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I am looking to buy a cheap and cheerful cooker, but am having trouble trying to work out what to buy.  So far most of the cookers I have seen are gas - do these all work off bottled gas and if so, is this more economical than electric?   There is a good range on the Darty website - if I pick off that according to what I want to pay will I end up with a reasonable product?   Its for a holiday home, so it isn't going to used every day.  

Thanks, Sue V

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Sue V - we bought a Brandt machine very simlar to the one on the darty Website (model BRANDT KM 465 WE1 ) . Not sure if it is exactly the same model number - nor the price we paid 'cos I am not in France at the moment.

It has worked well for us as we are not yet in permanent residence. The combination of Bottle Gas (3 rings) and electric (oven, grill and one ring) is quite practical particularly if you have a power cut or run out of gas (hopefully not at the same time).

Will be moving permanently this year so will be upgrading to a range cooker.

Nick - did you buy your cooker in France ?. If so what make is it ?. Did you have any problems with the electricity supply for the double ovens ?.

Reason I ask is that we have the option of bringing a Brittania Range from the UK But I am a bit concerned about the electricity supply required and wonder if it might be simoler to buy knew in France. Unfortaunately they don't appear to sell Brittania cookers in France.

tks & rgds

Hagar


 

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My wife wants a range cooker for our property, but so far I've held off buying one in the UK to take over.

The UK ones don't seem to be easy to convert to LPG, at least the ones that the stores sell don't, some of them have jets for the hob but need specialist work to convert the oven, or have to be ordered ready converted.

The other thing that worries me is servicing in France

Alcazar

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Hi Alcazar - the Brittania we have is gas hob electric ovens and grill - conversion to LPg is simply a matter of changing the jets on the hobs (jets supplied with cooker when new).

We have had it nearly 3 years and yes it was expensive - but has been fantastic - both MOH and I will be sorry to leave it behind so unless I can find an equally good one in France I think we will be taking it with us.

rgds

Hagar

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to add a note,

we bought a range cooker in UK 110 rangemaster, and got a 5 year warranty covered by DARTY in France as they are part of curry  group in UK.Also being  rangemaster all the jets for lpg were supplied gratis.

For the electric double ovens, we put in a 20 amp supply from the fuse board to JUST the cooker..Works very well.

On the cheaper side, when we first came here I bought a really cheap gas cooker from BUT in Caen, and it was a lifesaver. It now serves the family guest rooms very well and is cheap to run.

Happy shopping whatever jeremy.

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Nick - did you buy your cooker in France ?. If so what make is it ?. Did you have any problems with the electricity supply for the double ovens ?.

The hob is an Ariston, bought from BUT, running on bottled LPG.

Our oven is a horrendously expensive Stoves (BEFORE they were taken over by New Home) double fan oven that we bought over from the UK ('er indoors could not do without it....). At 5.4Kw we had to upgrade our supply to run it...

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My cooker is all gas.  A bottle last about 6-8 weeks.

It runs best on green bottles.  Blue are ok but red seem to be too hot!  As I get older, the gas bottles get heavier so the next cooker will have the twiny or similar type bottles.

I am on the look out for a new one...should really buy now at the end of the sales.  It will be all gas.  Too many power cuts over here for my liking.

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It runs best on green bottles.  Blue are ok but red seem to be too hot!  As I get older, the gas bottles get heavier so the next cooker will have the twiny or similar type bottles.>>>

But aren't the gases in the different coloured bottles, actually diferent gases?

I thought blue was butane (calor, caravan gas), and red was propane? I'm not sure about GREEN bottles? That used to be carbon dioxide, but not any longer.......and anyway, carbon dioxide doesn't burn.

Propane certainly has a higher calorific value than butane, and tends to be preferred in winter as it evaporates at a FAR lower temperature than butane.

Alcazar

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Hi

Here's my  two penny worth or should that be 2 euros now I live in France?

We have just purchased an Ariston 90cm wide cooker with 5 gas rings and large electric oven from Darty -free delivery and free conversion of jets to propane - our bottles are blue - and yes propane must be kept outside. We ahd same system in UK except used calor -1 bottle used to last between 8 -12 weeks.

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Hello all, I am interested in the discussions on combined electric and gas cookers that will work of bottled gas. Do they work with the small 13kg butane cylinders or must you have a permanent large tank? If they do work off the small cylinders is the cylinder kept within the cooker or is it just freestanding next to it?

Thanks

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Hi David - our gas bottle fits snuggly into a 40cm wide kitchen base unit. We have two, so that there is always a spare as bottles always run out when you are cooking and usually (sod's law) when you are cooking for guests!

Gas bottles are available everywhere - supermarkets, petrol stations, behind the boulongerie in our village etc etc 

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I think you can keep Butane inside: certainly there are cookers available with a little storage compartment to keep a 13kg bottle behind a door, built in to the cooker.

AFAIK propane should be kept outside.

Personally I'd keep BOTH outside, (although this might cause probs with butane in winter as it won't turn into a gas easily at low temperatures), as IIRC BOTH are heavier than air, so any leak could "pool" in the cellar for instance, with possibly fatal consequences

Our neighbour has her bottles standing on her outer wall and piped inside in rigid copper piping.

Alcazar

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We bought an all gas (except the grill) Faure from But which works fine, although the oven temperature is not very sensitive - wouldn't like to try and make meringues! When we make the permanent move we will leave our Britannia behind and buy a new range cooker - Lacanche with electric oven and gas hob is the current favourite. Anybody got any experience of these? The build quality looks excellent, but it hard to know until you use it.

regards

Lisa J

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