About a month ago our old stove finally sighed it's last breath. I decided to order the Unique Elite 36" On-Grid Propane Range. It finally arrived and at first glance, I am really impressed. In fact, it's the nicest stove I've ever cooked on. She's a beauty!

The stove is unique. There aren't all the bells and whistles that most modern stoves have. There are not flashy lights, timers, beeps or other indicators. The design is meant to be as efficient as possible.

I'll do a thorough review in a month or so when I've put it through it's paces. Here are some of the unique features.

Made in Canada.

It's sort of cool that a product like this is made here on Canadian soil. Sometimes it seems like we don't manufacture very much anymore.

Battery powered ignition and lights.

The stove takes 4 x 9V batteries. 2 for the interior stove light and two for the ignition. It will be interesting to see how long they last. The light is a button you hold down, and as soon as you release the button it shuts off. This means you can't accidentally leave the light on.

The broiler is in the oven itself and not in a lower compartment. I love this!

Our old oven had the broiler in the drawer where most electric stoves store cookie sheets. This was so cumbersome. On their website they say that this is the only waist-high broiler in an off-grid range. It's infrared and browns really evenly.

Indicators and Igniters

There is a little switch that you flip when you want to ignite the over or broiler. The little red/green indicators tells you when the stove is ready to ignite. A little line will move from the red area to the green, once it hits the green you can turn your dial to the temp you want and you'll hear the stove fire up.

Italian Made Grates

The grates are really heavy duty and there's plenty of air flow. This is really ideal for me because when I am canning some of the pots are really big and they used to be a bit unbalanced. This stove has a griddle in the middle. You lift off the cover to expose the griddle. I would have preferred more grates but they did not have that option.

Complaints

So far my only complaint is with the oven dial. It's hard to see what temperature you've set the oven to. The dial does not click or give any sort of indication to help you. With time this will just become natural to me but right now I have to stand back and kind of eyeball it to make sure I've set it to the right temp.

The stove needs to be lifted and pushed back against the wall. The legs are adjustable to get the perfect height. We are renovating the kitchen so I haven't bothered to do this yet. It's really heavy, 220lb so I wont be sliding it in and out to clean as often as I might like.

Today I'm going to get some baking in and test out how evenly it cooks. This stove is a really big deal for me. We've been using "the worst stove in the world" for about three years. It had more quirks than not. I am excited about how much more efficient I will be able to be when it comes to food prep and preserving!

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