Belling Countrychef 100

lovely looking cooker-lots of space

only thing is the controls seem to get hot when ovens are on

oven lights have to be turned on manually -& then both come on at same time-should come on when each separate oven lit

Excellent ovens, with A energy rating, and double oven is useful when cooking things that need different temperatures. Wok burner is very effective. Storage drawer useful for baking trays. Fan on grill so that knobs don't get heat-damaged (as happened on my last - non-Belling - cooker)

Burners on hob don't turn down very low, so you have to move things around from large to small burners to simmer. No griddle was supplied, so will have to buy it separately. Timer is very basic.

Overall, pleased with my purchase.

Good layout of burners, very easy to use. both ovens are very efficient, would recommend as a very good buy.

Igniter button missing.

Very happy with the purchase, would have another of the same model again.

fast efficent burners,ovens and grill.

would have liked self clean ovens

nice finnish, well packed.

Good value product

Unable to close glass top when griddle inplace and there is no where else to store as it doesn't fit in the drawer or ovens!

Excellent appearance, ease of use and efficiency.

Cleaning of matt surfaces difficult.

A good buy

good design fit in kitchen within units well great for cooking more than one dish at a time

as of this time unable to comment on bad points as non to date

Plenty of room for catering to larger numbers

Lack of a proper timer

v.pleased good ovens

A stylish model that looks great. The oven efficiency is wonderful and the different ring sizes are a great advantage. Comes complete with a griddle (which I love) and has a useful storage drawer.

Cooker is great but there is nowhere to store the griddle as it doesn't fit in the drawer or ovens!

looks good

can't find any yet

overall very pleased with it

Nice looking model with fantastic cast iron hob top which prevents the pans from slipping. Good grill with removeable pan handle. Adjustable feet front and back. Folding down main oven door which I have never seen before on this type of gas cooker. Great!! Overall I much prefer this model to my old range cooker.

The only bad point I could find is that the ovens are approximately 5mm smaller than my old oven which prevents me from using my large baking trays or 2 of my small trays side by side.

style,functional,easy to use

cleaning the fascia

It is a nice looking cooker which is very easy to use. The seven burners are very useful - especially when having visitors around for a meal. You do not need to pre-heat the fan oven and the grill heats up very quickly too. So far, we haven't used the convection oven but both are a good size - it will make cooking Christmas lunch a doddle!

Not having somewhere to store the very heavy griddle - it would have been useful if it fit in the drawer or an oven when not in use. As it is, we leave it in place virtually permanently but cannot close the lid then! An alternative design might have enabled the lid to close with it in situ? Also, the design of the grill pan handle makes it awkward to fit on - it constantly slips off so we use oven gloves to move the grill pan instead.

lovely stylish cooker very good value

needs a larger gas mains than standard can be costly to get fitted

Safety cut off when you lower the glass plate is brilliant, really clever touch. Looks better than a rangemaster in my opinion for half the cost! No complaints really. Would give it 10 out of 10 but I never give 10's....

Adjusting the gas flow for the rings can be a little fiddly, but I expect I'll get used to it. I have to find something to write here!

The equipment is stylish, easy to use and very controlable, but most importantly its a doddle to clean.

The centre bar seperating the left and right groups of hobs is liable to scratch over time if you are a little heavy handed with a larger sized pan, as the bar itself is slightly raised of the hob hight

EASY TO LEVEL OVENS PERFORM WELL

WOULD OF PREFFERED MORE COLOUR CHOICE

the 7 burners plus the 2 types of oven for differing uses

fitting into my fitted kitchen, the adjustment wheels meant that the cooker protuded outsise the line of the base units

all of the obove

nil

The range looks smart and is easy to use, all in all a very good product.

Cant think of any yet

LID shuts off and double oven very usefull for big family.

Need to improve on colour contrast and large pans do not sit flat on surface.

Good selection of different size rings. I also wanted the close down lid when not in use.

I don't like the slide on/off handle on the grill and it gets very hot, you need to use oven gloves when touching.

Price, compared to other products that look similar it is good value for money. It is two cookers joined together, you can even see the joins at the rear.

