Confusion often arises when referring to an oven, range, cooktop or stove. What do each of them actually mean and have we been referring to them properly? Two of these can basically be used interchangeably, however, the other two are simply components of the other two. Below we break down a range, oven, cooktop and stove down by their definition.

Range

A range is a cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners or heating elements.

Oven

An oven is a chamber used for baking, heating, or drying.

Cooktop

A cooktop is the flat top of a range.

Stove

A stove is a portable or fixed apparatus that burns fuel or uses electricity to provide heat (as for cooking or heating).

Below is a diagram to better illustrate:

Many of us confuse the words stove and range when in actuality, they are one in the same. They both contain a cooktop and oven, but an oven can’t have a cooktop and a cooktop can’t have an oven. Make sense?

Should any of the three components give you a hard time (range/stove, cooktop, or oven), we are here to help! Give us a call at 817-568-2866 and we will be happy to send one of our professional technicians to your home to diagnose your appliance.

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