Westinghouse WLE525WA / WLE527WA / WLE535WA / WLE537WA

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

Oven door – Oven and stove top very functional. Issue with small area of pitting/rust of metal door where it meets glass. Electrolux Customer service offered a satisfactory resolution to fix problem. Thank you Denise. Show details

Simple and practical oven that is easy to use – I absolutely love this oven! For a small oven it does what I need it to do. There is plenty of room to cook dinner and also bake snacks at the same time. It cooks the food evenly and quickly which is important at dinner time. Easy to clean and maintain. Super happy with the purchase of this oven :) Show details

Does its job – I bought this as a replacement for Westinghouse Kimberly that came with our house - must have been 10+ old :). For a small oven, it has plenty of room. The oven cooks food evenly - cooks my lasagna in exactly the time the recipe says. I like that the big burner is at the front unlike other brands that it's at the back - when you use a wok, it… Read more

doesn't fit properly, this one.. does nicely.

The oven door is a step up as well - no panel is removable and spatters won't get in between panels - looks like in one piece. This will be easier to clean.

I don't like the grill tray though. It doesn't retract smoothly. It needs a bit of pull and push to move it.

The timer doesn't ring loud enough. I've only heard it once so far out of 10 or so instances of using it.

In my rental – Note: I didn't buy this product but it was in my rental. I am not sure when my landlord put it in but it seems fairly new. I was worried because its not fan forced and I love to bake. However cakes come out lovely in this and it pre-heats quickly. Grill is bit slow. Stovestop is good. Some plates work better than others but none heat up excessivly… Read more

like ive seen with other cooktops. Im pretty sure its one of the lower range westinghouse stoves but its pretty good.

This oven is the worst oven I have ever had – I had the non fan forced model before I got this one as the other model was deemed not suitable for baking cakes. The fan forced model is slightly better but you have to keep turning the cake regularly during cooking otherwise it cooks unevenly. I can't wait till I have enough money to buy another brand.  Show details

Brand New 1 Day Old: Enamel top getting hot like Oven – Just bought a new and got it installed today. After the electrician left just got it started to check, the enamel top gets extremely hot in 15 mins. Customer care says its normal and technician may charge $145 call out fee if its not manufacturing fault. I wonder whose fault is it for a brand new oven 1 day old. Thanks Con  Show details

Perfect to cook on – My favourite features on the Westinghouse oven is the hot plates get really hot easy and cook to the right temperature making my food nice and juicy and lovely to eat I also think of the oven is perfect cooking because I've already cooked roast in it and my roast turned out absolutely perfect  Show details

Perfect cooking – My top of the range is Westinghouse I have had a few ovens over the past few years which only last for around 4 Year’s compared to my previous Westinghouse which lasted for years. I have now purchased the Westinghouse and love the way it cooks Top elements go on fast and when turned off don’t take too long in heating up Love the grill Love how… Read more

easy it is to clean the top and that there are no element trays just one large tray that slides out for easy cleaning

Only thing I don’t like is the oven door with the double glass that has a divide between them which stuff get in and is very hard to clean almost like one glass needs to slide off for cleaning, but that is the only problem

So great cooking and easy cleaning

Decent oven, well built at a reasonable price – I bought this oven to replace the aging Westinghouse upright that I had in a rental property that I own. I would have preferred to buy the WLE547 with the ceramic glass cooktop, but for some strange reason the design of this one places the large heating element at the back where it is impossible to centre a large pot. The 537 has solid hobs, so… Read more

they are the next best thing as far as cleaning goes.

The cooker is easy to operate, however the manual is not very good and I have been unable to set the clock to the correct time following the directions.

The double glass doors look good and keep the exterior cool while the oven is on and the oven area looks easy to clean as there are no wire guides for the racks.

My tenant used the oven last night and was happy with the results and very grateful for the new cooker.

