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I’m looking for an LPG slot-in cooker, ideally one with 12v ignition (but this is not essential). Having found this great website, and done some searching, the information explains a lot about the state of the appliance industry.
Missing from this website’s “Manufacturer Information” is Thetford. Does anyone have any information on this brand?
Alternatively, can someone please advise on the best LPG compatible slot in cooker?At UK Whitegoods we deal in standard household appliances.
Thetford is a camping and caravanning supplier who among other things supply a range of cookers. They are heavily based in the USA but have a small representation in Europe. I guess this is why you are looking for 12V ignition.
Most if not all Hotpoint and Indesit gas cookers either come with LPG jets or can be obtained through them free of charge. You will need an LPG gas registered engineer to fit these.
Don
Many areas of the UK are not on the mains gas grid. The Highlands of Scotland is notable. As such these areas need “standard” cookers that are designed for LPG.
Yes, some brands sell LPG adapter kits. But with the closure of high street stores, one is left to deal with contact centres that are themselves subcontracted to other companies, in order to find out how to obtain these adapter kits. This is only after one has had to find use internet search engines that do not provide guaranteed answers, hence why I posted on this site.
Information on Thetford cookers would therefore be helpful, since these are ready made for LPG (so one don’t need to gamble on whether the internet site is correct, nor have to deal with poorly trained call centre staff).
In need of a slot-in gas cooker, in an area off the mains gas grid, this is why Thetford seemed a good choice. I am also off-grid for electricity, so in this case 12v ignition was preferred even though I have 240v.
I went to my nearest shop that deals in white goods and they told me to look on-line to find which cooker I wanted and they would try and get it for me. Passing the buck.
By the way, where do you get “at whitegoods we deal in standard household appliances” from? Where is “standard household appliance” defined? For homes only suitable for LPG cookers, Thetford would be a “standard” slot-in in, white, domestic, appliance.
AndrewWhile I appreciate LPG is a must in certain geographical areas of the UK the proportion of market is very very small which is why most manufacturers produce natural gas appliances with the add on of LPG jets.
The gas cooker market has shrunk considerably over the last twenty years or so due to electric induction cooking being very energy efficient. It is thought that in the next ten years or so gas products will have all but disappeared. You only have to look at people like Hotpoint and Indesit their gas cooker range is a good 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} smaller now than it was ten years ago.
Having read you original post at and not having had any knowledge of Thetford I looked at their website here they are a worldwide company dealing in kit for RV’s and caravans. As a result of my findings I added the rider “at whitegoods we deal in standard household appliances” especially as you preferred a 12V ignition. This led me to believe you were in this market of which we have little knowledge of.
The online companies have the resources to stock so many lines and options this is the best place to start looking.
Don
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