Dual Fuel Hobs

Eldi_Dos

With all the debate going on this morning about standing charges, there was a article on the BBC webpage and it showed a picture of what looked like a hob with two convection rings and two gas rings, something I have never seen before.

My question is are such hobs available in the UK and what are the benefits of them?

flaneurs_lobster

Readily available

https://ao.com/product/hdb95623nb-aeg-mixed-fuel-hob-black-97093-833.aspx? and many more.

Why would you want one? Ever tried to stir fry in a flat bottomed-wok on an induction hob?

Handy having gas hob for charring veg like peppers.

Because they look really cool set into the granite worktop of your kitchen island.

Andy_L

plus you've got some redundancy in the event of a disruption to gas or elec supply. even more so if you are running of bottled gas rather than mains

grumpy_codger

Also, there are so called 'domino' hobs - with 1-2 rings/burners each.

Albermarle

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82184076#Comment_82184076

Not a very MSE price just for a hob !

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82184518#Comment_82184518

It was literally the first (sponsored) returned entry to a Google search. I haven't even looked at the price.

There seem to be lots of models available.

ic

I would have thought the pictured hob would be ideal for anybody big ok wok cooking - you can use a proper round bottomed wok. With induction you'd need a flat bottomed wok, which just isn't the same.

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82184804#Comment_82184804

Well in an ideal kitchen setup I'd have one of these

Not quite the monstrous scary jobs they have in the kitchens of any Chinatown but damn pretty (and only a smidge over a grand).

Bigphil1474

We've been looking at range cookers, and we did see one in Currys that had 2 induction hobs alongside 4 gas rings. We've decided to go gas hobs only but was definitely a thought for a second. I think we'd go one way or the other though.

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82185054#Comment_82185054

Can I ask why you discarded using induction? Simply because of the design of the range?

I know plenty of gas hob users (including a few professionals) who have happily converted to induction (with the wok proviso above) after initially being sceptical of their efficacy. The benefits are well documented.

Downsides? You can't use that set of pretty copper pans or aluminium anything.

Bigphil1474

Most of our pans will work on induction, apart from the wok which we use a lot, so wasn't a big issue. I don't think there was much in which we preferred, but there was £hundreds difference in price of buying the cooker. The dual fuel range cooker we've decided on is costing £1,500, the induction one we liked was £2,400. The one the OH loved was £3,500. We also won't need a huge amount of works on the electrics for the one we are getting, whereas we'd need a new circuit for the induction one. We are also better prepared if there is a power cut (apparently).