you to do more on your range.
It features a double cooking zone of 6 and 10 inches, one 10 inch zone, plus two 6 inch cooking zones.
EasyConvect™ Conversion
Takes the guesswork out of convection cooking by converting conventional settings for recipes to convection settings for you.
Aqualift®
Cleans your oven in less than an hour without odors and at a temperature below 200°F. This innovative system combines low heat with water to release baked-on spills.
Glass Touch Controls
Offer an intuitive, easy-to-use touch screen experience.
SatinGlide® Max Racks
Move smoothly in and out, allowing effortless loading and unloading, even with large or heavy dishes.
Side Trim Accessory Kit
This optional accessory kit will cover damaged countertops and unfinished edges from an old slide- in range to make them beautiful again. Trim pieces come in black, white and stainless to seamlessly match your new range.
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| Product Weight (lbs.) | 162 |
| Air Fry | No |
| Cooktop Features | Digital Display, Downdraft, Hot Surface Indicator Light, Digital Display, Downdraft |
| No. of Rack Positions | 7 |
| Depth w/Door Open 90 Degrees (in.) | 48.75 |
| Appliance Fit Width (in.) | 30 |
| Manufacturer Warranty | 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor |
| Total Capacity (cu. ft.) | 6.4 |
| Color Finish Name | Stainless Steel |
| Number of Elements Burner Cooking Zones | 4 |
| Number Of Rack Positions | 7 |
| ADA Compliant | Yes |
| Induction Cooking | No |
| Range Type | Slide-In |
| Number of Elements/Burners | 4 |
| Convection Cooking | Yes |
| Hot Surface Indicator | Yes |
| Cooktop Surface Style | Glass-Top |
| Cut Out Width | 30 |
| Voltage | 240 |
| Amp | 40 |
| Fuel Type | Electric |
| Number of Oven(s) | Single |
| Appliance Color | Stainless Steel |
Depth (in. ) |
28.88 |
| Height (in.) | 36 |
| Width (in.) | 29.88 |
| Oven Features | Self-Cleaning, LED Display, Broiler in Oven, Gliding/Roll Out Rack, Hidden Bake Element, Delay Bake/Start, Keep Warm, Proofing Mode |
| Oven Cleaning Method | Self Cleaning |
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KitchenAid KSEG950ESS review: Downdraft vent, quick cooking make for an impressive KitchenAid oven
Forget about those stand mixers on every home baker’s Pinterest board.
KitchenAid has become a formidable presence in the large appliance arena as the manufacturer continues to produce versatile ranges with features that compete with those of luxury brands, such as Thermador and Jenn-Air. This is especially true with the KitchenAid KSEG950ESS, an electric slide-in range that includes a downdraft ventilation system that eliminates smoke or steam from stovetop cooking. This design feature shows that KitchenAid has its eyes on improving the entire cooking experience, along with producing good food.
The downdraft system isn’t perfect. Neither was the KitchenAid oven’s performance during my double-rack convection baking tests. But the KSEG950ESS’s stellar boil and broil times, along with the vent’s noticeable reduction in smoke, make this range a worthwhile contender for a place in your kitchen, especially if you don’t have an overhead vent or fan. Unfortunately, the ventilation, slide-in design and stainless steel finish come at a hefty cost of $3,149, a cost that will put this range out of reach for many consumers.
If you fall into this bucket, consider the Samsung NE59J730SB electric range, a similarly fast but flawed appliance that costs less than $1,000.
Vent interferes with KitchenAid’s minimalist design
KitchenAid designs its ovens with simplicity in mind. The brand’s ranges usually have clear controls, straight lines and stainless steel that provide a profile that would fit well into most home kitchens. The same features are present with the KSEG950ESS, but the downdraft ventilation system does introduce a challenge on the stovetop.
In the built-in downdraft ventilation system, a fan sucks cooking fumes such as smoke or steam through a vent grate and a filter located in the middle of the cooktop. The system then expels those fumes through ductwork that leads outside. If you don’t have any type of ventilation system already in your kitchen, you’ll need to bring in someone who knows their way around HVAC systems to install the oven and proper ductwork to use this oven’s ventilation method to its full potential.
