Belling FSG60TC

I am loving it! – I purchased my Belling 3 months ago from Harvey Norman having put up with an electric cooker for 3 years (purchased by the husband) that was born faulty and a nightmare to do business with. Now I am in heaven! Cooking for up to 12 at a sitting 3 times a day and baking all our own bread daily, this cooker has performed like a champion. You can choose whether or not to use the fan forced option in the main oven and having the 2 separate ovens is extremely useful. The grill works very quickly too. Having the main oven door open sideways is a very nice feature which allows for a larger oven capacity. I find the cook top very easy to wipe clean as is the glass lid/splash guard. I even put me bread in the oven with the light on to prove, works a treat. Couldn't be happier.

So far, so good – We were looking for a stylish, inexpensive, natural gas stove that had reasonable reviews from Australian buyers. After much online searching, we came up with the Belling 60cm gas stove which looked reasonably good and could either be bought online through Prestige Appliances(PA) or through Harvey Norman (HN)Brisbane stores. We couldn't find any reviews of this stove on Australian websites including Product Review. However as this stove is made in the UK, there were lots of UK reviews and all in all, people seemed to review it quite positively. PA had the stove on sale (I think it must have been a model runout sale)but after a few negotiations with HN, they almost matched the price. If you combined their price, cheaper delivery and 4 year's extra extended warranty instead of the 3 years from PA, HN worked out to $19 more expensive. We've only been using the stove for a month and so far so good. The oven doesn't seem to be as hot as what the dial would suggest but I have now come to grips with that and if I want a 180 degree oven I set the dial to 220 etc. Things seem to cook well and in a reasonable time now that I've figured out the temperature variations. All in all it is a stylish little stove that is working well - so far. Uncommonly for a European appliance this stove has a separate grill which is a huge bonus. One thing about this model is that neither PA or HN supplied the stove with its glass lid, which is popped up when you are cooking and this becomes the splashback. In the UK the glass lid is a standard feature and on this model there are side slots which are obviously designed to take the glass lid. I see that PA are now offering a newer version of the Belling Gas Stove with the glass lid as part of the package. It would have been helpful to know this when we were purchasing, but the newer version is listed on sale at $1350 which is $100 more expensive than what we paid for ours and our price included delivery plus 4 years extended warranty. Stylish; separate grilling chamber which can also be used as a mini oven for small bakes; energy efficient natural gas Oven temperature discrepancies; stove did not come with glass lid which is part of UK package; stove does not feature a fan forced oven but I was aware of this when I purchased it