Belling Sterling B900DFSS
Good Points
- Excellent oven performance.
- Grill – Separate grill compartment.
- Grill – Separate grill tray and rack.
- Oven – Side opening door to the left, door is light fairly easy to open minimal strength required.
- Oven – Tall fan oven has 4 wire shelves, ample shelf positions.
- Oven – Tall fan oven has a plate warming rack provided.
- Oven – Tall oven has a side opening door to the right, door is light fairly easy to open minimal strength required.
- Oven clean – Control knobs can be removed for easier cleaning of the control panel however take care not to loose the spring in the control dial.
Bad Points
- Cooktop – Pan support: Only OK, stable on all burners except small pot on small burner unstable.
- Cooktop clean – Catchment area has no separation from any burners.
- Cooktop clean – Controls: Some cracks and crevices may accumulate dirt and grime.
- Cooktop clean – Cooktop surface: stainless steel is only OK to clean can smudge and scratch and require extra attention (polishing).
- Cooktop clean – Trivets have a fairly rough surface makes them difficult to wipe over.
- 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, need to bend or lower to view all controls.
- Cooktop controls – Labelling is only OK, can be a little confusing initially as to which control to burner not grouped together.
- Cooktop controls – Only OK to ignite burners with some pressure required.
- Grill – Grill has no internal light, may be difficulty to view food when grilling.
- Grill – Grill shelf tilts with a load if not using the telescopic runner.
- Grill – Grill tray sits on wire shelf.
- Grill – When using grill compartment the door must be open.
- No half grill.
- Oven – Need to bend down to access main oven as positioned lower, under grill compartment.
- Oven – No viewing window in tall oven.
- Oven – Oven shelf can tilt.
- Oven – Tall oven has fan cooking only, no window for viewing however good internal light.
- Oven clean – Cracks and crevices may accumulate dirt and grime.
- Oven clean – Only OK coverage of catalytic liners.
- Oven clean – Only OK to clean stainless steel, reflective glass surface shows smudges and requires effort to clean.
- Oven clean – Some cracks and crevices, OK to wipe over black finish difficult to remove blackened residue.
- Oven clean – Telescopic runner can be fiddly to remove and difficult to clean.
- Oven controls – Difficult to set accurate temperature.
- Oven controls – Small digital display.
- Oven controls – Small indicator light turns off when preheated.
- Oven controls – Symbols are only OK to comprehend.
- Relatively small baking volume.
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