On 19/11/2017 23:47, Brian Reay wrote:
On 19/11/17 22:50, Max Demian wrote:
On 19/11/2017 21:16, Brian Reay wrote:

However, still interesting. We had a 'Baby Belling' in our student
flat when we were first married- we lived in one of the few halls of
residence with places for married students.

Would that be the original with a solid hotplate or one of the
newfangled ones with boiling rings, simmerstats and thermostat for the
oven?

Good question. As I recall, it had two round solid rings on top.
However, I could be confusing them with those on my mother's cooker.
Either way, I'm sure there were two.

The oven had a temperature control with a thermostat. It took ages to do
even a simple roast. We used to cook a chicken in a pressure cooker and
then 'brown it' in the oven. We used a pressure cooker for years, until
we got an induction hob which was incompatible with it.

The "newfangled" ones had one ring - a spiral boiling ring as I remember
them - that you could have on any time, and a switch enabling you to
choose between the second ring, the grill and the oven. The old ones -
which I assume were meant for a 15A supply - had high/low/medium
switches for the combined hotplate/grill and the oven - which had a
thermometer built into the door..

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Max Demian