Prepare Your KitchenAid Oven and Rangetop for the Upcoming Holiday Season

The holiday season is approaching fast. Some of us have big plans to leave our own homes and travel to visit with friends and family members, while others have invited the family over to their place where they will prepare the holiday feast. If you’re hosting the holiday dinner, you want things to go off without a hitch. The last thing you want to have happen on the big day is to walk into your kitchen, stick the turkey into the oven, discover your KitchenAid oven has stopped working properly and have to call the KitchenAid oven repair man in your area. Having this happen will not only cause you a great deal of embarrassment, but it will also leave you with a house full of hungry guests, and finding a restaurant on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day will be nearly impossible.

The best way to make sure you don’t find yourself embarrassed, hungry, and unable to prepare the massive amount of food you bought in preparation for the upcoming holidays will be making arrangements to have your KitchenAid oven and stovetop checked out thoroughly before the big day. You want to make sure it’s in perfect working order.

You shouldn’t assume that just because your KitchenAid appliances are working nicely at the moment, they’ll continue to do so over the holiday period. Appliances often break down without any real warning. In the past many KitchenAid owners have found themselves dealing with a very stressful holiday season after they self-cleaned their KitchenAid oven in preparation for holiday cooking. After running the self-cleaning features, many KitchenAid ovens have failed to heat up properly, making it impossible for the owners to prepare the meal they planned on. When things like this happen, you shouldn’t give up. You need to start looking at your options, and decide to have your oven repaired.

You should let AmeriPro help.

At AmeriPro we understand taking a day off work just you can sit around at home waiting for a repair tech to show up to your home and check out the state of your KitchenAid oven and rangetop really isn’t practical. Nobody has that kind of spare time available, and we don’t think it’s fair of appliance repair companies to assume you do. With the holiday season fast approaching, we’ve committed ourselves to making sure we work into your schedule not ours.

When it comes to adverting pre-holiday KitchenAid appliance disasters, you will quickly discover that in addition to being extremely friendly, our service repair technicians also come prepared. If they examine your KitchenAid oven and stovetop and find a problem which could impede your ability to prepare a holiday feast, they will immediately alert you to the problem and provide you with a reasonable estimate.

Even if it’s Thanksgiving or Christmas morning, and you’ve suddenly discovered your KitchenAid oven or your KitchenAid dishwasher, or any of your other appliances aren’t working properly, you should give us a call. We’ll send someone right out to correct the problem so you don’t have to worry about your holiday being ruined, just call (800) 657-0765 to schedule an appointment today.

Is Your American Range Oven Ready for the Holidays?

The holidays are supposed to be a time when you enjoy laughter and stories with your favorite people, many of whom you only get to see during the holiday seasons. They’re not supposed to be a time that’s filled with stress and unprepared food, yet every single year we hear a handful of stories about people who had their entire holiday ruined because their usually reliable American Range suddenly stops working properly and they had no way of preparing their holiday feast. Calling an American Range repairman can help get your oven working for the holidays.

We find these stories sad, partly because no one should be stressed about appliances during the holidays, and partly because most likely the problem could have been prevented with the proper holiday preparation.

Most Los Angeles residents don’t use their American Range as frequently as they think they do. If you stop and think about it, it’s likely you only used the oven portion a handful of times since the last holiday season. When appliances don’t get used, it’s easy to be caught unaware by problems. The first thing you need to do is make sure the American Range still works the way it did the last time you used it. Baking a plate of brownies or a small roast will help you determine how well your oven works.

Even if your American Range oven seems to be working properly, if it’s been awhile since the last time you had it checked out by a professional, there’s no time like the present. Oven generally don’t breakdown without any warning, but sometimes the indicators of problems can be so minimal they’re easy to overlook, especially if the problem has been going on for some time. The oven might be fine for cooking little things, but when you really put it to work baking dozens of pies and roasting an enormous turkey, the strain can be too much on the oven and it finally gives up the ghost. A professional will be able to quickly identify the problem and make the necessary improvements. Not only will the service call prevent a holiday cooking disaster, you will also notice it uses less energy. The reduced energy will quickly make up for the cost of the service call.

While you have the service person there, you might as well make arrangements for them to perform a service call on the rest of your kitchen appliances as well.

The final thing you need to do to prepare you American Range oven for the upcoming holiday feast will be to make sure it’s been thoroughly cleaned. It’s impossible for the oven to bake evenly when the inside hasn’t been cleaned in a long time. In addition to running the oven’s self-cleaning feature, you should also remove and clean all of your burners, as well as the char-broiler.

If disaster does strike in the middle of your holiday, you shouldn't try using cheese and crackers to feed your guests. You should take advantage of our 24/7 emergency service. We’ll get your appliancesfixed so you can relax and enjoy your holiday. Call (800) 657-0765 to reach AmeriPro Appliance Repair today!

Things Everyone Needs to Know About Their Refrigerator

Prior to purchasing a refrigerator you really need to take a few minutes and check out the manufactures tips and suggestions about how to get the maximum amount of use out of your refrigerator, while spending a minimal amount of money on refrigerator repairs and maintenance. Taking the time to learn a little bit about the care of your refrigerator will help you decide if the brand you’re considering will be a good match for you, or if you should seek a more durable brand.

By continuing to read you’ll learn some basic information about the general care and maintenance a refrigerator needs.

Setting Up Your New Refrigerator

When you’re setting up your refrigerator you need to take a quick peek at the back. Some models have a large grid like structure on the back. This grid requires a minimum of one inch of clearance in order for the fridge to function properly.

Vacuuming Behind the Refrigerator

The biggest complaint that people have regarding their refrigerator has to do with the legions of dust bunnies living between the appliance and the wall.  Vacuuming these up was a headache. Not only was moving the refrigerator strenuous, there was always a chance that it could be damaged as you struggled to wiggle it back and forth. The manufactures have solved this headache with the addition of rollers to the base of the refrigerator that not only take the stress out of moving the refrigerator, but also reduce the wear and tear on the appliance.

Changing the Door

If you find yourself struggling with the refrigerator door, that it doesn’t seem to open the proper direction for the way your kitchen has been designed, you need to contact a service repair tech. Tell them the make and model and they will be able to make arrangements to set things up so that your refrigerator’s door opens the opposite direction. You’ll be much happier with the new arrangement.

Altering the Door

Most people think that they have to learn to live with a door that swings one way when the refrigerator is opened. This isn't the case at all. A service repair tech will be able to quickly and easily take the steps needed to switch around your door, making it more convenient to use your refrigerator.

Don’t Overload Your Shelves

The most common complaint we hear from refrigerator owners has to do with shelving. They never seem to have enough of it. As a result they pile to much weight on a single shelf and the plastic bracket attaching the shelf to the back of the refrigerator snaps off. Our advice is to contact the manufacture and place an order for new shelves. They don’t cost much and will make your life easier.

The other thing you need to keep in mind when loading up your refrigerator is that the only way your fridge will function properly is if you allow the air to circulate properly. You can’t fill it too full or your food will spoil. On the other hand, your free to overload your freezer, must make sure you don’t block the air vents.

Indicators of a Problem

 If you suddenly become aware that your refrigerator doesn't seem to be running as smoothly as it usually does, you shouldn't ignore the situation. That could be the first sign of a serious problem such as:

• Bad seals
• Broken or malfunctioning thermostat
• Frosted over internal evaporator coils
• You’re low on refrigerant and need to have some added
• The light bulb doesn’t work
• Not enough clearance between the fridge and the wall
• The coil has too much dust on it