Smeg FS9606XS
Good Points
- Excellent oven performance.
- Cooktop – Layout of burners: Very good layout of burners.
- Cooktop – Trivets: Stable with non slip feet and divided into 3 trivets.
- Cooktop controls – Easily ignites burner with minimal pressure.
- Has steam clean function.
- Oven – Door is a little heavy, stays in position, but can slam shut.
- Oven clean – Control knobs can be removed for easy cleaning of the control panel.
- Oven clean – Vapour clean function, can remove light soiling.
Bad Points
- Cooktop – Pan support: Only OK, stable on all burners except small pot on small burner unstable.
- Cooktop clean – Burners: burner surround is aluminium, can stain easily making it harder to clean.
- Cooktop clean – Controls: Some cracks and crevices may accumulate dirt and grime.
- Cooktop clean – Cooktop surface: stainless steel can be difficult to clean, shows finger print marks, may require extra attention (polishing).
- Cooktop clean – Trivets: cast iron trivets are heavy, bulky and divided into 3 can be difficult to clean in a domestic sink.
- Cooktop controls – Controls are positioned at the front of the appliance making them accessible to children.
- Cooktop controls – Controls are positioned at the front of the oven below the cooktop, may need to lower to view all controls.
- Cooktop controls – No grading line from high to low.
- Cooktop controls – Small controls with small half crossbar, uncomfortable to grip.
- Grill – Difficult to see food when grilling on top shelf due to reflective glass door and limited lighting.
- No defrost.
- No half grill.
- Oven – Moves out loosely, far enough to see and manipulate the food.
- Oven – Only 1 wire shelf provided.
- Oven clean – Baked on and blackened residue is very difficult to remove.
- Oven clean – Baking tray and shelves are difficult to clean in a domestic sink.
- Oven clean – Condensation or spills can run between the door glass, door and glass can be removed but fiddly.
- Oven clean – Cracks and crevices may accumulate dirt and grime.
- Oven clean – Only OK to clean stainless steel and reflective glass surface, shows grease and finger marks requires extra effort.
- Oven controls – Need to bend down to see symbols.
- Oven controls – No grading on temperature dial, difficult to set accurate temperature.
- Oven controls – Small controls with small half crossbar.
- Oven controls – Small digital display.
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