Best Chef Cooking Ovens

Plastic rubbish, spent 4 months back and fourth with Chef trying to get a replacement door handle because the plastic parts have cracked and the door… Read more

handle came off. Zero parts and didn't bother to replace my oven.

Ended up buying another brand at only 20 months old but used for only 16.

I had to purchase this oven to fit the narrow space when the old oven was removed. It is very unsatisfactory. It uses cheap materials. The splash… Read more

back is tiny and wobbles when wiped. The cooktop is made of thin metal and stains easily. The black metal frames that sit above the burners are flimsy. Most annoying is that the oven goes out often when I am cooking and close the door after checking a dish. If I forget to double check that the gas is alight, then I can often find the dish has been sitting in a warm oven and not cooking, simply because the act of closing the door makes the gas pilot go out! It has just done it again to trays of biscuits. The wok burner was part of the deal and is unusable as it doesnt generate enough heat to allow the wok to cook properly. Compared to the previous oven, which was a basic no frills job that would have been installed when the apartments were built in the 60/70s, the burners do not give off the same intensity of heat so for example its harder to get a decent boil to cook a large pot of pasta whereas before it was rapidly boiling - or its very unsatisfactroy to try using a wok on the two back burners as they dont generate enough heat. Oh and the seal around the oven has come loose. As I said, there was no other oven that could fit the space i have so I am stuck with this lemon.

Does the job- just – This is cheapest oven on the market & it really shows.This oven takes a long time to warm up, inconsistent heat and if you’re trying to use more than… Read more

two hot plates expect to lose heat (enough to ruin your cooking). That said, it’s better than lighting a fire outside or microwaving meals for life.

Lasted the warranty... then you have to stick your head in the oven to light it by hand with a flame lighter – 18 months old, and about to replace it already. They got my $1000 though, so more fool me. At 14 months old, black ignitor pushbutton just shot out… Read more

accross the floor - little spring lost, small part from the button has a broken internal clip - you have to stick your head in the oven to light it with a 1980s era gas lighter stick now. At 17 months, the same happened to the light switch also. Splashback protector is very flimsy. The siver paint on the knobs is flaking off, and looks terrible. Otherwise it works fine...

Entertaining cooking for your family – If you like entertaining your family, guests or just bored this oven is for you. And have a swear jar handy! This stove needs a 10min lead time to… Read more

use the stove top. Then you will be on the hop as you try to stop things boiling over and burning. Dancing back and forth as items won't simmer at wanted temp then boil over as the hotplates are now too hot and won't cool down. Only way to stop is lift pots off stove...DANGEROUS when full of boiling water. Knobs have fixed settings that are useless to get simmering right. For no reason should you buy this CHEF oven. Even the grill is terrible to use. Spend a few more $$ on a Westinghouse Coil top Oven/Grill combo to save time and stress. We took our CHEF to the Rubbish Dump after 1 year old and bought the coil top mentioned. Also the CHEF food catching heat vents and ability for boil overs / spills to go down back into Mains wiring is priceless.

Absolute garbage. Its amazing this cooker could pass Australian standards. Tenants nightmare!, slumlords dream!(from just $530). *No indicator light… Read more

to show stove tops are on. *No light inside oven, you will need a torch. *Can't use grill & oven at same time. *No timer. *No temp variation on grill, don't leave your grilled cheese unattended, you'll burn your house down. *Stove tops take for ever to heat up & for ever to cool down, keep kids clear for at least an hour after turning off. *Dials become scolding hot when using grill. *corrodes within weeks. The oven is barely capable of heating up food, impossible to cook or bake anything. Can't even heat up taco shells without burning ends & leaving the middle raw. Dangerous and useless. Specifically designed for slumlords to comply with tenancy laws of providing a oven.

Update to love cooking, don't buy review – Four years after purchase: one of the four stove top burners is working properly. eg one of the suspect other three kinda works, but even when set to max burns at min; I don't use it as I worry about gas pressure building up. Show details