Freestanding cookers: How to choose a cooker Range cookers

Range cookers offer plenty of cooking options

Most range cookers come with two ovens (including one with a fan), one or two grills, a hob with up to six burners and a warming or storage drawer. 

Griddles, hot plates and wok-burners are also common on range cookers.

Types and sizes of range cooker

Range cookers can be gas, electric or dual fuel with an electric oven and gas hob.

Range cookers vary in size from 90cm to 150cm, and the same cooker may come in several sizes. The width of the range cooker is usually found in the name of the product, for example the Rangemaster Toledo 110 Dual Fuel. 

Always check that the range cooker you’re buying will fit the space in your kitchen.

Range cooker price range

You can pick up a Which? Best Buy range cooker for about £550, but the most expensive range cookers cost more than £3,500.

Range cooker brands

Our range cooker reviews include our verdict on models from brands including Cannon, Falcon, Flavel, Hotpoint and Rangemaster, Baumatic, Belling, Bosch, Britannia, Delonghi, Electrolux, John Lewis, Leisure, Neff, New World, Smeg, Stoves and Zanussi-Electrolux.

Best Buy range cookers start from around £550.

Check out the Which? range cooker reviews for the latest Best Buys, and for more details on range cooker features, see our guide to buying a range cooker.