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 […]
Continue readingIf the plastic lugs have broken off on your Zanussi oven (may apply to your AEG or Electrolux Ovens too) when you have tried to take the door apart here is how to fix them: Method 1: You drill a small hole into the plastic bracket on the outside door where the lug has broken […]
Continue readingIf you have a go at cleaning a Zanussi single or double oven yourself be careful of the lugs when you take the door apart. Zanussi means also AEG and Electrolux too as they are often are the same (or very similar) cookers/ovens with different branding. So procedure for taking a Zanussi door apart so […]
Continue readingI thought I'd tell you how we manage to get the tight difficult bulb covers off. For example on the Smeg A1 Range we would use either one of our microcloths which are pretty effective or else we also use some material that we got from Ikea that is supposed to be 'anti mat slip' […]
Continue readingWe cleaned a commercial range for a Cafe in Weston Super Mare recently. The cafe had just been taken over by a new owner. We tend to get lots of commercial cleans from new owners as they can't believe how dirty the oven etc have been left by the previous owner. Alan went and cleaned […]
Continue readingAlternatives 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 […]
Continue readingWant to know our AGA Pancake Recipe? It’s Strove Tuesday so I’ve just made pancakes on the AGA for lunch. For our AGA pancake recipe I used a mixture of: 2 eggs, 125 gms Plain Flour, 300 ml of Milk. Method Put the flour in a bowl and then add the eggs. Whisk together adding the […]
Continue readingI have already made a posting about pancakes and getting my pan clean. But since then I have remembered that I actually gave up on the pan last year and made all the pancakes directly on the top plate of the AGA. It was a great way to make them though it was a bit […]
Continue readingHere are things to check to see if you oven is clean: 1. The door: Can you see into the oven when you switch on the oven light? Are there any drips apparent on the door? So is is the door clean on both sides? 2. The control knobs: Are the control knobs brown in colour […]
Continue readingAll SMEG ovens have door seals that are tricky to remove as they tend to be quite thin and they also will stick to the oven sides when grease, or burnt on has built up. So when we remove them to clean the oven we have to be particularly careful. The seals are also unusual in […]
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