Ovens - Gas vs. Electric

drummer_666

i prefer elec ovens and gas hobs.

i'd avoid elec hob tho, much more expensive in the first place, scratch easily and take longer to get to temperature and quite a while to cool down after

Innys

drummer_666 wrote: »

i prefer elec ovens and gas hobs.

i'd avoid elec hob tho, much more expensive in the first place, scratch easily and take longer to get to temperature and quite a while to cool down after

I'd agree with part of the first comment (elec ovens).

I don't agree with the second one. An induction hob heats up almost immediately and cools down quickly. Yes, they are more expensive to buy and, as long as you are careful, they don't scratch easily.

penguingirl

I'm also a fan of the electric (fan) oven and gas hobs. When we bought our house we quickly replaced the gas oven as it was past its best. We didn't have to get an electrician in as when the house had been built they had put the oven on a separate circuit (despite not needing to as it only powered the igniter and clock) so that made it a lot easier.

Is your hob above your oven? We had difficulties as we bought a double oven and there was very little space at the top for the gas pipework of the hob. Our fitter re-routed it and said it is a common problem so it's worth thinking about that.

StuC75

A possible benefit of gas hob is that can still cook and boil water if electric goes off... Currently have electric Hob & Oven and previously a spate of cable thefts in our area & bad rain can affect local area, so becomes a pain with no Electric on.. (ended up buying a camping stove to have a backup up plan)..

Suppose a bit like people suggesting Electric showers so that still usable if gas boiler packs in..

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Definitely a gas hob, without a shadow of a doubt. I can't comment upon induction ones, as I have no experience, but electric hobs cost loads, stay hot forever, take ages to get there in the first place, burn things as you can't just turn them down and get an immediate response and are complete gits to clean, both the swirly ones and the sold plate ones.


I have an electric fan oven now. I'm not keen on it, but it's going to have to do. It I had the choice, I'd rip out the entire unit and have a gas range cooker instead, as the variability of gas, the moist heat and the way it cooked was so much nicer. Roast chicken and all the trimmings has never been as good in the electric oven.

southcoastrgi

I know it's b&q but there is some useful info here.

http://www.bandqappliances.com/services/applianceadvice/buyingguide/ovens/ovens-buying-guide.aspx

Ectophile

A lot of standard single electric ovens just come with a 13A plug these days, so don't need a dedicated cooker circuit.

Larger ovens and double ovens require more power and will need a dedicated cooker circuit.

Yorkie1

I really am not keen on the electric oven that was left by the previous owner when I bought this house. Particularly for baking, but also for other cooking, recipes never give the fan equivalent of temperature or time, and the advice on how to compensate varies hugely (turn it down by x degrees, turn it down by x %, reduce cooking time by some number which is divisible by 42, you get the drift) and so the food is frequently not cooked quite correctly. There isn't a non-fan option.

When I change my cooker then I'll be looking closely at alternatives.

Ben84

Ectophile wrote: »

A lot of standard single electric ovens just come with a 13A plug these days, so don't need a dedicated cooker circuit.

Larger ovens and double ovens require more power and will need a dedicated cooker circuit.

I don't really think it's a good idea to connect an oven to the sockets. In a lot of houses the ring main is already working hard to power everything you'll find in a modern household. With a typical ring main with 30amp fuse/breaker you'll get about 7 kW before the fuse burns out. Turn on a 3 kW cooker and a 3 kW kettle (quite a common coinciding event in the kitchen) and you're just about one kW away from blowing the fuse. If you already have an electric fire attached to the circuit or an immersion heater spurred off it, I wouldn't even consider hooking up an oven to it as well.