Electric Cookers

Electric cookers by size

• 50cm cookers: slimmer models for tighter gaps, many with two ovens or a grill compartment.
• 60cm cookers: the standard width, including range-style induction models.

Need a bigger hob? Electric range cookers start at 90cm.

Hob types compared

Making the choice

The hob

Induction puts the heat into the pan itself, so water boils fast and the surrounding glass stays cooler. Ceramic warms a zone beneath the glass and copes with any flat-based pan. Most glass hobs light up a warning while a zone is still hot.

Single or double oven?

Choose a single oven and you have one big space, with the grill built in. Choose a double and there's a second, smaller oven on top that holds the grill, freeing the main oven for baking. Fan ovens circulate heat evenly, which lets you cook on several shelves.

What the two ovens do

Usually the lower, main oven of a double oven electric cooker is fan-assisted, while the upper one is conventional, heated by elements top and bottom with no fan. Conventional heat is ideal for cakes and pastry, as well as for the grill. Range-style models tend to have a multifunction oven instead, letting you pick a heating pattern with a dial.

Main oven size

The capacity quoted on a product page is often both ovens added together. For big joints or wide baking trays, look for the main oven's own figure and set it against the oven you have now.

Cleaning

Enamel or catalytic linings make cleaning easier on many ovens, and some offer steam cleaning too. Pyrolytic models, of which there are a few, heat up until grease turns to ash. The product page tells you which system each has.

Style and safety

White, black and stainless steel cover most everyday models. For a range look, there are 60cm induction cookers in Bertazzoni's Professional, Master and Heritage styles, plus traditional and modern Smeg designs. If children are around, look for a hob lock, and a timer that turns the oven off when cooking finishes.

Before you order

• Your circuit. A freestanding electric cooker runs from its own cooker circuit, not a plug socket, and a qualified electrician should connect it. Replacing a gas cooker? Get the wiring checked before you order.
• Coming from gas. The old gas supply has to be disconnected and capped by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
• The space. Measure width, depth and height, and check the side clearances in the fitting instructions.
• The route. Measure doorways and corners on the way to the kitchen.

The brands we sell

Our electric cookers come from Hotpoint, Beko, Midea, Blomberg, Zenith and Hisense.

Buying an electric cooker from KDH Electrical

All our cookers come with the full UK manufacturer's guarantee. Anything over £600 ships free, normally reaching you within 3–7 working days. In our installation area we can connect your new cooker and recycle the old one, with both options priced in the basket. If you're swapping from gas, capping the old supply is a job for a Gas Safe registered engineer.

Cheaper at another UK retailer? Our price match means we'll try to match it. Questions? Call 01622 541312, or visit our showroom in Rochester; call before you travel to check what's on display.