Smeg FS9010CER-1
Good Points
- Excellent for grilling.
- Excellent for making scones.
- Excellent for melting chocolate.
- Excellent for meringues.
- Excellent for rice.
- Excellent for white sauce.
- Excellent oven performance.
- Very good cooktop.
- Very good for pizza.
- Good size cooktop controls with cross bar.
Bad Points
- Extended zone on cooktop has limited use – may be suitable for a small oval Dutch oven.
- No 'on' indicator light for all cooking zones.
- Only OK layout of hotplates (simmer zones at the front) and small extendable oval zone at centre.
- Saucepan/pan larger than 21cm may not be efficient.
- Spills can bake on and make cleaning difficult.
- Stainless steel frame around cooktop may require extra cleaning attention due to smudges and fingerprints.
- Labelling on cooktop controls relating to each cooking zone can be confusing.
- Need to bend over to identify which control relates to each zone, and the temperature settings.
- No number settings – grading only.
- Possible that grading labels around control dials will fade over time.
- Grill rack slides into shelf supports and rolls out roughly and only halfway – not far enough to manipulate the food.
- Grill tray has stoppers, but may not prevent the tray from being pulled out accidentally.
- No telescopic runners.
- Oven baking tray and shelves are difficult to clean in a domestic sink.
- Gap between oven door and glass can trap condensation and spills.
- Vapour clean does not remove baked-on grease.
- Difficult to set precise temperature due to limited grading on temperature dial.
- Functions are labelled with symbols, so may be difficult to comprehend.
- Labelling for oven controls may fade over time.
- Labelling is faint, and may be difficult to read.
- Timer limited to 120 mins.
- Manual timer and temperature may not be as accurate as digital.
- No clock on oven.
- Timed cooking requires the timer to be activated to turn on the oven and then turns off the oven when the timer is completed.
- Oven door is heavy.
- Only one wire oven shelf provided.
- Oven shelves can tilt slightly with a heavy load.
- Oven shelves have stoppers that may not prevent the shelf from being accidentally pulled out.
- Oven shelves move out loosely, not smooth.
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