Your cooker.

I have two Neff ovens,with slide away doors, side by side at eye level in a wall of units. I have a separate ceramic hob. Love my ovens as there are no knobs, all touch control.

We have just bought an induction hob by Stoves.
I've had 2 of their gas cookers /ovens and swear by their longevity and after sales service. The induction hob is as responsive as gas but oh so easy to clean!
The only drawback is possibly having to replace incompatible saucepans.I also have a Stoves double gas oven housed in a tower with our microwave oven.

Bosch double oven , very easy to work and good results , Bosch gas hob , 5 rings , very handy tiny one , great for simmering , middle one great for the Wok ....... I like it all

My hobby is cooking and I always do loads of research before expensive purchases. So after weeks of reading and inspecting ranges I decided on a Lacanche. It is outstanding and I hope will never be replaced. My only gripe is Lacanche have not bothered to produce a proper handbook, if I ever have the time I may publish my own!!

I replaced my 35yr old Tricity double oven 10 years ago. And have just replaced the Tricity's replacement.
Replacement number 1 was Meile single oven with various gizmos included, which, to be honest, I never used. 2 years in it needed a new element then roughly every 18 months or so, something else needed doing. The final problem was a failed oxygen sensor for the pyrolytic function. A replacement part plus fitting would have cost about £1000!
We decided to buy a basic Neff built in single oven for £400. We've had it a year and so far so good, apart from the cover for the light exploding during cooking a couple of months ago.
Still using the ceramic hob that we bought with the Miele oven. It's OK so far.

Always preferred gas cooking but I moved to a village with no gas, so electric it had to be. I bought a small cooker with a fan oven and an induction hob. It worked fine for a few years then I couldn't use them both together as the hob wouldn't work when the oven was on, it seemed to interfere with the controls. After a number of visits by the engineer (I had for some reason taken out an insurance policy on it, not something I usually do) they said it couldn't be repaired and offered me a new one, as they no longer made the same model they upgraded me to a double oven, induction hob model. I must say I am impressed with induction hobs, just as fast and controllable as any gas cooker I have ever had but so much easier to clean.

I had a wonderful Stoves cooker for more than 20 years and, when it died, I bought the equivalent new model but with an induction hob, thinking it would be just as good. Sadly I was wrong...just buying it was a nightmare in itself. There is a nasty little design fault in front of the job which catches crumbs & I have to clean it with a cocktail stick. The fan oven runs too cool so old familiar recipes have to have a higher heat. I'm used to it now and I do love the induction hob but I had Le Creuset saucepans so no need to buy new. I will certainly shop around much more when it need a replacing.

I have an Aga, which I love. The house we are thinking of moving to also has an Aga - same colour! It made me feel at hone straightaway.

We don't have gas in this area, and considered calor gas, but then went for an induction hob, and I must say, we have found it surprisingly easy to get used to. It can be regulated just as easily as gas.

We have combined it with an electric oven (from Ikea) built in at approximately my waist level. (I am 5 ' 3). Find it a great relief not having to crouch on the floor getting a heavy roasting tin out of the oven, or bend double to check baking.

Moved and left behind my wonderful almost new self cleaning steam oven and induction hob that took even my big jam pan. New house had ancient filthy Rangemaster with electric hobs that only take average size pans but also plate warmer and hotplate thing , took four boxes of oven cleaner to clean it and approx a week.It fits the space and I'm loath to replace it in case we move in the not too distant future.

Having moved a couple of years ago I have got used to the nameless electric oven and gas hob in my flat, but think wistfully about the Neff I left behind. If I had to buy again I'd get a Neff electric oven and gas hob. Reliable and good even cooking. My daughter has one too, chosen because she liked mine.

I had an electric Belling with 2 large fan ovens for 37 years which I loved, used it to cook and bake virtually every day. Then the thermostat went on both and we tried high and low to get them replaced. Had to give up and bought an AEG with halogen hobs and 2 ovens. Totally electronic controls - it took me a couple of weeks with the instruction booklet kept by its side, but now it’s a doddle and the ovens heat up in about 3 minutes.

