Belling Countrychef 100G Width: 1000mm Gas Cooker Reviews

+ The equipment is stylish, easy to use and very controlable, but most importantly its a doddle to clean.

- The centre bar seperating the left and right groups of hobs is liable to scratch over time if you are a little heavy handed with a larger sized pan, as the bar itself is slightly raised of the hob hight

+ Safety cut off when you lower the glass plate is brilliant, really clever touch. Looks better than a rangemaster in my opinion for half the cost! No complaints really. Would give it 10 out of 10 but I never give 10's....

- Adjusting the gas flow for the rings can be a little fiddly, but I expect I'll get used to it. I have to find something to write here!

+ Good selection of different size rings. I also wanted the close down lid when not in use.

- I don't like the slide on/off handle on the grill and it gets very hot, you need to use oven gloves when touching.

+ all of the obove

- nil

+ EASY TO LEVEL OVENS PERFORM WELL

- WOULD OF PREFFERED MORE COLOUR CHOICE

+ the 7 burners plus the 2 types of oven for differing uses

- fitting into my fitted kitchen, the adjustment wheels meant that the cooker protuded outsise the line of the base units

+ nice contempory design very easy to clean like the way the light is on in the ovens so you can see the cooking

- none so far

+ LID shuts off and double oven very usefull for big family.

- Need to improve on colour contrast and large pans do not sit flat on surface.

+ Easy to use and great for large families

- The grill needs another shelf to bring the grill pan nearer the grill for making toast

+ The oven capacity is great. The grill pan fits in my dishwasher. When the lid's up it stops any cooking splashing onto my wall tiles, when it's down it makes the hob easy to keep spotless.

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+ The range looks smart and is easy to use, all in all a very good product.

- Cant think of any yet

+ ease of use

- could do with an extra optional shelf in each oven

+ Love the griddle and the fact it was included in the price along with the ease of use of the whole product.

- Cooker knobs tend to get hot when the oven is on, plus the glaze on the doors has started to take on a crackled appearence after only using the oven and grill a few times..

+ i have found everything very good with this cooker

- the wok burner i find quite hard to clean if something spills over and it marks it so looks unsightly

+ All good up to now, this item replaced an AGA so it has alot to live up to, but doing well!

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+ Quality feel. Too soon to comment on reliability.

- Grill tray has fiddly handle. Ignition button is far left, should be in middle.

+ Wok burner, auto shut-off gas when closing the lid

- tight in 100cm gap

+ The cooker is well laid out and makes the best use of the dual fuel facility. The hinged glass top is very useful presenting an additional preparation area when the hob isn't being used, but the warning about heavy objects and not using the surface for food preparation is a bit off-putting. Surely the top is meant to be a useable surface for some kitchen procedures.

- The projection of the horizontal tubular pull handle on the left lower oven has proved to be a problem as it prevents the cooker being installed adjacent to kitchen base units to the left-hand side, or indeed close to a wall on the left. Similarly the projection of the controls has required me to move drawer units which, on opening, collide with the projecting controls. I have set back the LH base unit 35mm to accommodate the projecting handle and will install a corner closer peice to overcome the drawer problem. A note of these small, but critical setting out details may have been helpful. If the door could be hung either side would have overcome the first problem, but only by shunting the units 50mm from the front line of the cooker can solve the drawer problem.

+ Looks good, everyone comments how good it looks. I just love it, so many good things especially the timer, fantastic bonus to the cooker

- Grill pan handle not the easiest to use

+ Price, compared to other products that look similar it is good value for money. It is two cookers joined together, you can even see the joins at the rear.

- Feet, the worst I have ever seen, cheap plastic that are awkward to say the least. All of them were lowered slightly and the cooker moved. Every one of them bent so it was raised by putting a large piece of wood underneath.

+ The lid is good

- The instructions that came with the cooker are inadequate. The timer is of poor quality - I cannot see it lasting very long as it appears to have been made with poor/inadequate materials.

+ Multi burners (Wok) and overall size of cooker

- Plastic knobs/controls feel very "Tacky" and cheap. Ignition system too slow on initial ignition

+ 7 burners, 2 ovens, 1 grill and 1 storage compatment - need I say more!!!!

- Struggle to not show smeary when cleaning..... only 1 ignition button for burners - needs two width of cooker.. your arms need to really stretch!

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- can't regulate the wok burner enough - get far too hot

+ Layout of burners is well thought out and easy to clean. Lights and glass oven doors an advantage when cooking and both ovens very efficient.

- Bit of a reach is lighting far right burner a bit of a stretch as ignition button on far left and knob for burner at other end of cooker.

+ Looks very attractive and is easy to use.

