Shoppers Guide to Buying Cookers

Electric Cookers

These cookers offer a programmable range of timing options, with good control over energy consumption. Combined with an electric hob, power levels are easily set, and automatic features assist with easy-to-see readouts. Child safety features such as automatic shutoff and child locks make the electric cooker a reliable choice for the family kitchen.

They also utilise zoned heat cooking methods, which keeps the temperature regular at the middle of the oven. This means that the upper area of the oven will be hotter, and the lower area will be cooler. In this manner, zone heating allows multiple dishes to be cooked at once.

Gas Cookers

Gas cookers work by igniting gas with an electric spark, and using air circulation to even out the heat. By giving off moisture in their heat, these ovens especially suit baking. Using contemporary conveniences like low-heat economy settings, gas cookers are well-suited for slow cooking. The difference in heat areas also provide for cooking a variety of dishes at the same time.

Other features might include automatic shut-off and movable hobs, quick-start push button ignition, and dishes that cook well together without transferring flavours. A gas cooker may also use programmable timers and gas safety valves.

Range Cookers

These traditionally-styled freestanding cookers suit both fitted and semi-fitted kitchens. They might come available with both fan ovens and conventional ovens. The even-cooking temperature of fan ovens makes them a good choice for reduced time and energy consumption.

Offering such features as variable heat settings for combined dishes, still allowing for fast, even cooking, when these ovens are combined with conventional ovens, the household chef enjoys the option of zone cooking as well. Though traditional, today's designs are often conceived by top industrial designers, making the range cooker a chic and energy-conscious addition to any kitchen.

A Word About Cooker Hoods

These devices stimulate airflow and heat exhaust from cookers, and not only perform, but provide a signature design element to the kitchen. Chimney hoods, island hoods and built in hoods, may come accentuated in fashionable surfaces like stainless steel, glass and coloured metal.

The cooker hood provides low-noise, multi speed settings and slick LED displays for precision control; they may sport halogen lights, and quick-remove charcoal filters to aid in air filtration. Grease filters may be easily handled by the dishwasher. All of these elements combine into an appliance that no longer demands attention with anything other than its chic styling.

Shopping for a cooker presents the homeowner with a wide assortment of choices, from heating methods, hobs, energy-efficiency and size, to aesthetics that make your home look like one found in a glossy magazine - and keep your customers coming back.