Range Cooker Reviews

Richmond 900DF - Dual Fuel Range Cooker (Black, Cream) from Stoves

Brand: Stoves, an establishment for about 8 decades proudly stands as an owner of many awards for its innovation and customer service. Stoves have specialised itself in cooking appliances and its promise and commitment to its customers goes as follows. “Each design is fresh and inspirational, technology smart and revolutionary and the build quality is always of the highest standards.”

Model: Stoves Richmond 900DF Dual Fuel Range Cooker belongs to a dual fuel type with a width of 900 mm. It is also a freestanding cooking appliance. Having given the colour option between black and champagne, it easily fits into any style of kitchen. Weighing 88 kgs, it comes with 5 variable burners and 2.3 kW multifunctional electric ovens with 9 functions.

Hob: This Stoves Range Cooker consists of 5 burners and belongs to the gas fuel type. It is also been found to be compatible with the LPG conversion kit.

Burners / Elements: Stoves Richmond 900DF Dual Fuel Range Cooker consists of 5 burners of different power and features with cast iron pan and automatic ignition. The 5 burners are medium size with 2kw, small with 1 kw, wok with 3.5 kw, large with 3 kw, medium with 2 kw.

Cavities: The one that is present on the top left that belongs to the type of conventional oven with grill and functions with electric power. This cavity has the capacity of 35 litres and with the energy consumption of 1.3 kw for oven and 2.5 kw for grill. It consists of 2 oven lights that are concealed in the sides.

The left hand multi functional oven consists of 10 shelf positions with telescopic runner. With the delay start function, freshly cooked food can be enjoyed at any hour of the day. This segment of range cooker has a small window that makes monitoring a little tedious.

The right hand is a fan oven and this fan technology helps to obtain a uniform temperature inside the cavity. It has 25 shelf positions and more likely, it can be called a plate-warming oven. This plate warming function can be carried out with the help of the plate warming rack that is been supplied with the appliance. These cavities feature with hinged door and enamel lining which also makes cleaning easy and convenient. The door belongs to the drop down type.

Additional

• Fascia cooling system
• Embossed plinth
• Integrated splash back
• LED clock timer / programmer
• Towel rail
• Slow cooking function

Accessories included: The various accessories that accompany on purchase of Stoves Richmond 900DF Dual Fuel Range Cooker are removable cast griddle plate, grill pan / handle / trivet, roasting tin, LPG conversion kit.

Installation: The Gas type belongs to the natural gas and the gas inlet position and type are rear right and ½” BSP female.

Verdict

The pros are it consists of many functions that support easy cooking. Specially stating is the warming oven and two grills.
The cons found are the programming difficulty and heavy pan support. Moreover, when the whole range cooker is been put operational the process slows down and found to have fluctuating power.

Stoves Richmond 900DF Range Cooker - Technical Specification Table

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