Zanussi ZCI69080XE Freestanding Cooker with Induction Hob
A great upgrade
22/07/2022 14:16
Was in the market for a new cooker and having all the necessary pots and pans and having just used a nice Induction hob whilst on holiday I jumped at the chance to try the Zanussi. Colour me impressed, the upgrade in the Hob, from the ceramic style heaters to induction is like night and day. The Powerboost function gets you to boiling hot in what feels like a blink of an eye! The Automatic function as well is very handy once you get to understand how powerful this Induction hob is, the ability to have 4 different timers at once is great, however the lack of a dedicated oven timer is an oversight I feel from the manufacturer. The keep warm and pause functions, well, where have you been all my life?! The responsiveness of just hitting the pause button and being safe in the knowledge that all of the hobs have been turned down to a very very low heat is amazing, back from what your doing, tap the pause button again and in the blink of an eye your cooking (not on gas) again! Very handy feature indeed.
The top oven/grill, very handy when cooking small amounts of food, I can see why this cooker scored one of the highest review ratings when you look at the size of the grill, goodbye have toasted foods, hello even, grilled cheese on toast!
The main oven is large and seriously holds onto heat well, 2 hours after cooking and having it turned off i was surprised at how much residual heat was still left in the oven! From what i've used it for so far, its cooked evenly and quickly, the steam plus function made some lovely crispy garlic bread whilst cooking some pizzas to perfection.
Its got a lot of tricks up its sleeve, its certainly missed one with the oven timer though, but that aside, this is a great, clean, upgrade from a two year old ceramic ring style cooker.
Miffed_Growler
Newmarket , Spojené království
Age: 42
Gender: Female