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New World NW601GR Built-In Single Gas Oven - Red
by sampa99978
We replaced our faulty older oven with this beauty at the end of 2012. What you see from the picture is what you get - the oven is a striking red colour and can make a great feature piece in your kitchen, but it has very basic features.
FEATURES
Most important of all, there is no timer function - there is the grill (one ... heat only) and gas mark 1-9. There is also an option for 'slow' cooking which I've not yet tried, but could be a good option when you're cooking a shoulder of lamb for example.
OPERATION
To turn on, you hold in the dial until the gas in the oven is lit. I've found that it can take a few attempts for the gas to catch but this may be more to do with the way my oven was set up rather than the oven model itself. I use the oven regularly and find that it provides an even cook - it doesn't cook one side more than the other for example, and it does match the cooking times suggested in published recipes.
CLEANING
The New World oven is definitely easier to clean and maintain than other ovens I've had experience of. The side walls are easy to access and the front panel is removable, so straightforward to slide out, wash and replace again. I have to admit that I didn't realise this at first as you really can't tell that it can come out, it does look very integrated with the rest of the oven. Every oven should have this feature!
PRICE AND SUMMARY
The New World oven is a mid-range oven in terms of cost, which I think must be down to the outward appearance as it is so basic. We were limited on choice as we had to agree a model with the landlord, but I think an oven HAS to have a timer at the very least. I know these days people can use mobile phones for the same job, but it's such a simple thing to add.
If you're looking for a great feature for your kitchen, I would consider this oven, but only if your budget can't stretch further to include better functionality.
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John Lewis JLBIOS664
by Jo Sunderland
This is the 3rd time this model has broken down on me; it can't be a coincidence! The first time, (albeit the prev model), the oven started struggling to get up to temperature and would not allow you to change the temperature unless the whole oven was turned off, allowed to cool and then turned back on to a higher or lower temp! To be ... fair John Lewis changed it for a new one when their service centre couldn't get the back off (I did tell him to use a torx (star drive) screwdriver bit, but he insisted they were phillips. The screw he managed to remove was definitely torx). I was pleased to get a new oven, so didn't complain too loudly! However, the new oven came just before Christmas and from the day it arrived, it didn't reach temperature, although this time it stated it had! I was cooking for 8 hours solid on temps starting at 180, up to 210 and it still wouldn't cook the food. The roasties, (by the time they were golden) were solid through and inedible! John Lewis changed the oven, as it was less than a few weeks old when I called them. The new one is also faulty, as the display isn't working properly. It is cooking well, but i've only had it 2 weeks, so i am going to have to have another one, number 4!!! Each oven needs to be installed and when they change it, I've had to pay for the electrician to disconnect and then come back after delivery to reconnect. This is not good customer service when they are selling what is clearly an inferior product. I will be taking this up formally with the company. Avoid this model.
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Hotpoint UY46 Style Line
by NotMyToothbrush
We got this oven from Comet last year as it was on sale for about 20% off its usual price. We didn't really do much research into it and purely bought it because of this price and the fact that it suited the kitchen style.
The design is a mirrored chrome colour mainly with chrome handles and silvery knobs for controlling ... temperature and the grill. All of the colours match each other very well and make the oven look very modern.
The top oven is very small and can only fit in items which do not have great height, if you do put something a little too tall in, it will hit the grilling bar at the top and probably burn the food at that point. As I just mentioned, the top oven also has a grilling bar built into it which, you guessed it, means the top oven also acts as a grill. The grill is very good as its temperature can be controlled, you can either have it on half or full power and the sides of the grill which get heated can be controlled also to tailor to your meal.
The bottom oven is a fan oven with a very large capacity which is about three times that of the top (hence why the bottom has three selves to the top's one). Despite this large area, it can heat up pretty quickly from room temperature to 220 degrees Celsius (the oven's maximum temperature) within a couple of minutes. Being a fan oven, no matter which shelf you choose to put your food on, the cooking time should be the same.
Cleaning the oven is very easy as it doesn't tend to get dirty anyway thanks to some special technology in the oven which removes the majority of food splatters whilst cooking. Extra cleaning usually just consists of a quick wipe with a wet cloth. In the year that I have owned it, I have probably used oven cleaner just once but that was only because I baked a pie where the filling decided to escape from the pastry and onto the oven floor - baking it in to the metal.
The oven has a built in timer which can either just sound a series of beeps or can actually switch off the cooking systems of the oven after the time is up - I use the regularly so that I do not have to be as worried about getting distracted whilst cooking. I often use them in conjunction with each other too to allow me to know when I need to put something else in.
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