Blog – Page 34 – OvenGleamers

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 […]

Continue reading

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, […]

Continue reading

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 […]

Continue reading

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 […]

Continue reading

SMEG Oven Light Bulb Replacement

By Graham Rogers

Image by allerleirau via Flickr Oven cleaning can have its little problems. We sometimes find it difficult to remove the glass bulb covers on ovens and especially on SMEG oven and ranges and Britannia ranges. This is because they tend to be right at the back of the oven, are small in size, so are […]

Continue reading

How To Clean The AGA Cooker Enamel Top

By Graham Rogers

Image by polanrivia Flickr For regular cleaning on a day to day basis: 1. If you are looking to keep your AGA cooker top looking clean and sparkling I'd recommend keeping a tea towel handy on the AGA towel rail and using that with some spray cleaner. I recommend using something like the window cleaner spray from Astonish […]

Continue reading

AGA Cooker Enamel Top Damaged

By Graham Rogers

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday as Alan was ill I was out cleaning. I went to clean a four oven AGA cooker in a refurbished house in a remote area of Devon near Crediton. The AGA was was sitting there in a beautiful kitchen looking rather sad. It was one of the original four oven AGAs […]

Continue reading

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 […]

Continue reading

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 […]

Continue reading