Amana - Alaska AS829CSBGB

Advantages: Efficient, bottom freezer, lots of space, highly adjustable
Disadvantages: Door shelves a bit too deep and not quite high enough, annoying beep when doors left open too long

...Once you've renovated your kitchen, your old fridge might just seem a bit outdated. And if you have a large family (or even an average sized one that have good appetites) you might just find that you'll be in the market for a new fridge. After having suffered greatly with my old fridge, which was too small, had no way to move the shelves and had a tendency to freeze things that shouldn't have been frozen, we decided to invest in a new fridge. Our requirements were that it be large enough to hold even the excess food one makes during holiday seasons, large storage space for fresh vegetables (due to those on diets in my house), that the shelves be easily adjustable (preferably half width ones), and that it have a freezer on the bottom. The two models I looked at were by LG and Amana. In the end, we decided to get the LG and here's why... Read review

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Advantages: Cooks and looks brilliant
Disadvantages: You have to do the cooking

...cauliflower cheese or baked Alaska you can set the oven to top heat only and it will brown the food without having to use the grill. If you were cooking pizza or some pies that require crispy bases you turn the oven on to the bottom heat setting and the same technique applies as the top browning. I only have one problem with the top oven it has no fan so cooking in this oven takes a little longer than the main oven. The grill is a standard grill with the facilities to have either side on, or the main grill on. The main oven is fantastic, you can defrost food in the oven by turning the knob to defrost fan setting and cool food down in the main oven prior to freezing or refrigerating by setting the defrost fan and opening the door ajar to let the heat escape more quickly. The main oven also has the functions to switch off cooking at a certain... Read review

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Advantages: It's the best I've ever tried.
Disadvantages: Having trouble replacing it.

...towel between mixes, and then into the dishwasher at the end of each baking session Think how long it can take to scrape round a mixing bowl until it looks clean. It doesn't matter if you're letting the kids help, or even if you're a secret bowl licker. You'll definitely get more using one of these clever little spatulas. If you're like me, trying to get finished quickly, you'll be amazed how fast you can scoop round with it. The flexible blade picks up every last smidge of mix and if you have to wash up by hand it makes a big difference. It's so quick and easy to clean, it's almost as if you started with a grease- free bowl. It's not just good for emptying bowls either. It's excellent for smoothing the mix into baking tins, spreading butter icings and fillings, swirling meringue for pavlova bases and covering a baked Alaska at top speed... Read review

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