Fisher & Paykel 90cm Dual Fuel Cooker OR90SCG6

Very good BUT..... frustrating limited temperature selections – We recently had our freestanding Kleenmaid St George oven die after 20 years service. After reading reviews online and going to the store to look for a new oven, we finally decided on the Fisher and Paykel "Professional series" pyrolytic duel fuel freestanding cooker, over the smeg oven with similar specifications. Initially we were very happy when it arrived, as it was bigger and heated up much faster than the previous oven, the cooktop was a lot better, and the rotisserie worked surprisingly well. However, we soon discovered that the temperature knob was graduated in preset temperatures. So rather than allowing you to turn it to the desired temperature, you can only select the preset temperatures. This sounds like a great idea except for the fact that the settings do not allow a 5-degree temperature increments and at lower temperatures you can only select the preset temps that they have decided on. So if your recipe calls for a 30 mins at 195 you will have to adjust the cooking time as there is no 195,185,175 only 190 180 170 and so on. Even though the manual also gives these suggestions of the 5-degree temperatures for ideal cooking times, you are unable to select that on this oven. So for a "professional" oven this is a bit of a frustration, as any of the recipes which require 5 degree increments will have to be adjusted accordingly. It was also hard to spot this issue prior to purchase as the other reviews never mentioned this, and in store the temperature selection knob doesn't seem to show this limitation clearly. If you can get past this, then the oven cooks food very well and the cooktop is easy to clean and does a great job at quickly and easily cooking whatever you throw at it. I just really wish that the temperature knob allowed these fine tuning of temperatures especially considering the cost of the oven and the fact that it is sold as a professional series.

Whatever you do - don't buy this oven!! – The internal enamel of our oven chipped within WEEKS of us using it. F&P sent someone out to inspect who said it was clear we didn't cause the damage. Now F&P say we dropped something heavy on it and refuse to replace it. Now I can't use the pyrolytic function - a total dud and I'm devastated with the service and quality after spending so much money on my 'dream oven'.