Feet, the worst I have ever seen, cheap plastic that are awkward to say the least. All of them were lowered slightly and the cooker moved. Every one of them bent so it was raised by putting a large piece of wood underneath.

ease of use

could do with an extra optional shelf in each oven

All good up to now, this item replaced an AGA so it has alot to live up to, but doing well!

i have found everything very good with this cooker

the wok burner i find quite hard to clean if something spills over and it marks it so looks unsightly

ther is so much space, i hate cooking, but cooking wiyh my belling is brilliant. because of the 8 rings and two ovens it makes cooking a large variety of dinners easier

im not used to not havin an eyelevel grill, and do tend to 4get that ive got 2 keep checkin the food on the grill!

Adjustable feet are on front edge only and are very flimsy. You can easily strip the thread (they are plastic)

Quality feel. Too soon to comment on reliability.

Grill tray has fiddly handle. Ignition button is far left, should be in middle.

nice contempory design very easy to clean like the way the light is on in the ovens so you can see the cooking

none so far

Love how it looks, finishes off the kitchen nicely. It's great having two ovens. Glass lid great as doubles as a splashback. Wok burner is brilliant, didn't realise I was getting one of those. Overall great product for the price

Haven't found any so far.

The lid is good

The instructions that came with the cooker are inadequate. The timer is of poor quality - I cannot see it lasting very long as it appears to have been made with poor/inadequate materials.

Love the griddle and the fact it was included in the price along with the ease of use of the whole product.

Cooker knobs tend to get hot when the oven is on, plus the glaze on the doors has started to take on a crackled appearence after only using the oven and grill a few times..

Looks very attractive and is easy to use.

Cooling fan on only one oven, should have it on both

can't regulate the wok burner enough - get far too hot

Looks good, everyone comments how good it looks. I just love it, so many good things especially the timer, fantastic bonus to the cooker

Grill pan handle not the easiest to use

7 burners, 2 ovens, 1 grill and 1 storage compatment - need I say more!!!!

Struggle to not show smeary when cleaning..... only 1 ignition button for burners - needs two width of cooker.. your arms need to really stretch!

it looks great in my kitchen

the two ovens are not quite big enough

Wok burner, auto shut-off gas when closing the lid

tight in 100cm gap

Layout of burners is well thought out and easy to clean. Lights and glass oven doors an advantage when cooking and both ovens very efficient.

Bit of a reach is lighting far right burner a bit of a stretch as ignition button on far left and knob for burner at other end of cooker.

this item is great value for money very easy to use and great design best thing i have brought in a long time

The cooker looks smart and functions well. It's definately got the 'wow' factor.

Of course I realised that 2 ovens measuring 100cm in total would only be 50cm wide, but I was surprised that the depth of the oven shelves is only 20cm. I had to buy a new set of oven trays (and no more 12 inch pizzas).

Nice looking design. Easy to install and operate.Should be good value for money so long as it lasts. Its a bit too soon to give you a full report but it is a good start. The grill is very good and the burners are very controllable.

No lights in the ovens. Wheels or castors would be good for pulling out to clean. At least one solid shelf/tray rather than all wire that just says cheap to me. The timer volume is way too quiet even at it it louders it is not audible over a kettle and mimcrowave. The gas burners are also noisy so that doesnt help. I dont mind that as I know they are on. Why should it be chained to the wall? Instruction leaflet doesnt explain.

easy to operate, appearance is good

Cannot see flame under grill when alight, so bit difficult to adjust flame oven knobs need to be held in for 10-15 secs until fully ignited for flame to stay alight

Looks good, hob is perfect with 8 rings

need to hold the knobs in for the grill and ovens and as the ignition is on one side and the main oven knob on the other it is a bit of a stretch

Neat design & high quality

The trays on the gas ovens are not deep enough for a 12 inch pizza.

safety and looks great

none as yet

A rare model - great to have a glass lid

It's heavy!

the double oven and having a fan assisted oven and a non fan assisted oven / great for large dinner parties. The "lid" is great used as a backsplash

the ovens could be larger

Love the design, easy to use and clean! very handy drawer to keep my tins in.

