A nice looking oven at a good price, ours is the dual fuel version running the hob from a gas bottle outside the house. It has a fan oven,a normal oven, a grill and a warming drawer.
The hob has some nice heavy cast iron pan racks these look really good and support the pans nicely. Also included are a griddle plate which sits over two burners and a wok support to sit over the front middle burner( the hottest one). both of these have been used and are a worthwhile addition.
We mainly use the fan oven, this works well and is easy to clean, Its a shame the fan oven is the lowest oven, as the conventional oven that we rarely use is higher from the ground and much more convenient to use. The grill works well but is no bigger than a grill on a standard oven. In fact no individual area of the range is bigger than a standard 500mm oven just think of it as two 500mm ovens joined together. That said we have never found it to be too small.
All the controls are simple to use the burners and oven controls as big and chunky yet also smooth so easy to clean. The warming drawer is turned on and off using a small button with a light to remind you it is on. Another small button operates the sparks to light the hobs. If you are using the conventional oven the warming draw gets very hot so be careful if you have things in there they will burn your hands. The oven has a clock with a timer so you can set cooking start and end times and use a minute minder,but be warned the timer only works for the fan oven not the conventional one.Unfortunately the clock looses its time after even a tiny power disruptions and the oven will not work at all until you reset the time.
We have had the range for two years now and find it reliable and easy to clean. Although there is no way to put on the oven lights to aid cleaning without starting the oven.
When installing the oven I liked the wheels to help move it and the adjustable feet to level it. I also had to change the burner jets to suit bottle gas as it comes fitted with jets for mains gas, the correct jets are supplied with the oven and are easy to change over.
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