On 23 Jan, 15:22, wrote:
On 21 Jan, 11:29, (Steve Firth) wrote:

vbleau wrote:
I moved house and left behind my 4 oven oil fired aga.

Excellent move. If you could arrange for a scrappy to get rid of the
antique pile of crap you'd be heading for the 21st Century, if somewhat
belatedly. But running away from it, as you have, is probably the best
move.

Perhaps we should be charitable and point out that an electric Aga
should be extremely reliable, as there's very little to go wrong, but
that reliability comes at the cost of, what is regarded by most people
as extremely, large electricity bills. If your disposable income is
high enough not to worry about such things, then that is immaterial.
Most people aren't so lucky.

For the price of a year's worth of electricity to run the Aga, you
could buy a very good fan-assisted electric oven, with change left
over to do the cooking for at least a year. Miele probably make a good
one. You could spend the capital saved in not buying the Aga on some
decent wine to go with the food you cook in the more efficient oven.

I do realise that once you get to a certain level of disposable
income, efficiency is less important than aesthetics and personal
taste. Personally, I wouldn't want a diamond encrusted mobile phone,
or a gold plated Rolls-Royce. Some people do, and the expenditure
doesn't matter to them, so there is a market for such things. Agas are
not diamond encrusted, but they are expensive for what they do. De
gustibus non est disputandum.

Regards,

Sid

I intend to buy the oven AND the wine