- Cooling fan on only one oven, should have it on both

+ Love how it looks, finishes off the kitchen nicely. It's great having two ovens. Glass lid great as doubles as a splashback. Wok burner is brilliant, didn't realise I was getting one of those. Overall great product for the price

- Haven't found any so far.

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- Adjustable feet are on front edge only and are very flimsy. You can easily strip the thread (they are plastic)

+ Looks fantastic, very easy to install and use. It is very efficient. I love my new cooker.

- the ignite button is over one side so depending on the hob you are using at can mean stretching a bit (but not much).

+ ther is so much space, i hate cooking, but cooking wiyh my belling is brilliant. because of the 8 rings and two ovens it makes cooking a large variety of dinners easier

- im not used to not havin an eyelevel grill, and do tend to 4get that ive got 2 keep checkin the food on the grill!

+ double oven makes cooking a wide variety of items easy, griddle pan is fantastic for cooking steak

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+ The various size hobs i think is great (inc the excelent wok burner)
Automatic fan for the grill
The space/size of the ovens
My cooking skills have improved since i had it !!

- the only 'bad' thing i can think of which isn't integral to the cooker at all is that when you put the cooker light on it lights up both ovens wether in use or not would be an idea to control the lights seperatley for each oven

+ price
number of hobs

- feels flimsy
pan stands need to be sturdier

+ Easy to use, nothing complicated, ovens are a good size and have plenty of racking for the shelves - this is a better cooker than the other belling range style (which I had before)(8 hobs no lid or wok ring)

- If you want like to keep the lid down after use the griddle does not store anywhere in or around the oven. I would have preferred the different size gas rings to have been sited differently; ie, one small at front of hob one at back. If you previously had the other belling it's very diffcult to not keep pressing the light button instead of the ignition!

+ Love the design, easy to use and clean! very handy drawer to keep my tins in.

- I feel that the ovens could be deeper. I have bought a couple of trays and they have not been able to go in. I have now measured the depth so I dont make the same mistake again. Wondered why there is quite a gap between the back pf the oven and shelves?

+ the double oven and having a fan assisted oven and a non fan assisted oven / great for large dinner parties. The "lid" is great used as a backsplash

- the ovens could be larger

+ Looks good, cooks well, more than enough space to cook for a large family especially for a Sunday lunch

- None up to now

+ A rare model - great to have a glass lid

- It's heavy!

+ safety and looks great

- none as yet

+ nice product 7th burner/griddle really good

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+ multi burners and ovens

- grill and ovens slow to heat up

+ Looks good, hob is perfect with 8 rings

- need to hold the knobs in for the grill and ovens and as the ignition is on one side and the main oven knob on the other it is a bit of a stretch

+ this item is great value for money very easy to use and great design best thing i have brought in a long time

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+ Plenty of hob space with varying size flames. Fan oven heats up very quickly. Grill gives fast even cooking (once warmed up - but no slower than other ordinary electric grills I have used). Hob very easy to clean not what I had expected with gas hobs. It also looks as good as it performs, I love it. With 8 burners and 2 decent sized ovens Christmas lunch was a breeze!

- Grill pan handle! I wish it was fixed. Also grill door doesn't lay flat when fully opened making it difficult to rest grill pan on to turn food during cooking. But these just minor points.

+ Nice looking design. Easy to install and operate.Should be good value for money so long as it lasts. Its a bit too soon to give you a full report but it is a good start. The grill is very good and the burners are very controllable.

- No lights in the ovens. Wheels or castors would be good for pulling out to clean. At least one solid shelf/tray rather than all wire that just says cheap to me. The timer volume is way too quiet even at it it louders it is not audible over a kettle and mimcrowave. The gas burners are also noisy so that doesnt help. I dont mind that as I know they are on. Why should it be chained to the wall? Instruction leaflet doesnt explain.

+ The cooker looks smart and functions well. It's definately got the 'wow' factor.

- Of course I realised that 2 ovens measuring 100cm in total would only be 50cm wide, but I was surprised that the depth of the oven shelves is only 20cm. I had to buy a new set of oven trays (and no more 12 inch pizzas).

+ Neat design & high quality

- The trays on the gas ovens are not deep enough for a 12 inch pizza.

+ easy to operate, appearance is good

- Cannot see flame under grill when alight, so bit difficult to adjust flame
oven knobs need to be held in for 10-15 secs until fully ignited for flame to stay alight

+ LOOKS GOOD,GOOD VALUE,

- NONE

+ size of range burners ,storage

- grill door does not quite open all the way.plate warmer does not get very hot.