Not Happy – Not Happy. Have a WLE525 stove. Rang helpline, but lady did not seem to understand. Oven set to 220. No hotplates on whatsoever but all hotplates and stovetop heat to 50deg. when oven is on. Lady told me what size saucepans to use on hotplates. Not relevant. Only oven on.  Show details

Exellent! – Love that it heats up quickly. Easy to clean, both inside and outside. The oven's temperature is spot on. I like the big oven space. This is value for money. Good for the budget conscious. It is not fan-forced but it is still ok. The oven cooks evenly. Love it.  Show details

Does everything we want well – We live in a small unit and wanted to upgrade the old stand alone unit. We wanted fan forced, easy to clean and control knobs out of reach of grand children. Can't fault the oven, I like to bake and have cooked many slices and cakes to perfection in this oven. Cooktop coils are easy to clean and cook timer is simple to use. Grill is also easy to use and clean. All in all very happy with this purchase  Show details

It's not a good stove top – The hot plates have gone rusty the second time I used it and I can't get them clean . It looks terrible . It was new when we moved into the house . The hot plates take too long to cool down and food starts to burn if I don't take it off the hot plate  Show details

New oven – I recently needed an upgrade of my oven and i have always used Westinghouse. Again i purchased a Westinghouse oven and to be honest im happy with my oven for the price it cooks pretty even, its easy to clean which i really happy with as my last oven was alot harder to clean.  Show details

Overheating top with no appropriate customer service – The stove looks nice and appears easy to clean, but the top solid elements heat up for so long and take a while to cool down. I noticed INSTANTLY a massive spike in my power bill and the risk of burning as the top enamel heats up to scalding. I rang customer service who advised me I can gamble the $145 call out fee to be advised if this was normal… Read more

or not. Being a rental my landlord won't care and neither was customer care.

This is not helpful and not safe.

Poor performance – Okay it's a cheapy but this stove is not even worth the cheap price tag. The hot plates take a good 5 minutes to cool down by this time your food is burnt if you don't remove it from the heat and if you do the food has stopped cooking. Off to the dump with this one as I wouldn't sell it to anyone else.

Okay – Good for the price but not perfect, the cook top don't heat like it should, the oven heat circulation is not so good, you have to be close when baking as it can burn the food. The hot plates changes colour after the first use and turn to yellow immediately.  Show details

Great addition to a functional kitchen! – This is a great oven for its price and features - heats food well and the hot plates are effective and easy to clean. Fan force feature speeds up cooking and makes reheating a breeze. Highly recommended, particularly for ease of use, price point and ability to clean. A nice addition to a small, though functional, kitchen.  Show details

Fast, efficient, and it looks so good – I purchased this oven for my elderly mother. I needed an appliance which was not too technical to use, but also efficient. It has delivered everything we needed, plus it looks so good! Both the stove top and oven functions are intuitive, fast heating, and easy to clean. I'd have no hesitation in buying one for myself when the time comes.  Show details

Good & does its job – Our new WLE527WA cooker actually replaced an old version of same brand, though this new one has a fan forced oven. With the many cooks so far, the oven cooks great & food cooks nice & even. The hot plates work well also & am pleased this model has the large hot plate coil ring at the front of the stove, so large pots can be used. My only very… Read more

slight negative comment would be the outside of the oven & surroundings of hot plates seem to become hotter than the old model use to, so one must beware.

So far so good & would recommend to anyone wanting a good general overall oven.

Hot plate heat regulation faulty – Terrible, terrible, terrible, all four of the stove top elements have stopped regulating heat. This has happened progressively over the last 10 months or so. I see this is not an uncommon problem. I wonder what the manufacturer has been doing about this identified issue. Disappointed customer awaiting a manufacturers response to this issue.  Show details

Great upright Stove! – The cooktop is great, heats up and cools down quickly. The oven bakes brilliantly and evenly, no fan means it takes a little longer to heat up, but its worth it. The oven is well insulated at the front, so its not heating up the entire kitchen when you're cooking. Nice bright light and full glass panels makes it easy to see what your cooking. Cant fault this basic yet great model. Thanks.  Show details

thermally Dangerous. What is the standard for outside surface temp on an oven – We have only used the 535's oven twice, and both times were amazed at the surface temperature of the units outside. It would appear to reach dangerous levels, where it is scoldingly hot to touch. Not just on the glass but the door, sides and the stove top, all from the oven. I am sure in winter this will be of great benefit, but in summer… Read more

none. With this much heat conduction it must be an enormous energy waster as well, though I did not get to see the energy rating.

