Browse Forums Kitchen Appliances 1 Aug 16, 2016 2:16 am Howdy ho so we're building and are about to head into prestart One of the million overwhelming decisions we have to make are in the kitchen my wife and I really like the free standing upright oven - 900 wide She was a little concerned when a friend mentioned that the upright ovens don't cook very well - take a long time to heat up, variable in heating compared to the built-in ovens Just wanted to ask you genteel folks about your cooking experience, consistency. variability, reliability, challenges, joys of using one before we make the investment If you could please also indicate your oven brand/type/age - that'll be really appreciated giving everyone some context Thank you for sharing! Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 2Aug 16, 2016 7:32 am Those factors are all typically relative to the quality of the oven, not the type of oven. The biggest drawback to a freestanding one is that overtime food scraps end up down the side between the cabinetry and the oven. I love the freestanding variety too, but the next one will have built in ovens and a stove top in the bench. Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 3Aug 16, 2016 1:02 pm Quote: Those factors are all typically relative to the quality of the oven Thanks Ponzu - good point so another question would be, how do we tell what is a good quality oven? Here's a link I came across from Choice on a quick search but it's more of a general buying guide rather than - how to see if it's a good quality oven or not https://www.choice.com.au/home-and-living/kitchen/ovens/buying-guides/ovens Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 4Aug 16, 2016 10:50 pm Perhaps you want to establish what your budget is and what your builder is offering as options. Do some research on those options in your range and if they appeal to you, choose one. If they don't, get the provisions installed and have stuff installed after hand over (note this is tricky because you sort of need to know what's going in before the kitchen is ordered by your builder so that the cabinetmaker knows how to fit everything off). But seriously there is no single answer to your question of what is best. The guide you linked explains all the options available, and you need to decide which of those functions you need vs want and then shop from there. Eg I keep birds, so I will never have a self cleaning oven. Or any oven coated in Teflon for that matter. Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 5Aug 16, 2016 11:03 pm As to quality, as long as it's not a bottom of the barrel home brand (ie "chef" "blanco" "technika" etc) it will be fine Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 6Aug 17, 2016 3:30 pm Thanks Ponzu We've been getting conflicting information from different salespeople HN says to stay away from Westinghouse GG says it's their best selling range wife is now checking out Westinghouse after looking at reviews and apparently the european italian brands aren't that reliable... Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 7Aug 18, 2016 11:00 pm Don't bother with sales people opinions. Their job is to extract as much money as you can afford to pay for whatever it is they're selling. Pick what you like, read up about it. If it's overwhelmingly positive, buy it. Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Re: What's your experience cooking with a freestanding oven? 8Sep 23, 2016 6:03 am You don't move oven around like an armchair... Moving it anywhere would still required gas plumbing/electrical a to be accounted for also. I don't see moving it as any more flexible, because ovens generally don't get moved. Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Bathroom renovation will likely include a back-to-corner bath and we’re considering a freestanding tap with hand-held shower such as the picture included. My hesitation… 0 24696 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Grind texture and paint off at blister up to top of fence Will see damp cement render 5 6273 Hi Chippy, no there isn't, gave it a really good look through and literally opened everything and checked all edges as well. Hence the question, just hoping someone would… 2 2083 |