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Belling 356WH review
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The freestanding Belling 356WH electric cooker has a fan-assisted main oven and a top oven which can be used for convection cooking or as a grill. It is a fairly basic model so lacks some useful features such as an interior light - but does this electric cooker cook well enough to qualify as a Best Buy?
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| Specification criteria | Specification |
|---|---|
| Specification | |
| Test Date | 1 February 2009 |
Fuel type
|
Electric |
| Oven type
|
Double |
| Fan oven
|
Yes |
| Multifunction oven
|
No |
| Grill type
|
In top oven |
| Hob type
|
Electric plate |
| Dimensions | |
| Cooker width (cm)
|
50 |
| Features | |
| Self-cleaning
|
Not self-cleaning |
| Colour
|
White |
| Additional info | |
| Additional info | This cooker was tested before 2012 and the results aren't directly comparable with ovens tested from 2012 onwards. More recently tested ovens will have this listed in the full specification tab online. |
Belling 356WH
- Launch date: Feb 2008
- Type: Electric
- Which? score:
| Simply Appliances | £298.00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Currys | £299.99 | |
| Debenhams Plus | £319.00 | |
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Fuel type
Whether the cooker is powered by gas, electricity or both. Some people prefer the flexibility a gas hob and electric oven offer.
Oven type
Whether the cooker has one oven cavity or two. Cookers with two ovens will usually offer more flexibility and space to cook with. Some single ovens will come with a very large cooking space.
Fan oven
Cookers with oven fans are usually better at distributing heat around the oven, heat up quickly and reduce cooking times.
Multifunction oven
Whether the cooker has a multifunction oven that offers fan, grill and conventional oven cooking ability
Grill type
The type of grill the cooker has, some have a cavity all to themselves, others are built into the upper oven.
Hob type
Whether the hob is electric ceramic, electric plate, gas or induction
Cooker width (cm)
Four-ring freestanding cookers come in four standard widths, 50cm, 55cm and 60cm. Actual measurements show that some cookers are about 5mm wider, but should still fit into standard sized gaps. The measurement given here is the standard width of the cooker, rather than the exact width measurement.
Self-cleaning
Cookers can come with catayltic liners that absorb splashes, pyrolytic programs that burn of food spills at very high temperatures or conventional linings that need to be cleaned manually
Colour
Cookers usually come in more than one colour, so if you're looking for a black oven but we only have the stainless steel, check with the manufacturer.