This also might mean some renovation to accommodate the KSEG950ESS, a much bigger pain than just rolling an oven into your house and plugging it in. Once we did hook up the ventilation system in the test kitchen, the vent sucked lots of smoke as it rolled off the bacon I cooked on the stovetop. But when I had a double batch of bacon going, there was enough smoke in the air to warrant turning on the overhead vent in the test kitchen. The downdraft ventilation is a step in the right direction if your kitchen already has a ventilation system, but you don’t like large hoods looming in your kitchen. However, the installation of this system could create more problems than it’s worth if you have to start from scratch with the ductwork required to exhaust fumes outside.
The downdraft vent is located right in the middle of the cooktop, a logical but inconvenient location. Its location eliminates room for a fifth burner or space for a spoon rest, salt and pepper shakers and other items that find their way to the stovetop.
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The vent grate and filter are removable, so you can clean the parts when they get covered in grease and food splatters. Tyler Lizenby/CNET
The problems with the cooktop continue to the burners, which provide 1,200-3,200 watts of power. The ceramic glass cooktop is black with a slightly textured diamond design. KitchenAid marks the location of the burners with black circles with four dots located around the perimeter. There’s not a huge difference between the appearance of the burners and the rest of the cooktop, so I often had to readjust pots and pans after I turned on a burner and could see the heating element for a more precise position.
The touchpad that controls the oven and downdraft fan is located at the front edge of the cooktop. The keys were very sensitive: I accidentally turned on the oven several times if I leaned too closely over the touchpad to check a pot of food cooking on one of the back burners. The eight cooking options for the oven include traditional and convection baking, roasting and broiling.
There is also a steam bake option, a feature we’ve seen in other KitchenAid models that allows you to include a tray of water under a specially made oven rack to add steam to your cooking.
The burner knobs are located on the front of the oven with the burner key located on the top edge of the stovetop. Three of the burners have multiple functions that add versatility but are confusing to get the hang of. For example, the front right burner is a “dual zone” cooking element that can combine an outer burner with an inner burner for larger cookware. However, the knob is split in half to control either the single or dual burners, which makes it confusing to figure out how much firepower you’re using with this burner. This is similar to the clutter Rapid Boil burner knob on the Samsung NE59J7630SB electric range .
The KitchenAid KSEG950ESS’s oven provides an impressive 6.4 cubic feet of space that makes this the largest single-cavity oven we’ve seen on an electric range (the LG LRE3021ST comes in second with a 6.
3 cubic-foot capacity). KitchenAid also includes a recessed rack for baking large items like roast, a traditional rack that includes a slot for the steam bake insert and a gliding rack.
Traditional cooking overshadows convection fan’s abilities
An oven’s convection fan distributes hot air more evenly throughout the oven for more even cooking. This is a feature most manufacturers recommend you use for roasting meats, broiling thick cuts of meat or baking more than one rack of food. The KSEG950ESS’s fan did not live up to the hype of convection baking. During my convection baking tests, I baked two sheets of biscuits (a dozen biscuits per sheet) for 9 minutes. Round after round, the top rack of biscuits came out much paler than the bottom rack of biscuits, which showed me that the heat from the hidden bake element at the bottom of the oven wasn’t reaching the top rack very well, even with the help of the convection fan.
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The biscuits on the top rack (top photo) were lighter than the biscuits that baked beneath them (bottom photo), even with the convection fan in use.
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The convection roast mode was also a bit of a letdown. I roasted a chicken for an hour and 20 minutes when it hit 165 degrees F (KitchenAid includes a separate meat probe with the KSEG950ESS), and the result was a bird that was golden, but a bit too dry for my tastes.
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The roast chicken was good, but not great after it cooked in the KitchenAid KSEG950ESS. Tyler Lizenby/CNET
The KSEG950ESS does, however, earned an award for most improved performance when I started my baking and broiling tests that don’t include using the convection fan. Without the convection fan, the oven baked one sheet of eight biscuits evenly during each of my three rounds of tests.
