what cooker if money was no object

pvb said:
And don't Taylor's cookers come with a discount voucher for fire extinguishers?:rolleyes:
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Spend a few pennies on a measuring syringe as sold by chandlers for small epoxy jobs. Shove a four inch length of small plastic hose on the nozzle. Shove hose into meths bottle, and measure 10cc. Squirt into preheat cup. Light. Put kettle on. When meths burns out, strike match, hold to burner, open valve...

Or, of course, you could just use gas and blow yourself up, as two people I knew did.
 
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pvb said:
And don't Taylor's cookers come with a discount voucher for fire extinguishers?:rolleyes:
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Not if you are prepared to take the time to learn how to use it. They are an acquired taste, but if you have convinced yourself that gas is not for you (despite all the evidence that it is safe, clean, convenient etc) it is worth the effort.
 
Money no object? Taylor's 029. (Although I picked up my gleaming example for £400).
The boat came with Force 10 gas cooker which would look nice in a backstreet kebab shop, but not in a beautiful yacht.
Some people have no taste !!! ;)
 
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Taylor's cookers, like Blake's bogs, are just about immortal, certainly since they stopped using painted mild steel to make the sides, back in around 1970-something, so one can usually pick up a second hand one and fettle it. I am just cleaning up an 030 that cost me all of fifty quid - came minus tank and minus fiddle rail and clamps but those can be got.
 
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Sailed on the Jolie Brise a couple of times. On the first occasion the Aga was still coke fired (who remembers coke?) The second time they had been dragged into the 20th century and the Aga had been converted to run on diesel
 
prv said:
Much more energy in paraffin than alcohol (indeed, a bit more than in gas) so cooks quicker.

Pete
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Much quicker? I replaced a Plastimo gas cooker with an Origo and although it is a little slower, it isn't a problem practically; in fact, it's hardly noticeable.
 
Gladys said:
A 2 burner Origo, maybe ok for a small boat (and I have had one) but I would want an oven as well, and the Origo 6000 is over a grand, if you can get one...
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We just have a 2-burner Origo.
We don't need an oven as we have one of those double skillet things that does almost as well. And we have a Diablo toaster. Unashamed luxury!
 
ashtead said:
ChattingLil said:
assuming the basics (ie, it's on a boat) and you do not want gas and ignoring cost implications - what cooker would you go for?

Surely an electric Miele hob ? In my experience I think they are standard on certain Dutch steel yachts if you have the space.
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Really? We are talking practical cruising yachts here. The last Miele hob I fitted (not in a boat) would have required a serious genset to supply it. At least 8KVA. Not to mention the 230volts.
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parsifal said:
We just have a 2-burner Origo.
We don't need an oven as we have one of those double skillet things that does almost as well. And we have a Diablo toaster. Unashamed luxury!
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Remember the OP is a liveaboard with a substantial motor yacht - not a weekend camper.

The Taylors suggested was for many years the must have for liveaboards and long distance sailors, until the advent of modern gas cookers. If you don't want gas, it is the only real alternative, but at a very high price.
 
Just throwing this out there....

If money was no object, I'd never cook again and eat out all the time!

If I got caught out on the boat I'd BBQ on the Magna.
 
Tranona said:
Remember the OP is a liveaboard with a substantial motor yacht - not a weekend camper.

The Taylors suggested was for many years the must have for liveaboards and long distance sailors, until the advent of modern gas cookers. If you don't want gas, it is the only real alternative, but at a very high price.
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I must confess to not having spent more than 7 continuous weeks on board and we probably spend 4 months a year cruising. However, whilst one does not wish to endure privation for no good reason, our cooker serves as well as the gas one it replaced and has the added attraction that one does not have to go out into the cockpit before and after each meal to turn on/off the gas at the bottle. I can see no significant disadvantages at all with the Origo. I installed it with some trepidation, wondering whether she who does most of the cooking would find fault with it. So far, to my great relief, she hasn't!
 
Tranona said:
Remember the OP is a liveaboard with a substantial motor yacht - not a weekend camper.

The Taylors suggested was for many years the must have for liveaboards and long distance sailors, until the advent of modern gas cookers. If you don't want gas, it is the only real alternative, but at a ..."very high price."...
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Really? £400 quid I paid, for an immaculate one. Second hand of course, but they last for ever.
 
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