Best Buys
The Which? Best Buy award is given to
products with high total test scores that perform consistently well in
our rigorous lab tests and excel in all key areas.
Energy Savers
We award the Energy Saver logo to
products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning
they'll cost you less to run.
Don't Buys
The Which? Don't Buy logo alerts you
to the products that performed extremely poorly in one or more key
areas of our tests.
Speed of heating
How long it took to heat 1.5 litres of water to 90°C on the middle-sized burner. The quickest (Excellent) hobs took less than six minutes; the slowest took over ten minutes.
Simmering
How well the hobs produced rice pudding - this tests the hobs when cooking at low temperatures; we check for any burning of the rice in the bottom of the pans.
Heat distribution
How evenly heat is distributed across the burner/cooking zone.
Overall cooking performance
How quickly, efficiently and well the hobs work.
Ease of use
How easy the controls are to use and how easy the programmable features are to set.
Ease of cleaning
How easy it was to remove parts of the hob and clean surfaces.
Reliability
We research the reliability of hobs and give them excellent, good, satisfactory, poor or very poor ratings.
Price
Typical prices are the most common online price we found & are updated monthly. Retailers you see on the 'Compare Prices' links are from a 3rd party. We cannot guarantee stock availability at these retailers and don't endorse them in any way. We are not responsible for any loss or damage for 3rd party websites and have no control over their content.
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