Best Westinghouse Freestanding Ovens

Am well satisfied with this purchase – Had to replace 1 hotplate so far and now need another one replaced, plus ovenlight, also timer doesn't work (but I think that was my fault as I was a… Read more

bit rough with it. Overall I am very satisfied with the quality and performance over the eight years of ownership. Good value!

Daily saviour – It's been a great help with these. I recommend this product this will make your baking so easy. Show details

Nice oven – I read a few reviews which I think were a little unfair, if the reviewers had read the product manual they would have not had those problems. One… Read more

reviewer complained about not being able to clean between the glass in the oven door, but the glass panel slides out very easily so its simple to clean. Another said the grill didn't cook well, but the manual says to preheat the grill for 15 minutes, and when that was done it did a nice job with a toasted cheese sandwhich.

I do agree with the reviewer who complained about the vents at the rear trapping food, I would like a lightweight metal screen supplied to temporarily place over the vents to protect while stove-top cooking. Or a way to remove the top would have been better design. I have solved the problem for now with a strip of aluminum foil doubled over and placed lightly over that area. It lives inside the oven until needed, as the vents need to be clear when the grill is being used.

Ease of use and Functional – One week in with family in from interstate. Very old but reliable Simpson 2001 Free Standing Stove finally became too problematic to use. A rush to… Read more

get something installed. As usual off to The GoodGuys found exactly what I wanted. Westinghouse Free Standing Stove WLE522WC. Paid for next day delivery, installation and removal of old unit. Store organised everything. Perfectly suited my needs, had everything I needed. My daughter took over and cooked every night for the week with me over her shoulder as assistant. Top Controls away from grand kids, simple timer seperate grill door, coil top elements. Cooked on top, used grill (with door open) and oven for roasts or warming all at the same time. One large drip tray below all 4 heating elements is practical as is easy clean top with removable chrome rings. Not a solid build but everything needed to get dinner happening. A local build, good quality and a great buy at a low price.

The induction cooktop completely stopped working in less than a week from installation, potentially due to a problem with a sensor (error code E7). Show details

Poorly designed – I purchased this less than a year ago from Appliances Online. Pros - it looks great, especially for a smaller stove. The oven is absolutely… Read more

brilliant and cooks everything really well. The hotplate is fine, except the largest one is at the front, and not the back.

Cons - the controls are at waist level and are very easy to move. If you accidentally brush past them it will turn on the hotplate - the numbers are also very hard to see and you have to bend right down to see the temperatures etc. I wear glasses so this isn't great. Also, the venting gap, instead of being behind the control bar as it usually is, is at the back behind the ceramic hotplates so you effectively have a large gap which water or oil potentially could fall through. Nowhere in the specs does it tell you how to deal with this so I purchased silicone gap covers (NOTE * DON'T USE THE GAP COVERS WHEN THE GRILL OR OVEN ARE ON).

The grill is much smaller than the usual and it's hard to use.

Also our oven light stopped working yesterday - the last oven we had, the bulb lasted 5 years but ok, that's not the worst thing, as annoying as it is. We've had the most extraordinary difficulty finding out what light bulb to buy, which of course isn't the type you can purchase from Woolies, oh no, it's a special bulb you have to buy online. That isn't the worst thing though - there is nowhere in the specs or online that tells you what bulb to buy, we needed to turn off the oven and remove the old light which still doesn't display which wattage you need so we're purchasing a 25 watt to be on the safe side. It's been an unnecessarily convoluted experience just to buy an oven light. Would it have been so hard to show in the specs?

By the way, this light bulb is really hard to find - it's only at a couple of places, ebay being one of them. After 2 hours of looking and attempting to order it, we still haven't been successful.

The whole oven has been designed badly and if I had little kids, I wouldn't buy it. The oven light bulb, for anyone who needs it, is as follows;

G9 Halogen

Shocking oven, must have got a dud – Our oven door lock became faulty, and the oven would not turn on. This and the door handle cracked. Called Electrolux (who own Westinghouse), they… Read more

sent out serviceman. A new door plastic part and door lock ordered and replaced (promptly). Very next day oven would not turn on and door lock again faulty. Serviceman showed up again next day to inspect and noted broken, had no idea where to go from here, so he left without knowing what was happening. Called him a day later, stated new lock and now power board ordered to be replaced. Waited 2 weeks for that, Serviceman arrived with parts and fixed both - now works. However, after removing the gas stove assembly the top section is screwed on slanted with a notable gap on the right side compared to the left (looks like total trash). Fast forward to a month later -- door handle has cracked below the same area, shortly after this happened the same top handle plastic broken again. Wife also noted that the grill function is not even working after turning that on. What else could possibly go wrong with this unit? Will be uploading pictures! Westinghouse - I will be calling you in the next few days! Definitely want a refund and different model thanks!

Totally hopeless. Try lighting the top burners and its hit and miss. Also tried with a gas filled hand held igniter and hold for a sensible time, the… Read more

let go of the knob and out it goes. So frequent does this happen that it takes 3 - 5 attempts before it actually stays on. Husband looked into it and said visually there is nothing he can see is wrong. It now lays dormant in the kitchen and I go to the outside veranda and use my old Technika (Italian made) 5 Burner Stainless Steel cooktop, that has never given any problems at all and I have had that for years. Seriously considering swapping both units, as I have never used the Westinghouse oven other than to hold cooking pans. Westinghouse is a dud for me now, and the more companies that outsource their products, the list is growing to avoid them at all cost will get even longer.