My advice, walk on by unless you are looking to weigh something down out at sea!

Grest Stove – Just purchased this a week ago and we are very happy with the way it cooks. Stove top is quick to heat and the oven works well. We especially like that it does NOT have a 'cooling fan' and chose it because of that fact. Cooks a roast well and quick to boil and cook on the stove top. Like that it is an Australian product - replaced an older gas… Read more

stove we had for over 20 years - also a Westinghouse - and briefly had another brand which we were not happy with. My wife prefers it to cooking on gas. The Good Guys were really good to deal with. Cheers

Overpriced, short on quality, worse than before – Westinghouse, a manufacturer thats cornered the market then produces poorly designed standalone ovens and skimps on quality for these products. 2 Weeks old, WLE525WA grill falls out and sideways Grill only has 3 rails? Their ovens have 6 rails for the grill for safe operation. Burner rings not same matching finish, doors feel flimsy. After 10… Read more

years of design product should be better, not worse. A poor example of Australian Manufacturing designed for quick $$.

Previous WLE 525 (2006 model) went crook on the hot plate controllers after 2 years, door frame then bent due to thin steel body and finally fan bearings went and oven blew up.

Update:- Parents whom this new oven was bought for could not get the grill trays to slide at all, they just jammed. So copied oven to use them. To fix grill, the rail asssemblies on sides had to be removed and bent outwards so the grill would insert. It seems location holes are in wrong place and rails flex inwards when installed. Trays just screech and grind now as tray grabs rail due to poor tray grooves. Still crappy, but now they don't fall out.

An absolute lemon – The reviews are very right the oven is a lemon the cakes you bake come rubbish spoke to customer service and couldn't get any answers and was brushed off what a CRAP oven i have had this product since new what a waste of money having two elements in the oven does not work stay away from Westinghouse products.

Bakers beware in my opinion this is a double grill Not an oven – I have this model and in my opinion it is the worst stove/oven I have ever had the misfortune to have in my home. Buffy is right about the hotplates but even worse is the "oven". It only has a top element and is unsuitable for baking cakes, pastries, biscuits or roasting meats. I stopped using it after the third time it set off the smoke… Read more

detectors. As a matter of home safety do not put any of the above into the so called oven and then leave it unattended as it may, in my opinion, cause a house fire, it has certainly burnt things enough to trigger the smoke alarms in my house and carbonized the top of my orange cake whilst the bottom was only half cooked.

I used to love Westinghouse products but after using this useless thing I will never buy any of their products. Falcon wrote about how easy it is to clean and I agree except for the fact that it is useless to cook with,I suppose if it does burn my house down it would make cleaning redundant.

Dreadful - all around disappointing – Bought the WLE535WA a bit under a year ago and so disappointed will have to chuck it and replace. Tried discussing disappointment with Westinghouse customer service, who suggested I sell it on ebay and try again. The solid elements are the worst. We had a Chef stove before with coil elements and it was just fine, even though it was at least… Read more

25 years old. The solid elements take forever to heat up, and then you just cannot bring anything down to a simmer in a reasonable time. The elements stay hot for ages. It is just a

monster to cook with. Lesson learned. The elements are also hard to clean and they look messy. The unit looks neat. Too long to heat up, too long to cool down to a simmer.

Entry Level Upright Cooker – This Australian made upright cooker is an ideal entry level model. It does what it is supposed to without fuss, cleaning is easy as most of its "bits" either lift up or slide out for better access. We were restricted to a 54cm cooker and this one fits into our kitchen nicely. The next level up cooker has a fan forced oven (but not wanted in our… Read more

situation). We also like the anti tip-over floor mounting bracket that holds the oven in place. Easy to use. The timer only has a short ring and can be missed