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The KSEG950ESS performed better in traditional baking mode. Ashlee Clark Thompson/CNET
The oven also performed well during my broil tests. It took an average of 13.6 minutes to bring six hamburger patties to 145 degrees F. The last KitchenAid electric oven I reviewed, the KFDD500ESS , took 17.
75 minutes to cook the burgers, so it was good to see improvement in the broiling speed within the brand. However, there was a lot of smoke during the test. The downdraft fan came in handy, but I still needed to turn on the test kitchen’s traditional hood to dissipate some of the smoke.
Hamburger Broiling Test (Electric Models)
Samsung NE59J7850WS 12.32KitchenAid KSEG950ESS 13.6Kenmore 41313 14.32LG LRE3021ST 14.75Samsung NE59J7630SB 15.08KitchenAid KFDD500ESS 17.75Frigidaire FGEF3030PF 18.18
Note: Time to achieve 145 degrees F, in minutes
Stovetop provides smooth, fast performance
The cooking times I saw during my cooktop tests tempered my initial frustrations with the KitchenAid KSEG950ESS’s cooktop appearance. The burners perform their assigned tasks well.
The left rear burner has a melt setting that’s designed for delicate foods that need to cook on low heat. I put 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips in a sauce pan on the burner and let the melt setting do its thing.
There’s no need to worry about scorched cookware on this setting, which takes cooking low and slow very seriously. It took 33 minutes and 46 seconds to melt the chocolate while I occasionally stirred the chips and more than an hour when I didn’t stir it.
On the other end of the spectrum, the rapid boil burner at the front right of the cooktop boiled 112 ounces of water in an average of 9.13 minutes. That makes the KSEG950ESS one of the best electric cooktop when it comes to bringing water to a rolling boil.
Large-Burner Boil Test (Electric Models)
Kenmore Elite 97723 8.68KitchenAid KSEG950ESS 9.13Samsung NE59J7630SB 9.33Kenmore 41313 9.4Maytag MET8720DS 9.7Frigidaire FGEF3030PF 11.92LG LRE3021ST 12.17
Note: Time to achieve rolling boil, in minutes
When I simmered cans of tomato soup, the temperature would waver when I transitioned the burner from medium to low, but it eventually evened out. However, the burner kept the soup hotter than other electric cooktops during the same test.
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The KitchenAid KSEG950ESS kept tomato soup hotter than other electric cooktops. Ashlee Clark Thompson/CNET
Final thoughts
The KitchenAid KSEG950ESS packs a lot into 30 inches of appliances, especially when you consider the range’s downdraft ventilation system. Though the convection fan left much to be desired, and the downdraft ventilation is a lot of work to install, the appliance is a strong performer in traditional baking and broiling modes, and the stovetop is equipped to cook foods delicately or rapidly, depending on what you’re in the mood for. The $3,149 is a steep price for a range, but it would be money well spent on the KitchenAid KSEG950ESS.
Who manufactures Downdraft electrical ranges?
GE, Kenmore, Jenn-Air and KitchenAid manufacture electric ranges with built-in downdraft exhaust systems. Appliance stores such as Sears sell downflow electric stoves, as do online retailers.
In 2015, Kenmore produced six downdraft exhaust ranges, but only four were electric. Kenmore manufactures 30″ and 36″ electric downdraft cookers in black or stainless steel.
GE manufactures downdraft ceramic hobs. All ceramic hobs come with four burners and come in white, black and stainless steel.
Jenn-Air also manufactures 30″ and 36″ electric downflow cookers. Their models are electric radiant heat combined with a three speed fan. The Jenn-Air range also allows consumers to choose between 9″ and 6″ elements.
KitchenAid offers a 30″ four-element electric range and a 36″ five-element option. Both hobs are part of the KitchenAid Architect range of appliances.
Samsung also manufactures downdraft electric stoves. Their models are often installed on self-cleaning ovens.
Downstream technology is available in both active and core systems. In active systems, cooks press a button that raises a vent from the back of the stove. The vent turns on and directs smoke, grease and fumes through the system and out of the home.