P.S Any one considering Calor cooking, think twice, we have spent
(along with hundreds of others) the past month rationing our gas and only able to have central heating etc going for short time each day, due to supply and delivery problems.
All this in what has been the coldest few months I can remember here.

Being dragged kicking and screaming into having an induction hob fitted (had gas for ever), I am such a convert its ridiculous! Am yet to see what the impact on the bills is, but the cooking is so much quicker I can't imagine we aren't saving on electric costs. So clean as well - who wants to clean a messy gas hob with all its nooks and crannies, when you can just wipe over an induction one and it looks like new?

My 12 year old belling built-in double oven (grill in top oven) has been fine apart from a new element.

My only regret was listening to my DD who insisted that "all cooks have a gas hob" . Impossible to keep it clean. Give me ceramic any time! Did I mention I'm a clean freak .....

Anno Neff ovens are now made by Bosch and with this latest one, I have a lot of trouble setting the automatic timer to come on and go off when I want it to. It is ostensibly the same as my last one which was a doddle to set, and a godsend, but this one has twice been the cause of uncooked food and therefore no dinner! I did manage to reset the clock last week. I also find the rapid heat up setting very useful.

grandmaPam Am in the process of moving & was thinking about an induction hob. So great to hear how happy you are with yours! Decision made x

I would never go back to a gas hob. Induction is so fast - especially with a ‘boost’ button - and so easy to clean (useful when DH is in soup making mode!).

I have replaced my New World Gas eye level grill cooker with a Hotpoint Cannon very nice but not as nice as my old cooker. When the Gas engineer came to take the old one before he got the new one out of the van he said he hoped the New one was not eye level grill like the old one as it would not be legal to fit it Had the old one 40 years no problem lol!!!

lemongrove I agree about the eye level grill. Very few cookers seem to have them nowadays but if I have to replace my cooker (which is reasonably new), I will try to find one.

I have an induction hob and two ovens set at a sensible height plus a microwave oven. I used to have an Aga but hated it.
My visiting DS had a pan cooking on the hob a few days ago and the milk boiled over. If it had been on my old cooker, it would have been a pain to clean as the milk would have burned on the hot plate area. In the event, a damp cloth wiped across the effected ‘ring’ and it’s all gone in seconds.

Gosh I am amazed at how many us find a life such as 12 years as quite acceptable for a cooker. My belling is 42 and going strong. However, I am about to move into the scary world of kitchen revamp and fear my old beauty should go in the interest of a smaller and more modern model. Lemongrove and SpringChicken, I was wondering if you would be willing to reveal brand names of yours, please?

My 2 ovens are Neff with the slide and hide doors which are brilliant. I have a lot of cast iron casserole style dishes and you can stand immediately in front of the oven when lifting out heavy pans instead of having to lean forwards, so it’s a really useful feature. They also have a grill in them so the equivalent of the old eye level grill.

When I down-sized I got a built-in cooker (fan operated) which came with the house. The built-in grill is rubbish. How are you supposed to see how your toast is getting on? By sitting on the floor? I've had these before and am not impressed. Whoever invented it should be horse-whipped - form an orderly queue - bags first place.
I prefer a good old-fashioned gas cooker with an eye-level grill which I had previously. Sadly, I wasn't able to bring it with me as my new kitchen is tiny with most things built-in. I would have loved to bring my lovely side-by-side fridge/freezer too. Still, 'needs must' I suppose but when I become a millionaire I shall insist on getting precisely what I want.

We remodelled kitchen 20 yrs ago and i chose a Creda "slot in" Dublin cooker with ceramic hob and double oven which i loved. Sadly DD cracked glass of hob 12 y rs in so decided to replace instead of repair. Then i found out that width of 55 cms was phased out and only one model suited the space..... zanussi. It is ok but annoyed at no choice. The glass door exploded when tipped with falling plastic box..... 5 yrs old, just out of warranty so replaced witn yet another.

I always hated grills in ovens .... i never use the second oven either as a cooker. But i do like my counter top glass halogen cooker for grilling items.... another thread