Best Gas Ranges of 2023
These single- and double-oven models handily aced our rigorous lab tests
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Gas ranges have a lot going for them. Much of the appeal lies in the immediate response of the stove, which provides visual feedback as the flame grows or shrinks with the simple turn of a knob. Gas ranges (aka stoves) also work well with almost any cookware, including traditional round-bottomed woks that would wobble on a smoothtop or induction range. (Find out whether a gas range or electric range is best for you.)
Outside studies and CR’s own testing have found that cooking on a gas stove may produce byproducts that are bad for the environment and pose risks to respiratory health. While the full impacts have been the source of some controversy, one thing is clear: Ventilation is critical when you’re cooking on a gas range. Whether you’re stir-frying or baking, turn on the hood and crack open any windows and doors to assist with airflow.
How We Picked the Best Gas Ranges
At home centers and appliance stores, you’ll find dozens of gas ranges to choose from, some with fancier features than others. But what’s most important is a range’s ability to do some very basic cooking tasks really really well, day in and day out. That’s why we recommend only gas ranges that meet the following criteria:
- They heat quickly. While gas ranges don’t heat quite as quickly as the best induction or electric ranges, many still provide speedy boils for tasks like cooking pasta.
- They simmer steadily. The gas ranges here have a low-heat burner that’s capable of maintaining a steady temperature when simmering liquids, so you don’t need to stir constantly to avoid scorching foods like tomato sauce or chocolate.
- They bake and broil evenly. Cakes and cookies emerge uniformly baked from multiple racks. And the broilers heat evenly, even if they don’t pack the oomph of an electric broiler for high-temp searing.
- They offer plenty of space. Many manufacturers inflate oven sizes in gas ranges by counting the space where you can’t cook, like the bottom of the oven. We measure and score usable capacity from the lowest rack position.
- They’re reliable. We survey thousands of CR members each year about the reliability of their ranges and tabulate scores based on those responses.
How Consumer Reports Tests Ranges
To put a gas range through its paces, our experts use a combination of calibrated time and temperature measurements that size up how evenly an oven distributes heat. To do this, our test engineers bake more than 2,400 cookies and 400 cakes over the course of the year.
As for the cooktop, we test how quickly it heats water. We also evaluate simmer functions with tomato sauce and chocolate.
Below, we’ve rounded up the single- and double-oven gas ranges that did best in our tests.
Best Single-Oven Gas Ranges
If you don’t usually need to bake or broil more than one dish at a time, consider opting for a single-oven range to save some money. Bonus: You won’t have to stoop over as much as with a double-oven model to access your roast.
Best Double-Oven Gas Ranges
These models make baking two recipes at once a cinch. Be prepared, though, to bend a bit lower than you normally would to access what’s cooking in the lower portion.
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