I feel that the ovens could be deeper. I have bought a couple of trays and they have not been able to go in. I have now measured the depth so I dont make the same mistake again. Wondered why there is quite a gap between the back pf the oven and shelves?

double oven makes cooking a wide variety of items easy, griddle pan is fantastic for cooking steak

Multi burners (Wok) and overall size of cooker

Plastic knobs/controls feel very "Tacky" and cheap. Ignition system too slow on initial ignition

Easy to use, nothing complicated, ovens are a good size and have plenty of racking for the shelves - this is a better cooker than the other belling range style (which I had before)(8 hobs no lid or wok ring)

If you want like to keep the lid down after use the griddle does not store anywhere in or around the oven. I would have preferred the different size gas rings to have been sited differently; ie, one small at front of hob one at back. If you previously had the other belling it's very diffcult to not keep pressing the light button instead of the ignition!

Looks fantastic, very easy to install and use. It is very efficient. I love my new cooker.

the ignite button is over one side so depending on the hob you are using at can mean stretching a bit (but not much).

LOOKS GOOD,GOOD VALUE,

NONE

Glass lid, great wok burner, large ovens

No gas hose

Two good size ovens, lid which keeps burners free of dust. Easy to clean

The oven did not com with fixing pipe this had to purchased seperately at additional cost.

size of range burners ,storage

grill door does not quite open all the way.plate warmer does not get very hot.

easy cleaned

ovens should be other way round

size - makes cooking so much easier - seperate ovens and grill is also really useful! Looks great and is easy to keep clean - no finger marks that you often see on silver ovens.

sometimes the gas hob rings come off easily and won't light

multi burners and ovens

grill and ovens slow to heat up

Well laid out burners. Good interior dimensions. Stylish cooker. A lot of cooker for a good price.

The two smaller burners are very low therefore don't get used often. No interior lights in the oven compartments. No child lock on the minute minder, hence mains switched off when electricity not required due to toddler pushing the clock buttons.

I believe the model I have with it's lid may no longer be available which would br a pity because of it's safety features. The cooker looks good, cooks well, and with two ovens , a seperate grill and 7 burners on the hob the wife is never short of cooking space !!!

None that I have found.

Plenty of hob space with varying size flames. Fan oven heats up very quickly. Grill gives fast even cooking (once warmed up - but no slower than other ordinary electric grills I have used). Hob very easy to clean not what I had expected with gas hobs. It also looks as good as it performs, I love it. With 8 burners and 2 decent sized ovens Christmas lunch was a breeze!

Grill pan handle! I wish it was fixed. Also grill door doesn't lay flat when fully opened making it difficult to rest grill pan on to turn food during cooking. But these just minor points.

Looks good.

No light inside to see when cooking

easy to use / keep clean

no oven lights

Plenty of burners, robust, exellent quality at a very good price.

No lights in ovens, no splashback, but are very minor niggles

looks great.quick and easy to use

The 8 burners are extremely useful & its good value for money for 2 ovens (one standard and one convection and a separate grill. Ideal for large family gatherings or dinner parties

Hard to connect have to get two separate people out - gas fitter and electrician Also the warming drawer doesn't really warm the plates very well

Design. Appearance. Materials/finish. Double oven; size of hob; flexibility. Ease of installation.

No timer for the oven. (Clock included but not automatic time function).

simple ... easy to use, gas only therefore cheaper to run, ovens almost as good as fan assisted electric ovens, plenty of burners

gas flow a bit too restricted on most of the burners, no wok stand as standard

Worked staright away

Grill pattern uneven Oven door a little stick and fan a little noisy

everything to me but my husband raves about the griddle and eats healthier thanks to it.

none

price number of hobs

feels flimsy pan stands need to be sturdier

The various size hobs i think is great (inc the excelent wok burner) Automatic fan for the grill The space/size of the ovens My cooking skills have improved since i had it !!

the only 'bad' thing i can think of which isn't integral to the cooker at all is that when you put the cooker light on it lights up both ovens wether in use or not would be an idea to control the lights seperatley for each oven

style, ease of use, quality of build.

a seeming (to me) illogical order of taps

sleek design

No option with fan in gas oven.

nice looking cooker glass lid a nice feature overall when compared to similar products offers good value for money

nice product 7th burner/griddle really good

easy to use

none

easy to clean

small ovens

looks good.easy to use.easy to clean.

dificulty in lighting second oven when first is alredy hot and in use. grill is poor and very slow even at full heat

all gas with plenty of features exelent burner capacity

both ovens not wide enough for our baking trays and roasting pans