Best and Worst Range Brands of 2025
Which company makes the best ranges? CR’s testing and survey data point to a few clear winners and other brands you might want to avoid.
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What makes a great range? The cooktop should be able to quickly get a skillet up to searing temperature for a prime rib-eye and then shift to a subtle simmer for a béchamel sauce. The oven should have plenty of usable space and provide even, accurate heat for baking and broiling. It should also have an effective self-cleaning function that helps with your cleanup. And finally, it should be reliable, because range repairs can be both difficult and expensive.
To determine which brands make the best ranges, CR created a statistical model that incorporates the Overall Scores for every gas, electric smoothtop, electric coil, and induction range in our ratings. Our calculations reflect lab performance, available features, predicted reliability, and owner satisfaction scores. We also looked at prices: Brands get credit for delivering high performance and reliability more affordably than their competitors.
If you’re concerned that prices might spike in the coming year, the following information could help you make the best choice for both your cooking pleasure and your wallet.
Below, we cover models and brands in two categories: gas ranges and the combination of induction, smoothtop, and electric coil ranges. For each of those categories, we included only brands with at least three ranges in our current ratings. Note that we don’t include pro-style ranges because we don’t test enough models to reach the lower limit in our best brands analysis.
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