Smeg C9IMX2
Good Points
- Excellent cooktop.
- Excellent for grilling.
- Excellent for melting chocolate.
- Excellent for rice.
- Excellent for white sauce.
- Very good for making scones.
- Very good for pizza.
- Very good oven performance.
- Accurate digital display of cooking zone settings shown front and centre of cooktop.
- Large cooking zone can accommodate a saucepan or pot up to 27cm.
- Very good layout of cooking zones (flex zone and one large zone in the centre).
- Cooktop control knobs can be removed for easier cleaning of the stainless steel panel.
- No touch controls on the cooktop surface so spills can be easily wiped up without any control sensors turning the cooktop settings off.
- Grill tray has stoppers that prevent the tray from being pulled out accidentally.
- Oven control dials are removable for easy cleaning of the panel.
Bad Points
- Manual cooktop controls are positioned above the oven door. The positioning of the controls may not be so obvious.
- Cooktop edge has a groove that can trap dirt.
- Stainless steel frame around cooktop may require extra attention due to smudges and fingerprints.
- Controls relating to a particular cooking zone can be difficult to comprehend.
- Need to bend over to identify which control relates to each zone.
- Possible that grading labels around control dials will fade over time.
- Temperature labelling on controls are grading lines only – digital display shows the number settings.
- No telescopic runners.
- Baking tray and shelves are difficult to clean in a domestic sink.
- Blackened baked-on residue in oven is difficult to remove.
- Cooling fan at the top rear of the oven during cleaning is noisy.
- Two internal rear wall fans can be difficult to access and clean.
- Vapour clean does not remove baked-on grease.
- Oven controls are positioned at the front and children can easily access them.
- Labelling on controls may fade over time.
- May need to refer to the manual initially to set the timers/clock.
- No audible indication when oven is preheated.
- No written labelling – symbols only for all oven functions. Need to refer to the manual initially.
- Temperature control dial may not be accurate – no grading.
- Oven door is heavy.
- Globes are only OK to remove – need to remove the shelf support to access and a lever to remove the cover.
- Only one wire shelf provided.
- Shelves can tilt slightly with a heavy load.
- Oven shelves have stoppers that prevent the shelf from being accidentally pulled out.
- Oven shelves move out loosely, not smooth.
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