My stove and oven seem to need replacement. I think that they can be
repaired, but they are getting on and the time between repairs is
getting shorter - time to consider splashing out!

I have quite a few questions and would love any opinions. I'll list
them:

- Are there any real lemons that I should avoid?

- I tried a convection oven a couple of decades ago and it was utterly
useless. I see that they are still flogging them, so maybe the
technology has improved. Is it worth bothering?

- I have a pretty standard (I think) 60cm x 60cm oven to replace. I'd
like the cheapest, but best ( of course ), and most reliable oven/
grill combination. I'd like to be able to make pizza's and have good
support for long, slow casseroling. Any makes or models stand out
particularly?

Peter Brooks wrote:

Not that I am aware of but: my mother has an oven made by Stoves, my
mother-in-law one made by De Dietrich and I have one made by Bosch:

Observations: I can remove both doors from the Bosch oven and, AFAIK,
so can M-I-L. My mother cannot remove the doors from the Stoves unit -
a pain when it comes to cleaning them. The De Dietrich has an 'at
temperature' alarm which would be great if the clock etc worked - it has
never worked and M-I-L has given up attempting to have it repaired -
she has had two or three clock modules. The De Dietrich also has a
self-clean function which caused the door glass to shatter on it's first
use. The repairman advised her not to use the self clean function! We
would have bought a NEFF oven had we not been given the Bosch unit. We
found getting spare racks etc from Bosch reaaly easy. That's about it
for ovens.

On Sep 9, 9:26 pm, Peter Brooks gmail.com> wrote:

Should have mentioned that in my reply. And also that my chef uses the
NEFF hob at home not for work!

Richard

On Sep 9, 3:59 pm, Richard nouse.net> wrote:

Thank you - I'll investigate that.

I meant to ask another question. All the single ovens I've seen so far
have top opening doors. The eye-level ovens have doors that open on
the right. I'd like an oven with a door that has a hinge on the right
and opens on the left - it fits the space better, there isn't a spring
to go wrong and it works better for me as a left-hander. Has anybody
seen any that do this?

Richard wrote on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:59:30 +0100:

??>> - Are there any real lemons that I should avoid?
??>>

??>> - I'll probably go for a standard four ring stove top.
??>> However, I like the idea of induction hobs.

Peter Brooks wrote:

The Zanussi ZBF569SX has a reversible side opening door and I see that
Baumatic also do one now as well. Side opening doors on this type of
oven seem to be quite rare!

Cheers,
Ben.

Peter Brooks wrote:

In message pipex.net>, Richard
nouse.net> writes

I've got the NEFF 2007 brochure - they still do the Domino range and
other manufacturers have copied them - I like the idea but am concerned
at all the extra edges that will need to be cleaned (not keen on
spending time on cleaning in this house. :)

James Silverton wrote:

Yes!