Does anything make a gas cooker easier to clean? Which cooker should I buy?

[KatyMac]

I am buying a new one

My oven died in my old one

It is 6.5 yr old and I use it hard

I am buying an LPG hob & an electric (double) oven

You mean cleaning the hob? I guess first off, choosing the hob with the least nooks & crannies would help reduce the workload.

Another tip, which I have fallen out of the habit of using, is to brush the hob (assuming it's white) with a thin mixture of bicarb on water. It leaves a fine layer of bicarb which just wipes away, complete with spills, when you come to clean.

the really easy to clean ones are teh halogen ones, aren't they?

not as easy to control but Id' serioulsy consder it if I were getting a new kitchen. Just being able to wipe across, like the worksurface, instead of picking up the greasy potstands and fiddling with the gas bits. Agh, I've got myself quite cross just thinking about it.

Interesting

I am right to go for a gas cooker aren't I?

I really fancy the gas hob

Bicarb in water.

Obviously

The only alternative to gas that I'd consider is induction. I've hated anything else I've used. TV chefs always seem to cook on gas, don't they?

If you have a dishwasher, the bits can go in there, I even put the control knobs into mine so there's only the actual hob to clean. While I think about it, Lakeland sell an oven-cleaning pack of two clothes. I suspected I was wasting my money but they are fab! One gets the grunge off and the other wipes dry and shines. Excellent!

I had visions of trying to make bicarb float across a bowl of water without dissolving, lol!!

What's induction?

I've said it before and I'lll say it again, you just have to take it all apart twice a week and clean it. Don't be a slattern.
Wipe the cack off with wet kitchen paper
go over it twice with a j cloth and fairy liquid (insert own brand names here), rinse off with wet kitchen paper
wipe down with dry tea towel

not hard labour

but the knuckle bashing and the smears and grease left behind under knobs..

the utter, relentless, pointless vacuity of the task...

E clothes

Induction is a type of electric hob but it is instantaneous. You do need to use particular pans, with a steel content. Have a google - I'd do it myself but I've got to go now!

tsk tsk
one should treat one's cooker like one's car - maintainance and respect, it drives your kitchen, it represents your standards and you should be proud of it!

(my sink is a WHO danger zone, however)

Thanks

MY sink is perfect

my standards are variable, sw, and unconnected to state of my hob.

amateurs!

what was wrong with halogen suedonim, out of interest? Just too damn slow?

i have a gas cooker and love it- i hate when i go to mums and have to cook on elec.
i wipe my hob after each use- i have no scrubbing or anything to do. its still white as when i bought it

I spent 32 years on gas & the last eight on electric

I think I hate electric but I am worried that I am misremembering

OBM, electric is so slow, it drives me mad, taking a week to bring water to the boil etc.

I am interested in induction, though. We have no mains gas so I am considering it for my next cooker. A couple of friends have induction so I shall go and try-before-I-buy.

isn't halogen different from an electric though? sorry.,

actually maybe that's another word for induction?

Oh dear it's going to cost about £450 to fit the gas cooker

I think we might have electric

wow that sounds a lot, how comes so much. i had my freestanding cooker fotted for 70-80 last year

'Cos I have to buy 2 tanks and a crossover valve and pipework and a chain (?) and about 4 hrs of labour

the chain is to attach cooker to wall so if it falls over the gas pipe doesnt get broken and explode.
sounds like a pita i woulfd be gutted to have to have elec