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AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAs AGAsAGAs AGAs AGAs.........

224 replies

NotanOtter · 05/01/2009 22:04

its a minefield

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I was going to buy a new one - all singing dancing with power flue fitted 10K then AGA say heres a £1000 off due to recession s0 £9.....

Then we had supper on NY day with some friends who say 'why oh why are you buying new?'

So then i wonder why i am?

why am I?

BUt i look on the internet and cannot even find where to buy re conditioned ones - bar ebay which is just not an option really

Advice from thosed more learned than me PLEASE!

Thanks

OP posts:
constancereader · 06/01/2009 21:49

ddob34 - must just be the one my sil bought then!

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 21:50

Must be - that's a shame for your SIL. A lot of money if it wasn't perfect.

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 21:54

thanks constance.....i have been TOLD they DO look as nice...

but i am unsure...

am asking to look at one in situ in a house locally if possible

ooooooh

I JUST cant decide

mehgalegs · 06/01/2009 21:58

We have a four oven, oil burning reconditioned AGA in racing green. It cost just over £5000. It is a dream, gets serviced once a year has never gone wrong.

I miss it in the summer as we have to turn it off or upstairs over heats.

I sit next to it alot at the moment.

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:00

oooh megalegs

are you the original holidaying in cornwall tall megalegs who used to have the same number of boys as me until i one-upped you!?

mehgalegs · 06/01/2009 22:02

aye - that's me. How is your number 5?

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:05

hard!!

Luckily VERY pretty!

mehgalegs · 06/01/2009 22:07

Good luck with the AGA. They are fab, take a bit of getting used to. My biggest tip is buy a timer and if you are baking wear it around your neck. there are no cooking smells and it's very easy to forget youe=r cake

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:11

Thanks Meghalegs

how come people say their washing smells of cooking then if they dry it on the AGA

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 22:13

and you never have to clean your oven - a big plus!

(well sort of brush burnt bits out but it all carbonises so you never do the full on horrible oven cleaner etc - bliss!)

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:20

It doesn't Ria... They can't have wiped grease off the top.
My washing doesn't smell of cooking

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:26

swwwooooon Ingles

my heart just skipped a beat

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 22:32

my washing never smelt of cooking
although I did singe a couple of things but putting them too near the hotplate - be careful of that.
and I could roast a chicken, cook bacon and sausages, bake a cake and a batch of scones all at the same time with no cooking smells in the kitchen - like magic!
(I do miss my Aga, can you tell?)

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:35

delighted .......

you must be HEARTBROKEN

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 22:35

My top tip (before I shut up and go to bed) is to go to the Aga shop and sign up for one of their evening cooking demonstrations. They run them for free (in the hope that you'll buy lots of stuff with a discount that night), really useful for cooking times, techniques etc plus you get to eat lots of yummy food at the end! It teaches people who have never used an Aga before (like my DH) how to use the ovens etc - and even though he didn't want to go he was glad he did.

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:36

ooo me too, the singeing I mean. Have got through quite a few teatowels and oven gloves.
You will love it Ria... I wasn't keen originally it was dh who wanted one. I could never go back to a conventional cooker now.

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:37

wow thanks for the tip

will I have to buy zillions of new bun trays and stuff because mine are not 'thick' enough?

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 22:37

Yes, I am quite HEARTBROKEN. I wanted to bring it with us.........but wasn't allowed. We've built our own house now with mega-insulation and an Aga would have been ridiculously hot. Much better in our freezing old Victorian house!

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:38

and get the Amy Wilcox Aga baking book.

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:38

so you cant put things to dry directly on the circle tops?

i saw a special wire thing once but was scared the feet could scratch the top

RiaParkinson · 06/01/2009 22:39

at the mention of that cookbook i got Goosebumps!
(pathetic i know) it all just seems so homely!

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:40

no, but you might not be able to resist all the lovely black and cream aga branded stuff.

They only thing you might need is one of the funny baking tins,
( I haven't got one cos I rarely do large cakes)

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:42

I put stuff on the lids... not wet, but I pile up washing to air.
In fact it's covered in sheets now
you can get a rail that attaches to the handle to dry stuff from wet.

delightedoldbag34 · 06/01/2009 22:44

ria I'd treat yourself to a couple of big sturdy tins / trays but mainly because they are made to fit the dimesions of the ovens so you just slide them straight into the sides and don't need to rest them on the shelves (so can use the shelves for putting other trays on if doing a lot of cooking).
And get the circular mesh toaster thingy that you use on the hotplate for making toast, fab cheese toasties and all sorts. And some of that reusable baking parchment stuff again to put on the hot plate before you put anything directly on it (eg for making scotch pancakes/drop scones etc) - you don't absolutely have to but it just makes cleaning easier (or not necessary as you just fling the baking parchement stuff in the dishwasher).
Oh and always wipe up spills on the enamel immediately so its not damaged.

Ok, lecture over now.
Enjoy!

Ingles2 · 06/01/2009 22:46

delighted is right the parchment is essential. I think it's called bakeoglide