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[Toledodude1973]

Can  anybody please advise on electric cookers my dear Ma is not coping well with the gas one ,getting confused and forgetful. Can anyone recommend a free standing cooker which actually clearly shows when a ring is on , i.e. elderly mother proof any help well appreciated

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I would recommend a stand alone Cannon cooker, with gas on top and an electric fan oven.

I would not have anything else

[Toledodude1973]

Lizzy i'm having to ban her with gas completely !

[MR MISTER]

Can  anybody please advise on electric cookers my dear Ma is not coping well with the gas one ,getting confused and forgetful. Can anyone recommend a free standing cooker which actually clearly shows when a ring is on , i.e. elderly mother proof any help well appreciated

With all due respect, if she is, as you say, becoming confused and forgetful, should she be using these dangerous appliances without supervision? Electric cookers are pretty dangerous too.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Lizzy i'm having to ban her with gas completely !

But electric is far more dangerous on the top / as a hob.  You often cannot see easily when an electric ring is on......................until you put your hand on it, or place a tea towel down!

If she is that untrustworthy, poor girl, with a cooker, how about her having meals on wheels or at least meals that can be heated up in a microwave?

[MR MISTER]

Lizzy i'm having to ban her with gas completely !

But electric is far more dangerous on the top / as a hob.  You often cannot see easily when an electric ring is on......................until you put your hand on it, or place a tea towel down!

If she is that untrustworthy, poor girl, with a cooker, how about her having meals on wheels or at least meals that can be heated up in a microwave?

Meals on wheels are delivered ready for the microwave these days, Lizzie.

Cue the insults..........

[TheBoy]

Given what I can do with a small Camping Gaz cylinder, I think I'll stick with our nearly 20yr old tizzy cooker. The neighbours are safer...

[Toledodude1973]

Trouble is Ma has the odd off day so didn't want to remove all cooker types  , just thought without the gas things might be a bit safer.  Microwave is probably best move ,but she wont use it for everything. At least electric could be isolated easily on wall socket,but its so difficult getting old ,you can't watch them all the time!

[Andy B]

Induction hobs only get as hot as the pan that's been on it and are as instant as gas. Not cheap though

[Lazydocker]

Induction hobs only get as hot as the pan that's been on it and are as instant as gas. Not cheap though

Exactly what I was going to suggest... We have one and you can boil a pan of water with a bit of paper between the pan and the hob

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, induction hob. You really have to try hard to have an accident with one of them.

Then again, it might require a new set of saucepans.

[chrisgixer]

Yes induction are indeed brilliant, zero residual heat on the hob once it's turned off.


Although, is it blatantly clear when it is actually on? I've seen one in operation but a while ago.

But as said, the hob itself is very safe. 

[Kevin Wood]

Induction hob can't generate heat without a pan on it, and will actually shut down to protect the driver circuit when the pan is removed.

You can leave them on with a pan on, though. Most are supposed to shut down if the pan boils dry. I've tested that functionality on ours, and the result wasn't a total success.

[chrisgixer]

Aah those where the days.

Back from the pub, pissed, and hungry. What's in the fridge, nout except Bolognese  sauce, any pasta in the cupboard? Ooh yes.

Water in, hob on, boiling, pasta in.

Telly on while it boils, sit down for a minute to space night....

...only to be woken by a shouting pair of legs that look vaguely like the landlords, and a black foggy sealing that's just above my head. "Wtf" I think he said, before running to the kitchen and chucking the pan into the garden and opening all the windows .


These modern contraptions are no fun anymore

[TheBoy]

Aah those where the days.

Back from the pub, pissed, and hungry. What's in the fridge, nout except Bolognese  sauce, any pasta in the cupboard? Ooh yes.

Water in, hob on, boiling, pasta in.

Telly on while it boils, sit down for a minute to space night....

...only to be woken by a shouting pair of legs that look vaguely like the landlords, and a black foggy sealing that's just above my head. "Wtf" I think he said, before running to the kitchen and chucking the pan into the garden and opening all the windows .


These modern contraptions are no fun anymore

The only time I wrecked the landlords cooker, grilling sausages after a night out, I got away with it, because he was with me, and we both fell asleep for several hours