Decent ovens

[dtaai-maai]

Mrs D-M has enjoyed learning farang-style cooking and has a pretty wide range of savoury dishes. She also does decent apple pies and cheesecakes, but is restricted in what she can do by the inefficiency of our 5-year old Sanyo gas cooker bought from Pi Kiang 6 years ago for about 5k baht.

I'd like to buy a decent well-sealed oven with an efficient temperature control. Gas or electric. With or without hob.
As close to 10k as possible, but I haven't started looking at prices yet, so I have no idea what I might be in for.

Any recommendations?

[Dannie Boy]

I think if you want something fairly decent like an electric fan assisted oven for good temperature control, then you will be looking more like 20,000 baht than 10,000. All the normal places have a reasonable selection including Thai Watsadu.

[SunandFun]

I would be willing to be on the committee to taste the Apple Pie and Cheesecake to see if the new oven makes a difference in the taste. Sorry, can't help with the oven, but out shopping this week so will keep an eye out for you. What width do you need?

[Farang]

Last three ovens I have bought were at HomePro as they had the best selection and best prices, too. A fan assisted electric 60 cm oven with grill was abt. 16 000 THB on sale.

[kendo]

Up in Surin Big IQ sales real cookers price 35,000 thai baht i never purchased one because i never thought it would be cleaned.

Kendo.

[Big Boy]

I bought a new cooker this week - a classic Thailand experience. My wife has been cooking in the UK on electric for the last 20odd years, so that was what she wanted here. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of choice for all electric here in Thailand.

We started in Power Buy, and found what she wanted 29,990 reduced to 24,990. I said that I wanted to check a couple of other shops first.

We went up to Big Kiang, and the same cooker was 29,990.

We went to Home Pro, and again the exact same cooker was for sale at 24,990. My wife said OK, we'll have it. Tha assistant disappeared, and when she came back said that,ll be 3 to 4 weeks, but no date could be given. Already less than enamoured with Home Pro from previous visits I said don't bother, we'll go back to Power Buy.

Back at Power Buy, we said we'd buy it - no problem, delivery next day. We were taken to a desk, and my wife was made sign a host of papers, and I dutifully handed over 25,000 Baht. They brought me 6,510 Baht change advising they had given me discount.

TIT

[PeteC]

I don't know that if in the long run you'll want to keep it. Electricity is dear here, and going up all the time. Our oven is electric and I watch the meter spin when cooking a roast. The top burners are gas and a 300 Baht bottle will last us 3-4 months. Anyway, to each is own but you're in a good position now to track the electric before and after. Pete

[Big Boy]

She's got her electric cooker because that's what she wanted. However, I don't believe she will use it very often. She seems quite content with take-away food in the main, and I don't believe you can cook your own as cheaply.

[Dannie Boy]

Mrs D-M has enjoyed learning farang-style cooking and has a pretty wide range of savoury dishes. She also does decent apple pies and cheesecakes, but is restricted in what she can do by the inefficiency of our 5-year old Sanyo gas cooker bought from Pi Kiang 6 years ago for about 5k baht.

I'd like to buy a decent well-sealed oven with an efficient temperature control. Gas or electric. With or without hob.
As close to 10k as possible, but I haven't started looking at prices yet, so I have no idea what I might be in for.

Any recommendations?

Reading all the replies, and assuming running costs are not an issue, I would recommend a fan assisted electric oven for greatest degree of control and a separate gas hob if you need one - again for degree of control (esp when stir-frying on a wok) and as mentioned by others, gas is a lot cheaper than electric. Best to shop around, but Based on BB's reply, seems like Power Buy would be worth a visit.

[dtaai-maai]

I'm following with interest, but I don't want to interrupt the flow.

[Nereus]

Just for cooking roasts I use one of those "Turbo" fan bench top glass cookers. A lot cheaper to run than a full size oven, does not heat up the whole kitchen, quicker than a full size oven and easy to clean after use. Less than 1500 Baht to buy. Plugs into a standard outlet, so you do not need a seperate power supply for it.

It can also be used for other foods such as chicken legs, sausages etc. I have not tried it for pastry type foods but basically anything that that can be cooked in a conventional oven can be cooked in it.

[PeteC]

Here's a gas canister good for cooking with gas outside if the need arises for something like stir-fry, deep fried fish etc. Anything where you need fast, high heat and it's messy cooking. The unit costs about 600-700 and of course you can remove the burner and pot stand when the gas is empty. A new canister of gas that size is only about 120. Pete

[MrPlum]

Just for cooking roasts I use one of those "Turbo" fan bench top glass cookers. ..

...basically anything that that can be cooked in a conventional oven can be cooked in it.

Can you fit a medium size turkey in it?

[Nereus]

Just for cooking roasts I use one of those "Turbo" fan bench top glass cookers. ..

...basically anything that that can be cooked in a conventional oven can be cooked in it.

Can you fit a medium size turkey in it?

Possibly. I just cooked a 1.5 Kg chicken in it and was less than half full. There are a couple of different sizes, this one is an "Otto" CO-705, 1300 watts. It doesn't say what the volume capacity is, but I would guess up to about 3 / 3.5 Kg would fit. I use a rack on the bottom that allows the fat to drain away from the chicken, and that takes up about 2.5 cm on the bottom.

[dtaai-maai]

Thanks for the advice, one and all.

Just to let you know that we have "booked" (no money till the end of the month... ) a "promotion" (more likely an end of line clearance) from Pi Kiang. A Teka HE-615. An electric oven with grill with a 56 litre capacity. Reduced to 13k from c 25k. Oven only - we'll use a separate gas hob.

Also got a very nice office chair there.