AGA electric range cookers are built around cast-iron ovens, each with its own job. Most models have separate roasting, baking and simmering ovens, while the Compact Series puts roasting and baking in one oven. The range covers the Classic Series, Signature Series, Compact Series and ERA. It suits cooks who want traditional AGA cooking run on electricity, with a wide choice of sizes, hobs and colours.
Size sets the oven layout. The 100 models (and the ERA 110) are the most compact. The 150 adds a slow cook oven and a warming oven, which help with long braises and keeping plates and dishes warm. The 160 and 210 add a side module with a conventional oven, so you can also cook at a set temperature as you would in a standard oven. A conventional fan oven appears on the Compact Series 160, Signature Series 100 and ERA 110 instead.
Then choose your hob. Classic Series twin hotplates give you a boiling plate and a simmering plate, and on these models the hotplates can be switched on and off. Many models replace them with an induction hob, and some 150s have two. Some models have a warming plate, and the 160 and 210 can add a ceramic hob. On the Signature Series, each heat storage oven can be controlled separately: you can leave them on for background warmth or switch them off, and a programmer helps save energy overnight. Most models come in a Black Edition, and many also come in a wide palette that includes Cream, Duck Egg Blue, Pewter and Salcombe Blue.
To narrow the choice, measure your space for a 100, 150, 160 or 210. Then check your electrical supply, because some models need a single 32 amp circuit and larger ones need two 32 amp circuits plus 13 amp feeds. Finally, choose between hotplates and induction. Models listed specifically as induction are grouped under AGA induction range cookers. If you would rather cook with gas, see AGA dual fuel range cookers, or compare every fuel type in AGA range cookers.
