- Dual-fuel: gas cooktop, electric convection oven
- Four-Part Pure Convection
- Perma-Flame auto-reignition
- Silver Stainless finish
The Dacor DOP30T940DS is a current 30-inch dual-fuel range. The DOP30T940DS is a 30-inch dual-fuel range from Dacor's Transitional lineup, finished in Silver Stainless, natural gas/LP convertible. Its oven control board belongs to the same Modernist Pro Range family documented for the DOP48M96DL. The DOP30T940DS is part of Dacor's Transitional style, which Dacor's own copy describes as an interpretation of classic and modern styling inspired by elements found in commercial kitchens, blending Contemporary and Professional design cues. In practical terms, the DOP30T940DS is built around Dual-fuel: gas cooktop, electric convection oven; Four-Part Pure Convection; Perma-Flame auto-reignition; Silver Stainless finish. The DOP30T940DS follows the one part of Dacor's naming pattern that is actually confirmed: the digits after the prefix (30) give the nominal size in inches. Beyond that and the hinge/finish letters, no official Dacor decode of the rest of the DOP30T940DS's string exists, so nothing further is claimed here. This appliance type, including the DOP30T940DS, does not have a documented rating-plate location, so expect to find the plate on a door edge, along the door frame, or on an interior wall, and take a photo of it once located rather than assume a single spot. The usual suspects on the DOP30T940DS's cavity are a failed bake or broil element, a temperature probe reading incorrectly, and a control board that no longer talks reliably to the touch panel. A cavity built like the DOP30T940DS's tends to lose a heating element first, followed by a door seal that no longer compresses evenly, and only occasionally a full control-board failure. The parts that wear first on a cavity like the DOP30T940DS's are the bake and broil heating elements, the door gasket, and the door latch switch, roughly in that order of frequency. Diagnosing the DOP30T940DS means testing element continuity and sensor resistance directly with a meter rather than guessing from symptoms alone, since a weak-bake complaint can trace to either part. As a Samsung-era Modernist range, the DOP30T940DS's oven cavity reports problems through the same information-code family documented on the Dacor Modernist Pro Range User Manual: C-d1, C-F0, C-F2, C-20, C-21, C-23, C-30, C-31, C-70, C-72 and C-A2. That is a completely different code set from the F1 through F95 list Dacor's Legacy ranges used before 2016, and from the Classic ERC F0-F8 list used on even older wall ovens and ranges. Dacor has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics America since the September 2016 acquisition closed, and the DOP30T940DS's control platform reflects that ownership. Behind the DOP30T940DS is a company founded in 1965 in Pasadena, California — the name is short for Distinctive Appliances, Incorporated — that remained family-run for three generations before Samsung Electronics America's acquisition closed in September 2016. The DOP30T940DS's age, generation, and control platform all matter more to a correct repair than its collection name or finish; that is the single idea this page keeps coming back to.
Ranges are the best-documented Dacor category and also the most confusing, because the DOP30T940DS may belong to either of two eras whose code tables have nothing in common. Look through the model directory for the rest of the range, read the repair guides for the problem you are chasing, or check www.dacor.com for the original specification.
