Hotpoint HUG61

When we moved into this house about 7 years ago it was our first house as a couple, and we had very little in the way of appliances and furniture, so when the lady offered to sell us her cooker we jumped at the chance. We put up with that cooker until we had our kitchen redone last year, and I knew that I wanted and needed a new cooker. Although I have cooked for myself for over a decade, I wasn't that sure on how to buy the best suited cooker as there is so much choice out there. If we had a bigger house, i would have loved a big range type cooker, but as we were making a small room over it ... more

For background when reading this review, bear in mind that I'm a 68 years old bloke, living happily on my own. I enjoy cooking, of both the plain and the more adventurous kind. Having moved around a lot over the years, I always seemed to "inherit" other peoples cookers in both rented & purchased properties. This is the first Cooker I have actually bought for myself and I made the decision based on much Internet browsing and clandestine visits to various major appliance suppliers to touch, stroke, play with and ask questions about likely candidates. I had definite criteria - The cooker had to ... more