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Not the most exciting subject, but what are peoples experiences with Range cookers?
I'm looking to purchase one next week and not sure what will be best.
What are the advantages/disadvantages with each?
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Dual fuel everytime.
Gas hob for boily stuff and instant "off". Leccy oven - coz you can set the timer to come on while you are out so your casserole is ready for when you get in, and I wouldn't want my gas oven coming on when I was out. (Not sure why coz my central heating boiler does - but it just doesn't seem right). And you get the fan oven jobby with leccy.
Plus if you get a power cut you can still cook on the hob, and if you forget to pay your gas bill.....
Gas, Leccy is shit that's why it needs a fan and if you get a power cut you can still cook in the oven.
One's each.
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To add to the confusion, you can get range cookers with gas one side, electricity the other side (we have one of these).
Gas is supposedly better for bread and baking (it is more moist or something, I can't remember), so some baking types like them more.
Gas tends to be a bit more uneven (hot at the top, cold at the bottom) compared to a fan oven (although I think you may be able to get gas fan ovens nowadays).
Our gas oven has timer on it to turn on/off, which is fine, exactly the same as on the last house's electric. We always end up using the gas side, because it is way cheaper to run.
If we had a just electric oven, we'd need to have it on a dedicated circuit, so would have needed the electrician in, as our house didn't have one (previous cookers were all gas I guess).
Joe
Is an electric oven not more efficient for cooking though?
Is an electric oven not more efficient for cooking though?
Costs way more to run. In terms of how quick / well it cooks, they cook differently.
Fancy gas ovens heat up dead quick too, which is nice (at least no slower than electric ones, unlike cheap gas ovens).
Yes, watch out for your current wiring and whether you need a new circuit. We had to run a new circuit for ours, wasn't too much off a ball ache as we were rewiring the whole kitchen anyway, but check what you've got. A big range cooker needs at least a 7mm cable, some might need 10mm, esp if on a confined cable run. Very happy with our dual fuel one here, have done Christmas and party food for 20+ no problem.