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Drying Things using the AGA Cooker

By Graham Rogers

Image by Ivydale via Flickr I have recently picked up this great way of drying things on the top of the AGA cooker. Using a Chefs pad which you can by online from the AGA Cookshop put them on the top of the AGA cooker lid and then put any plastic boxes on the top […]

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What is AIMS on an AGA Cooker?

By Graham Rogers

Image by Ivydale via Flickr     If you get a 13 Amp Electric AGA it will come already fitted with AIMS. AIMS stands for, taken from the Spillers AGA dealers in Chard Somerset Cookcentre site: The Aga Intelligent Management System (AIMS), is a sophisticated programme, which allows you to adjust the output of your Aga, […]

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13 Amp AGA Cooker with AIMS

By Graham Rogers

Image by Ivydale via Flickr Our friend who I have told you about in a previous post  has just had her kitchen completely refurbished and she has installed a 13 Amp electric AGA Cooker. As you know I think the best AGA to get is the 30 Amp electric AGA with running costs of about […]

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How Green is the AGA cooker?

By Graham Rogers

Image by net_efekt via Flickr Apparently the AGA cooker produces up to 1.5 tonnes of CO2 to make each one. It uses 4.5 to 6.5 tonnes of CO2 per year when it is running which is equivalent to the amount of CO2 that the average house produces in a year. So by having an AGA […]

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AGA Kettle

By Graham Rogers

Image by dhammza via Flickr We have had our AGA Kettle since Christmas – it was a lovely present bought online from the AGA Cookshop but unfortunately we haven't used it. I think its because as it's stainless steel it seems to take forever to heat up. I think we may get another one but […]

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Oldest AGA Cooker Competition Winner

By Graham Rogers

In yesterday's Daily Telegraph newspaper the Daily Telegraph's AGA-Rayburn competition to find the owner of the Oldest AGA cooker was announced: oldest AGA competition winner  and the winner was of the oldest continuous working domestic AGA was the Hett family. Aga expert Richard Maggs confirmed that the Hett Aga was a genuine 1932 stove. Though I […]

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Oil Fired AGA Cooker Coking Up

By Graham Rogers

My first AGA cooker (bought in 1996) was an Oil fired one, it was an reconditioned original standard AGA with a Don's conversion kit. It worked fine until we had it serviced! After that it seemed to be forever going wrong as the burner kept coking up, the flame burnt yellow and the AGA went […]

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Alternatives to the AGA Cooker

By Graham Rogers

Alternatives to the AGA Cooker? Are there any? I really love the AGA cooker (our 30 Amp is still going strong) but I know that for whatever reason people will decide to buy another range cooker for their kitchen. Perhaps they find the AGA slow for cooking (it can be) or perhaps they don’t want […]

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