Kitchen range advice.

CKdesigner

Hi Ader1

I am a kitchen designer and CK are the initials of my business name. I have worked in the industry for well over 20 years, for retailers and manufacturers but now the most amount of years for my own business.

CK

CKdesigner

Waterlily24 wrote: »

I would rather have an Aga and think they look good. I'm afraid I wouldn't buy a Lacanche.:o

A proper cast iron heat store Aga is no match as a cooker to a Lacanche. Agas are a different thing altogether, sure they cook but they also heat the room and do other things for you but if you want a serious cooker that will not restrict your culinary imagination then a Lacanche will be far better for you than an Aga.

CK

leveller2911

If I was spending £1,000's on something that just cooks I would be buying a "Rational cooking centre" ...........

They roast, bake,steam food and clean themselves afterwards..:D No Brainer

Ader1

Thanks for all the replies. Very helpful.

Ader1

CKdesigner wrote: »

Hi

You really do need to want a cooker that is all about the performance rather than just having a cooker that looks 'pretty'.

There are virtually a million differences between a bottom end of the market range cooker (yes Rangemaster is bottom end) and a Lacanche, which I would describe as mid to top end. The main thing is that all the bottom end makes are designed and manufactured with the emphasis on the look and not what they do. So if you strip off the decoration on a low end range cooker you will find a very basic freestanding cooker that is far from being worth the money.

Where as a Lacanche has been created from the completely opposite mindset, where it is a proper commercial cooker that s then beautified for the domestic market. So as a proper commercial cooker it is extremely robust and reliable, will do all that you could possibly ask of it and probably outlast it's owner!

You also get the widest choice of sizes, colours and specification in the market by far, and with either the traditional or modern look.

Go and have a look at a Lacanche, open the doors and compare to a Rangemaster and you will see there is no comparison.

CK

What ar the Lacanche cookers like for parts? I've seen a couple of reasonably priced second hand ones. But I would be worried if a certain model was discontinuted would it be difficult to get parts?

ryder72

My own experience of Lacanche has been patchy. If they work they're great. If they dont, they can be a bit of a pain in the backside. I guess its French build quality or the lack of it.

I would probably have a Mercury myself (this is made by Aga/Rangemaster group) and to an extent based on the Rangemaster
but with much better quality materials, fit and finish. Due to this shared platform, spare part availability and serviceability is very good.

Unless a range cooker is an absolute must, but built in appliances. They will beat a range cooker for performance every time.

Cooker_expert

CKdesigner wrote: »

Hi

You really do need to want a cooker that is all about the performance rather than just having a cooker that looks 'pretty'.

There are virtually a million differences between a bottom end of the market range cooker (yes Rangemaster is bottom end) and a Lacanche, which I would describe as mid to top end. The main thing is that all the bottom end makes are designed and manufactured with the emphasis on the look and not what they do. So if you strip off the decoration on a low end range cooker you will find a very basic freestanding cooker that is far from being worth the money.

Where as a Lacanche has been created from the completely opposite mindset, where it is a proper commercial cooker that s then beautified for the domestic market. So as a proper commercial cooker it is extremely robust and reliable, will do all that you could possibly ask of it and probably outlast it's owner!

You also get the widest choice of sizes, colours and specification in the market by far, and with either the traditional or modern look.

Go and have a look at a Lacanche, open the doors and compare to a Rangemaster and you will see there is no comparison.

CK

Yep.... rangemaster everytime, I have a cluny in my garage right now and theres not a chance that I'd buy one.

Cooker_expert

Ader1 wrote: »

What ar the Lacanche cookers like for parts? I've seen a couple of reasonably priced second hand ones. But I would be worried if a certain model was discontinuted would it be difficult to get parts?

They are awful for parts and on top of that majorly overpriced too, for example I found on a call that the door hinges were the same as the ones used on dirt cheap DeLonghi cookers (£8) great for my customer as I repaired it for less than the cost of her simply buying the part alone from LaCanche but hardly the mark of a so called quality cooker.