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Which cooker in a holiday let?

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Grammaretto Fri 14-Aug-26 01:40:26

Easy to use and to clean.
We spent a week in a holiday cottage and never learned how the oven worked despite, or perhaps because of, a thick instruction manual.
Luckily we worked out the hob.

Someone else had had the same trouble and mentioned it in the visitors book.

The cottage was Landmark Trust.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:34:17

Primrose53

From experience I would provide the most straightforward cooker - nothing complicated to use. In our rental place we have a double oven with ceramic hob. It is easy to operate and easy to keep the hob clean. We also have a cooker hood over there.

Yes perish the thought of having to strip down a gas hob on holiday, especially in this weather 🥵

Primrose53 Thu 13-Aug-26 21:09:31

From experience I would provide the most straightforward cooker - nothing complicated to use. In our rental place we have a double oven with ceramic hob. It is easy to operate and easy to keep the hob clean. We also have a cooker hood over there.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 20:53:05

Yes induction for sure 👍🏻

CanadianGran Thu 13-Aug-26 20:43:40

I would think induction would be safer, since they don't stay hot unless using a correct pan. I'm not sure what the difference in cost would be for you.

I would have no preference, really. Mine at home is ceramic and perfectly fine in my opinion.

GrandmaKT Thu 13-Aug-26 20:36:45

I need a new cooker in my holiday let. It's just a little 2 bed cottage, nothing fancy. We get a lot of foreign visitors, (China, Japan, Australia, Europe), UK couples and small families. It will be an electric cooker, but should I go induction or ceramic?
Which would you prefer on holiday? Do you find induction hobs confusing or complicated? Are ceramic hobs old-fashioned and inefficient?
Opinions please!