+ simple ... easy to use, gas only therefore cheaper to run, ovens almost as good as fan assisted electric ovens, plenty of burners

- gas flow a bit too restricted on most of the burners, no wok stand as standard

+ Two good size ovens, lid which keeps burners free of dust. Easy to clean

- The oven did not com with fixing pipe this had to purchased seperately at additional cost.

+ I believe the model I have with it's lid may no longer be available which would br a pity because of it's safety features.
The cooker looks good, cooks well, and with two ovens , a seperate grill and 7 burners on the hob the wife is never short of cooking space !!!

- None that I have found.

+ Compact with positive controls

- Limited colour range.
When oven is on the control knobs get hot.

+ looks good.easy to use.easy to clean.

- dificulty in lighting second oven when first is alredy hot and in use. grill is poor and very slow even at full heat

+ sleek design

- No option with fan in gas oven.

+ easy to use seems very efficient

- grill isn't as fast as i would like it to be.

+ Easy to use and clean.Gas burners are very efficient compared with the one it replaced.

- Both ovens are a fraction narrow for standard size oven dishes,making some off our dishes obsolete
We had to puchase new ones for our Christmas dinner.

+ Ease of installation, 7 burners, seperate grill, griddle.

- many of my trays don't fit in as it seems the ovens are slightly narrower than most other ovens.

+ Design. Appearance. Materials/finish. Double oven; size of hob; flexibility. Ease of installation.

- No timer for the oven. (Clock included but not automatic time function).

+ offers good range of cooking combinations, ie hot rings and slow cooking rings. also plenty of scope for cooking large meals. I like the way the operation of gas controls are "locked" when the lid is down.

- very difficult to move around, would recommend two hand slots at either end of cooker to enable unit to be lifted.Instructions state to open oven/grill door and grip body of cooker. You cannot get the unit through doorway without risk of injury to hands. Also compared to my last "rangemaster cooker" the gas is very noisy"whistles when on certain settings.

+ The fact that when you put the lid down the hob buttons all turn off - great safety feature... I would suggest that on future models you could make all the buttons turn off/lock when the hob lid is down... this would then make it a great safety feature for those of us with rug rats that like to turn knobs :o)

- The grill is quite slow... no oven timer (i.e. to turn on the oven at a certain time/turn it off) these things are great for working mum's because dinner can start to be cooked whilst we're at blooming work :o)

+ everything to me but my husband raves about the griddle and eats healthier thanks to it.

- none

+ Glass lid, great wok burner, large ovens

- No gas hose

+ nice looking cooker glass lid a nice feature overall when compared to similar products offers good value for money

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+ easy to use / keep clean

- no oven lights

+ Looks good.

- No light inside to see when cooking

+ Worked staright away

- Grill pattern uneven
Oven door a little stick and fan a little noisy

+ The 8 burners are extremely useful & its good value for money for 2 ovens (one standard and one convection and a separate grill. Ideal for large family gatherings or dinner parties

- Hard to connect have to get two separate people out - gas fitter and electrician
Also the warming drawer doesn't really warm the plates very well

+ size - makes cooking so much easier - seperate ovens and grill is also really useful! Looks great and is easy to keep clean - no finger marks that you often see on silver ovens.

- sometimes the gas hob rings come off easily and won't light

+ Well laid out burners. Good interior dimensions. Stylish cooker. A lot of cooker for a good price.

- The two smaller burners are very low therefore don't get used often. No interior lights in the oven compartments. No child lock on the minute minder, hence mains switched off when electricity not required due to toddler pushing the clock buttons.

+ Plenty of burners, robust, exellent quality at a very good price.

- No lights in ovens, no splashback, but are very minor niggles

+ easy cleaned

- ovens should be other way round

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- the grill is not powerful enough

+ looks great.quick and easy to use

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+ The design which gives plenty of cooking space

- None

+ Easy to use, easy to clean

- griddle plate doesn't fit in space saver cavity.

+ looks/dual oven/ease of use

- none

+ I really am pleased with this cooker - it is simple to use, the oven cooks at exactly the right temperature, the shelves can be placed where you want them. The rings are well placed. I am very pleased with my purchase.

- I have not come across any bad points so far.

+ its smart looking and works well

- none

+ Easy to use. Looks good. cooks well. Very happy with it worth the money.

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+ The cooker is easy to use and controls are easily accessible.

- Fan oven tends to seem a bit slow to warm up. Storage drawer could have been slightly bigger to accommodate griddle when not in use, otherwise may have been better as a warmer.

+ Easy to use,Ovens a good size, Easy to clean,and the griddle is a health option to use as you need only need
a minute amount of oil.

- Have'nt found any yet

+ Stylish, easy to use, clean and install

- None at the moment!

+ Easy to use controls. Clean & efficient

- Ovens not quite big enough.