Where did traditional oven go?
We were looking at new RV's and somewhat shocked to find the tradition oven with cooktop burners seems to have vanished. Replacement is micro convection overs mounted high up at cabinet levels, and su...
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Passin Thru wrote:
I love it because the Mfgs are telling us what we demand. We demand radar on a car to back up? Bull! I've been backing for over 55 years without a camera or a radar and it' GOALS for me.. Get out and look Stupid! Works well even in the dark IMHO. Now , we demand Convection Ovens. I don't even know what one is. I agree with Kayteg1.
In the case of the convection oven and no gas oven, I don't thing the manufacturers are "telling us what we demand."
For many years, the gas oven/stove/microwave was standard equipment and the convection oven was an option. As more and more people began to order the convection oven option, dealers began to stock that option and not the standard stove/oven.
These days, except in the entry level models, the convection oven/stovetop is the standard and a gas stove/oven is optional.
That's market forces working.
The same thing is happening with residential refrigerators. Prior to the late 2015 model of the Itasca Meridian (and Winnebago Journey) the residential refrigerator, along with the battery and inverter upgrade, was optional. Now, those features are standard. I asked about that, when we were at Forest City last summer. They said that in the Meridian/Journey models, less that 20% of dealer orders were for the absorption refrigerators.
Tom
