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Cookers and Ovens

eddie1968

eddie1968

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Dumbarton, Scotland
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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I've got a nice black coloured ceramic hob electric fan oven. I remember as a kid my mum always had a gas cooker. Now you get combi cookers with electric fan ovens and gas hobs. I'm thinking of getting a range but anyone got any advice on cookers and which is the best value ?
 
Me again, lol. I've got a dual fuel rangemaster range cooker, an Élan for a few years now. It was and still is expensive but I love it. It's the biggest they do with double oven (2 separate), grill, two wok burners and four different size burners and a storage drawer. It's a dream to cook with and I don't like to cook on anything smaller now. One oven is a multi function with about seven different functions, other is a fan. I only ever use both ovens together at Christmas. Can't really say about value but it is one of the most expensive you can buy.
 
We invested in a dual fuel Rangemaster Kitchener 90 a couple of years ago.It is black and has four gas rings and a gas wok ring and an excellent electric grill, large electric main fan oven and a brilliant tall electric oven to the side.This second oven will fit eight food tray's one on top of the other.I think the most we have had in is four though.It is a proper range style cooker without being too large for our size of kitchen,and has been a step change over our previous unit.
It was not cheap,but the quality of the cheapest ovens of this size and layout was woeful,and we had to put our hands in our pocket to get good quality.I have to say it is very well made and performs excellently.
You should easily be able to Google it as I am pretty sure it is still in the current range.

Incidentally my brownie points and pub privileges were at an all time high for quite a while!!!
 
NicolaB70 said:
Me again, lol. I've got a dual fuel rangemaster range cooker, an Élan for a few years now. It was and still is expensive but I love it. It's the biggest they do with double oven (2 separate), grill, two wok burners and four different size burners and a storage drawer. It's a dream to cook with and I don't like to cook on anything smaller now. One oven is a multi function with about seven different functions, other is a fan. I only ever use both ovens together at Christmas. Can't really say about value but it is one of the most expensive you can buy.
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Well I think we ought to see you on Masterchef soon then
 
I have a New World gas cooker with a safety lid cut off, I love it, it has a big oven and I do mean big it can do a 14lb turkey and all the trimmings, a separate grill which doubles as a plate/keep stuff warm oven, and 4 burners, it is a bit bigger than modern cookers width and depth wise so you can use big pots on all 4 burners if needed, mind I brought it in 1996 and it was expensive then as it will take bottled gas too.
 
NicolaB70 said:
Me again, lol. I've got a dual fuel rangemaster range cooker, an Élan for a few years now. It was and still is expensive but I love it. It's the biggest they do with double oven (2 separate), grill, two wok burners and four different size burners and a storage drawer. It's a dream to cook with and I don't like to cook on anything smaller now. One oven is a multi function with about seven different functions, other is a fan. I only ever use both ovens together at Christmas. Can't really say about value but it is one of the most expensive you can buy.
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We have the same oven, it's brilliant. would be so hard to go back to a bog standard 4 ring 1 oven/grill jobbie now
 
Hi eddie, I have a combi cooker, it's 18 years old now, gas hob ( first one ever) with an electric fan oven, also a safety device on the lid. Zanussi, been pretty good over the years :)
 
Aginoth said:
We have the same oven, it's brilliant. would be so hard to go back to a bog standard 4 ring 1 oven/grill jobbie now
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Most definitely agree with that. Took a bit of getting used too when I first got it as I went from a slimline four ring gas cooker to the 110cm Élan. Wouldn't change it for the world now.
 
Have you considered an induction hob? I've had one for 14 years now and wouldn't change it for any other kind of range. When you reduce the heat the hotplates cools immediately, and if you increase it the temperature rise is instant so you have a more precise control than you have with standard electric or radiant hotplates. The only drawback is that you must have iron or steel pans. Aluminium pans just won't work on it.
 
BillB said:
Have you considered an induction hob? I've had one for 14 years now and wouldn't change it for any other kind of range. When you reduce the heat the hotplates cools immediately, and if you increase it the temperature rise is instant so you have a more precise control than you have with standard electric or radiant hotplates. The only drawback is that you must have iron or steel pans. Aluminium pans just won't work on it.
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Couldn't have an induction, due to my MiL's pacemaker!
 
Induction hobs are really a no go for any diabetic if they were on a pump.

Brilliant hobs though.

I put in two single NEFF ovens one above another in our kitchen. The top oven is a roll under door so it gives access to two full size ovens. Its the best thing I have ever done.

However having the induction hob put in and then reading the instructions that they aren't suitable was a good reason to stay out of the kitchen!!
 
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