GROUP GEAR TEST


Spinflo Nelson £500


The fiddles front and back are frying pan-friendly and the pan supports lift out for cleaning. Both burners are the same size, limiting options, but are set in wells, which should stop spillages entering the hob’s grill vent. The oven was the second smallest on test, but comes with a rack, roasting dish and baking tray. The grill tray sits in a wire fiddle which stops it sliding out accidentally. The harbour lock gimbal isn’t suitable for yacht installation so you’ll need one fitted. There are oven settings from 130-240°C. It boiled water in 5 minutes and 26 seconds, and toasted two slices. The oven had very good heat distribution.


CONTACT SoCal TEL 023 8078 8155 WEB www.socal.co.uk


Eno Gascogne £1,030


This French combination oven-grill has three solid fiddles plus a frying pan- friendly one at the front, and the pan supports lift off for cleaning. The door lock is top left, the AA battery-powered electric ignition top right. The edge of the oven door handle was sharp. Using the grill means deploying the heat deflector, so you can’t close the door, and the big grill vent in the top of the oven (which vents at the back) means the oven warms slowly. There are no oven settings either. It comes with a rack and a drip tray, which must be used to stop fat falling onto the burner in the oven base. The big wok-friendly burner boiled the water in 4 minutes and 42 seconds.


CONTACT Aquafax TEL 01606 841111 WEB www.aquafax.co.uk


Dometic Starlight £561


You could easily toast two slices together under this grill


The pan supports lift out for cleaning but the hob’s grill vent is prone to spillages. There are no fiddles and the pan clamps have brass knobs which heat up despite the grill’s pull-out heat deflector. It has a harbour lock but no door lock. Nor is there a grill tray, just a rack and a baking/ drip tray. There’s no oven setting indication on the knob, which controls both oven and grill, so you can’t use both at once despite them being separate. It boiled water in 4 minutes and 46 seconds, and toasted one slice. The big oven burner and insulation meant it warmed quickly and cooked evenly.


The oven proved to have very good heat distribution


CONTACT See website for nearest dealer TEL 0844 626 0133 WEB www.dometic.com


Origo 6000 £1,086


With careful positioning you could toast two slices


This cooker doesn’t run on gas, but on bioethanol or denatured alcohol, which is not readily available in the UK but easy to get in France. We used meths, which works, but you do get that smell. Pour the fuel into the canisters and the wadding soaks it up, preventing spills. There are two burners on the hob and a third in the oven, but no grill. The knobs move a plate that covers the canister opening, so you can control heat to an extent. It has a harbour lock, a rack and a baking/drip tray but pan clamps are extra. Water took 5 minutes and 46 seconds to boil. The small oven took 25 minutes to reach temperature, according to its thermometer, and cooked very evenly.


The shortbread’s even colour indicates good heat distribution


CONTACT See website for nearest dealer TEL 0844 626 0133 WEB www.dometic.com


The grill has no tray and only toasts one slice at a time


Good heat distribution gave the shortbread a very even colour


Tilt the fuel canisters to fill with bioethanol, replace and light


A heat diffuser above the oven burner facilitates some very nice and even cooking


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