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A cooker is at the heart of every kitchen. Whether you're designing a new kitchen layout or simply replacing old appliances, a new cooker can help your cooking confidence and creativity! We can even install your new appliance and dispose of your old one - find out more about this service.
A gas hob and electric oven gives you the best of both cooking worlds.
Microwave ovens make meals in minutes.
Fuel supply
Your local fuel supplies may well decide the type of cooker you want, but the first thing to consider is whether you want all electric, all gas or dual fuel (gas hob and electric oven).
Style and space
Decide whether you're going for a slot-in cooker or range (which do not need housing), or separate appliances, i.e. a hob and single or double oven, built-in or built-under. Slot-in cookers are usually between 50 and 60cm in width.
Single ovens fit into a H60 x W60 x D60cm housing and can be built in a column kitchen unit or under the work surface. Full sized double ovens need a larger space H90 x W60 x D60cm, and most are intended to be fitted in a column kitchen unit at a comfortable height. Please measure up carefully before you order.
Sometimes people find that the option of a microwave or combination microwave oven fitted over a single oven provides greater cooking flexibility and will free up space on the worktop.
In a conventional oven the thermostat controls the heat in the middle: the oven will be a little hotter than the set temperature at the top, and slightly cooler at the bottom. This zoned heat difference can be useful when cooking different kinds of dishes at once. These ovens also take time to reach cooking temperature, so need to be pre-heated.
These work differently, using a fan with a circular heating element around it in the rear wall of the oven. The temperature throughout is even and the oven heats up very quickly, reducing cooking times and thus saving energy. With top-end fan ovens you can also cook foods with strong flavours at the same time without fear of these flavour crossover; this is because the circulating air breaks up odours and fat particles, for example in Neff's Circotherm fan system.
However, fan ovens don’t start cooking immediately, so if a recipe calls for a cooking time of less than 25 minutes you should not reduce the cooking time (for cooking times over 25 minutes you should typically deduct 10% off the time).
These give complete flexibility of cooking, using combinations of different heating elements and a fan to present heat to the food. Most multifunction ovens combine a fan and conventional oven together with grill (grilling is done with the door closed, retaining moisture in the oven and in the food) and fan/grill roasting. The latter produces a finish similar to a spit roast or barbecue.
These ovens may also have other cooking modes such as bottom heat only (for crisping pies, pizza bases etc.) or top heat only (for browning). A rotisserie may also be a feature (the best for meat joints, allowing self-basting), and even a defrost setting which uses the fan and is ideal for meat or delicate foods such as a gateau.
Most gas ovens are heated by a flame at the rear of the base, with the gas being ignited by an electric spark. The hot air circulates as it rises, but the top of the oven will always be hotter. Some ovens are shaped to help the air to circulate so that the temperature across the shelves is even. Gas gives off moisture in cooking so it's especially good for cake baking. Some even incorporate an economy setting, which enable you to use the oven like a slow cooker for making perfect casseroles.
These offer great flexibility as well as extra capacity, as you can set each oven differently. Most are built-in with a full-sized multifunction or fan oven below a smaller economy conventional oven with the grill element.
A built-under double oven will still give you flexibility but you will lose some capacity, as more limited space under the worktop means the oven needs to be about 75% of the size of an oven built above worktop height.
Space saving worktop solutions.
