Fisher & Paykel 90cm Pyrolytic Dual Fuel OR90SDBGFPX1
VerifiedMPN: 362124591 review
Worst oven - don't waste your money – We've had this range since November 2015 along with a FP french door fridge and the FP dishwasher drawers. While I am happy with the dishwashers and fridge I hate the range more and more with each passing day. My biggest complaint is the oven - it won't hold an even temperature and it is so noisy I don't want to use it if we have guests over. The second thing I hate about the oven is the placement of the oven racks. There is no way to position a rack in the middle of the oven. There are 2 sets of telescoping arms in addition to a couple of guides on the side of the oven for racks and none of these allows you to position a rack in the middle. So mostly I cook toward the bottom of the oven. But cooking in this oven is very challenging as the temperature does what it wants. The other frustrating thing is the control panel. It's difficult to work with and very non-intuitive. I constantly have to get out the owners manual to try and remember how to do even the simplest things like reset the clock for daylight savings. It doesn't seem to make any difference what cooking mode you choose - it might cook your food according to your expectations or as is more often the case - you go to check on a roast and find that it is almost done in half the expected time or your cookies are almost burned after only 10 minutes in the oven. I've given up cooking bread because the temperature is so difficult to control. The gas burners are difficult to adjust and if the oven is on the fan seems to vent at the top front of the range playing havoc with the gas flame. Simmer is very difficult to achieve but is possible if you are persistent. On the plus side, the cooktop is easy to clean. But that's about the only positive thing I can say about this range. I'm now actively looking for a new range and wondering if I can sell this one on Craigslist in good conscience.
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