Rangemaster is Top of the Range (Rangemaster 110)

Member Name: whatanoldbag

Product:	Rangemaster 110
Date:	24/01/08 (196 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Two ovens, controllable heat, brilliant gadgets

Disadvantages: hardly any but grill not being eye level can be a pain occasionally

When I bought this I was bowled over by it. Certainly compared to a normal 4 ring cooker and oven it is fantastic.

It has 4 normal gas burners and a fifth double burner with wok attachment which is pretty hot. Great for stir fries, less good for gentle simmering e.g. of soup pans because even the lowest setting will cause a soup to burn and stick to the bottom of the pan as it is too hot. A shame as it is the largest of the rings, and size-wise fits a big soup pan or pressure cooker really well, leaving the other 4 rings free for other things. This is a minor issue though. There is a good variety in the kws of the 5 different rings so you can always find the right one once you know the cooker.

It also has a slightly useful electric hotplate which I do use e.g. for keeping something warm whilst you dish up other things, and a place for a coffee percolator, which I've never used so can't comment.

The two ovens give great space for most everyday cooking - if you have never had 2 ovens before then you'll love it - just being able say to cook the roast beef and apple pie at one temperature and the roast potatoes and yorkshire pudding at another makes life so much easier and improves the food. One oven comes with a great little device which hangs off the door and comes with an oven tray which fits it so you can roast a joint and when you open the door the meat is there staring at you ready to baste - so much quicker and safer than having to perilously open the oven door and pull out a very hot shelf, balance the roasting tray on the top, baste then put it back.
The left hand side has a grill - fine - and the right hand side has a tray for storage. It also comes with a brilliant griddle which fits over two of the burners on the hob - allowing you to cook chops, bacon etc in quite large quantities and without the meat sitting in its own fat in a frying pan.

It is quite heavy so pulling it out for occasional cleaning is not trivial but it has a knob thing on the bottom which makes it possible to do it on your own.
general cleaning is fine, and there are lights in both ovens.

Everyone walks into my kitchen for the first time and says:"Oh Wow" when they see it.

It certainly keeps the kitchen warm when it is on - lovely in the winter,a bit much in the summer! But it is much more flexible than an aga for things like that. I get brilliant bread, cakes etc from the ovens and wouldn't part with mine for the world!

© Oldbag 2008

Summary: Great convenient alternative to an aga; sooo much beter than a traditional hob and oven set up.