I bought my house a couple years ago, and the previous owner had replaced a gas range with a GE electric glass-top thing. It’s a slide-in range, if that matters. The gas line is still right there in the floor. An entirely new range isn’t in my budget right now, but I was wondering if I could find a matching gas stovetop and bolt it to the electric oven. GE sells duel-fuel ranges using this arrangement, but I can’t seem to find anyplace on the internet selling half a stove. I’m wondering if I could order something out of a parts catalog, or if the oven and stovetop are basically inseparable.
I doubt it, because the controls for the oven are connected to the cooktop. Removing the electric cooktop would remove the oven controls. But I doubt the cooktop can be easily removed anyway.
I’ve never seen any home appliances be modular enough that you could do that. I think to graft a gas cooktop to an electric oven would require a sawzall, a MIG welder and careful relocation of the oven controls.
What is the budget? As an “until we have enough” stopgap, you can get a basic gas range for $400 and up. Otherwise, dual-fuel ranges can get crazy expensive to the point that it’s probably cheaper to get a gas range and add an electric wall oven.
I just looked at our vintage 1970 electric stove. It looks like you could unbolt or unrivet the top section with the electric burners. What does yours look like? Also check the separate counter top units.
Perhaps Ebay or Craig’s list would have something your budget. I once paid less than the price of an oven heating element for a used built in oven and scraped the housing.