How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

[jb-1969]

How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers, single oven & hob?

Bosch for £475-600 offer
– Fan Oven (A rating, not the older B rated no-fan oven
– Black can be cheaper than white
– Catalytic lining is available

Electrolux, Hotpoint etc even at £649 offer really quite nasty designs with thin foil dials, poorly thought layout, legends wearing off.

I ask not to buy imminently, but as a shortlist in the future. Thanks.

[don]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Hi

Not a fast selling cooker I must admit due to the single large cavity, Brits tend to require double ovens for flexibility. We have sold a few over the last couple of years and have had no complaints or queries. The build is typical Bosch with no sharp edges, the only thing I don`t like is the legs take an age to fit as you have to firstly fit a strengthening plate to each leg entry point on the carcass.

That aside an excellent cooker with the normal BSH two year warranty.

HTH 🙂

Don

[jb-1969]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Sounds good.
Basically just checking nothing like the old AEG thermostat fault (correctable, but annoying) or controller failures etc.

I do wonder how many people actually use the top of a double oven – except for grill, which tends to be slow to get started then burns stuff.

[don]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Double ovens do offer flexibility however the grills in some are indeed better than others.

Don

[jb-1969]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Oh, that is a point…

Conventional grill tend to be mineral insulated incolloy sheathed, which tend to be slow.
Whereas Creda Solarglo etc used a wire around a rod, supposedly heating faster (still slow, but not as slow).

I assume the Bosch are the plain type. Just so I know.
That said the closed-door type grills are very fiddly to use re detachable handle and I think the Bosch is the same. Better off with a separate toaster, very little is grilled (only thing that could be is sausage which is actually oven cooked anyway).

[don]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Bosch like many mainland European suppliers have a very large grill pan which do not have handles but a sloped leading edge for either oven gloves or towel operation.

Bosch grills are very very efficient and heat up quickly as well, says he who burnt some toast the other evening :rolls: in our Bosch single built in oven.

You probably need to look at a Bosch in the flesh to see what I mean.

HTH 🙂

Don

[jb-1969]

Re: How are the Bosch standalone electric 60cm cookers?

Ah, so it is for oven gloves or towel?
You do not have to use some peculiar “detachable handle”?

If so that is a very good improvement over the “twist, fiddle, drop, scream, burn carpet tiles / linoleum / cat / feet”.

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