5 Oven AGA Dual Control Cast Iron Range Cooker

5 Oven AGA Dual Control Cast Iron Range Cooker

Description

The new electric AGA Dual Control is everything you love about the AGA cooker, but with added flexibility and much reduced running and servicing costs.

The AGA Dual Control looks much like a traditional AGA cooker and - just like the traditional model - the cast-iron ovens are always available for use, creating that indefinable AGA warmth.

However, with an AGA Dual Control the ovens feature a new low energy setting and can also be switched off completely.

What's more, the two hotplates can be turned on and off independently. This means you can make a reduction in the overall heat input into the room from the cooker when desired and, in turn, reduce running costs.The boiling plate and simmering plate can be operated at the turn of a switch via the discrete control panel and so are on when you need them and off when you don't.

This extra degree of flexibility means you can use your AGA Dual Control in a number of different ways. For example, on a warm summer evening you may choose to have the ovens turned right down or switched off. You could then simply use the hotplates to whip up a five-minute stir-fry followed by some pancakes with ice cream and strawberries. When there's snow outside, you can choose to have the ovens at full heat and switch on the hotplates for some or all of the time. This is the unique feature of AGA Dual Control.

Not only does the AGA Dual Control cook using the same principles as a traditional AGA - using indirect radiant heat - but it can also cost up to 50% less to run than 13-amp electric AGA.

Available in 12 stunning colours - including the new Aqua - the AGA Dual Control is perfect for those who love good food, a stylish, cosy kitchen and the benefits of reduced running and servicing costs.

And - as with every one of our models - you will enjoy the fact that food from an AGA range cooker really does taste better. This is because the AGA cooker treats food differently. It doesn't blast it with drying, direct heat. Instead, radiant heat from the cast-iron ovens gently cooks food, locking in flavour, moisture and goodness.

How it works

The AGA Dual Control has hotplates (a boiling plate and a simmering plate) that can be turned on and off via an integral control panel. The roasting, baking and simmering ovens can be dropped down to a low energy setting, which saves on energy costs while still providing a comforting warmth and allowing full cooking temperature to be reached in just a few hours.The AGA Dual Control gives you a huge amount of flexibility. If you decide you don't want to use the ovens for a period of time, you can just turn them off and the hotplates can be used independently.

How the hotplates work

Behind the top left hand door sits a small dial which operates either the boiling plate, the simmering plate or both. In each of the hotplates there is a powerful heating element. The boiling plate will be ready to use in around 11 minutes from cold. The simmering plate will be ready to use in around 8 minutes.

How the ovens work

As with all previous heat-storage AGA cookers, the cast-iron ovens are indirectly heated from a single small heat source, the heat being conducted across to each oven in exactly the correct proportions to provide the different cooking temperatures for roasting, baking and simmering. This provides kind-to-food radiant heat which locks in moisture and goodness. All three ovens have a new feature of a low energy setting, reducing the oven temperatures. This in turn gives a reduced heat output into the room and, naturally, a reduction in running costs. From this new low energy setting it is possible to reach full oven cooking heat in around two to four hours. On the larger five oven model, the left-hand ovens are a slow-cooking oven and warming oven. This part of the cooker has its own separate heat source; this section of the cooker is brought to temperature when required with a separate on-off button.

Operating temperatures

Typical oven temperatures at full heat:

Roasting oven: 240oc (Nominal)

Baking oven: 190oc (Nominal)

Simmering oven: 115oc (Nominal)

Low Energy Setting

The energy saving is achieved through dropping thr roasting oven to below 200oc. The temperature of the other ovens will also reduce accordingly.

* Low energy setting does not apply to the slow cooking and warming ovens on the 5-oven model.

Energy consumption

A large proportion of the energy is used via the hotplates on a Traditional AGA cooker, so by being able to turn them off, there is a significant saving to be made. The addition of the option to reduce the oven temperatures provides yet further potential energy savings.

Rigorous testing of the AGA Dual Control has been undertaken to assess the energy consumption under different conditions of use. We have commissioned an independent body - GASTEC at CRE to test the Dual Control. Below is a table, which represents one week of typical usage. The data in these tables is however approximate and will depend on ambient conditions, mains voltage supply and variability in manufacturing assembly.

Low Energy Setting

The energy saving is achieved through dropping the roasting oven to below 200°C. The temperature of the other ovens will also reduce.