Looking for a suggestion of somewhere to physically go to see a wide selection of gas hobs. I have to have it in 2 days time, thus the lack of mail-order option. Homebase and B&Q are crap in both price and selection :(
Comet or Curry's? The Co op do electrical goods if you have one of their home furnishing places near you. I'm sure there are independent retailers too.
When looking for the same around four or five months ago I was disappointed at the quality/price of the units seen in most of the stores or sheds.
In the end I purchased, for around £100, a Delonghi hob from Comet [1].
IMO this hob is better quality than a lot of other hobs at 2 or 3 times the price. The hob is stainless steel that is not paper thin and has heavy cast pan racks. The controls were a lot more positive than I found on other brands.
[1] The Comet web site has a large range of hobs. Not all are in the stores but a couple of the Delonghi were stocked in the store closest to me.
Unfortunately (and incredibly!) all three do not do the Hotpoint gas hob I'm looking for (a G750T ... quite a standard model!). I'm starting to ring places I've Google'd now to see if anyone can deliver on time!
Exactly what I was going to say. I would have bought my Neff T2970 5 burner gas hob from them (at Bluewater) had I not already got it from Alders closing down sale. Lots of hobs on pull out drawers.
On the advice of a chef friend I deliberately did not buy a hob with a wok burner because, he said, they do not have burners that are sufficiently powerful enough to do a wok justice in the home (and he bought the same Neff as me).
If you really want a wok burner look at the Neff Domino range. A trifle dear tho'. M-I-L had a pair of Domino electric units plus deep fat fryer. Very tasty ;-)
Used Keek in the end on the recommendation of another poster and ordered a Baumatic one instead. They assure me they'll do everything they can to get it here on Thursday even though their lead time is normally 5-7 days. If it arrives on time I will be very impressed indeed - they were a pleasure (so far) to deal with on the phone.
Well it's true compared to restaurant hobs for sure. However it's significantly more heat output than my current (and annoyingly flat ... so quite dangerous with my round-bottomed woks) hob so it can only improve things. I believe the Baumatic one I've gone for gives 3.3kW on the wok burner. They do have a 4.5kW model with separate flames for the wok for finer control and more power, but it's over £100 dearer for just that feature. Can't buy the best of everything unfortunately ...
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