Are modern electric cookers any good?

Russinating

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I love cooking on gas, and for the past 4 years I've had it. However our new place has a rubbish - not even fan assisted - electric cooker that makes day-to-day life quid tedious. A 10 minute pizza takes half an hour for example, and we just don't bother with anything exciting because it's difficult to judge or manage timings.

Our kitchen's getting redone but won't be finished for another 6/7 months at least so I'm tempted to just get an electric cooker to take the old cooker's place now, and be used in the new one too. Plus there's no gas pipes into the kitchen atm so we'll save a few bob there.

But are modern electric cookers (ie the hob part) any good, and what should we look out for? Brands? Ceramic?

Thanks in advance.
 
Yep they are very good.

You need an Induction Hob and a fan assisted electric oven(s). We have an electric range with these features and it performs wonderfully, the ovens are very powerful, the hobs very controllable, etc.
 
This. ^

I have an induction hob that is nice to use and possibly the best way to go if you want/need electric (it will require induction compatible pans). However, I dream of having a gas hob again. (I believe this has been discussed before and will lead to a very enjoyable debate...)

I have one of these ovens and it's joy to use (apart from the invisible on/off button).
 
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Is this a stand alone or to go in a worktop, if letter get a decent oven and a crappy electric hob then change the hob to gas later ?

Unless you have to have an all in one unit?
 
Russinating said:
Thanks guys. So induction is better than ceramic? Do you need special pans?
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As long as a magnet will stick to them they should work.

My parents recently got a Neff induction hob replacing their older ceramic one, it's very quick to heat up and quite easy to control, far more gas-like than any ceramic hob.
 
BigBoy said:
Bosch or AEG electric oven and its all good any of the lower end brands and your askkg for problems!
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Lol got to love this forum.

Just for balance the Bosch electric oven in my kitchen was the only appliance to go wrong in the first 5 years of use (has now had the same fault twice, the main oven control knob is expensive plastic garbage) the beko fridge freezer and bargain basement hotpoint washing machine and dish washer never missed a beat.
 
I was just going from personal experience. Based on that I would recomend the same again over and over again.

Most of my experience comes from commercial use.
 
Induction will behave as well as gas and it is much more efficient.

Fan assisted electric ovens can be good too. I use Bosch oven and induction hob and they both perform fantastically.
 
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delta0 said:
Induction will behave as well as gas and it is much more efficient.
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Whilst they may well be more efficient, it's worth considering how little gas you'll use for your hobs anyway. I buy bottled gas which fires just my hobs, and a 19kg propane cylinder costs me £40, and lasts ~8 months.

I've been quite impressed with induction when I've seen it in action, though
 
delta0 said:
Induction will behave as well as gas and it is much more efficient.

Fan assisted electric ovens can be good too. I use Bosch oven and induction hob and they both perform fantastically.
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Induction energy source is 3 - 3.5 times more expensive than gas though.
 
I prefer cooking on a Gas Hob but it's messy looking and tedious to keep clean so overall prefer electric. Get one with touch controls, not physical knobs as these just get in the way. Induction preferable.
 
As our place has a gas and electrical point - when we do the kitchen I'm considering a Rangemaster 90cm with gas hob, fan assisted electrical oven and a electrical fan assist side oven.

When we were house hunting one of the properties has a massive lovely Aga. I think you could even shove wood in it..
 
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