what cooker if money was no object

[Little Dorrit]

I am staggered that nobody has asked 'what do you want to cook?' In my opinion, this is a crucial factor. Do you want to heat soup and make porridge, or prepare things a bit more interesting?

 

[ashtead]

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.

Money is no object to the OP many practical cruising Dutch steel yachts have a Miele

 

[ashtead]

Money is no object to the OP many practical cruising Dutch steel yachts have a Miele

If you are interested Barbican Yacht Agency have one with an Electric cooker btw

 

[ChattingLil]

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.

haha! you know me so well!

I am staggered that nobody has asked 'what do you want to cook?' In my opinion, this is a crucial factor. Do you want to heat soup and make porridge, or prepare things a bit more interesting?

We want to cook what everyone else wants to cook. Usual day to day food for two to six people.

Money is no object to the OP

Well, not quite true. I said IF money was no object.... I'm just trying to find out what our options are and whether it's worth saving up for something really ace. We have loved the Wallas and like Gladys said elsewhere, it has probably last 20 years (and is still limping along) - so we would seriously consider spending the money on another one.

 

[ashtead]

If money was no object buy the Jongert and you can have the Miele thrown in plus room for the cook in the bow

 

[Poignard]

I am staggered that nobody has asked 'what do you want to cook?' In my opinion, this is a crucial factor. Do you want to heat soup and make porridge, or prepare things a bit more interesting?

What can you cook on a gas cooker that you can't on a Taylors or an Origo?

 

[Tranona]

Really? £400 quid I paid, for an immaculate one. Second hand of course, but they last for ever.

OK if you can find a second hand one - mine was. However the larger 030L is as rare as hens teeth and the thick end of £3k.

 

[Tranona]

What can you cook on a gas cooker that you can't on a Taylors or an Origo?

The question is not the range of food you can cook, but the capacity. Cooking for 6 on a typical yacht cooker of any type is a challenge unless you want to restrict yourself to one pot type meals.

 

[Poignard]

The question is not the range of food you can cook, but the capacity. Cooking for 6 on a typical yacht cooker of any type is a challenge unless you want to restrict yourself to one pot type meals.

What does the fuel type have to do with the cooking capacity? I could easily produce a good tasty meal for 6 on our Origo. Although finding somewhere for the diners to sit would be a problem

 

[ChattingLil]

I have prepared and served a roast dinner for 8 using the Wallas!

 

[David2452]

I have prepared and served a roast dinner for 8 using the Wallas!

Taylors, then install a larger tank than you thought and run yer Eber off it too, and that's from a Wallas dealer.

 

[ghostlymoron]

What can you cook on a gas cooker that you can't on a Taylors or an Origo?

Roast meat in an origo oven is slightly infused with the taste of meths I think, likewise bread baked in Origo has a slightly unpleasant taste.

 

[Little Dorrit]

What can you cook on a gas cooker that you can't on a Taylors or an Origo?

It's not so much what you can cook but how well. I currently have an Origo style meths cooker. Firstly it's quite thirsty and also a little slow. However my main issue is that the pan never reaches a sufficiently high temperature to cook some items. Most of the time this is not real issue but in my experince gas enables you to cook at a slightly higher temeperature required for some things where browning of meat, for example, is required. Compare frying steak on an Origo with gas and you'll see and tase the difference.

I appreciate that most people are not trying to create a Michelin star level of cuisine but the cooking temperature can make a big difference to the taste of food; it might go some way to boosting crew moral on a dark cold miserable night.

 

[ChattingLil]

Taylors, then install a larger tank than you thought and run yer Eber off it too, and that's from a Wallas dealer.

now that's good lateral thinking....

ps-see you on Friday!

 

[Poignard]

It's not so much what you can cook but how well. I currently have an Origo style meths cooker. Firstly it's quite thirsty and also a little slow. However my main issue is that the pan never reaches a sufficiently high temperature to cook some items. Most of the time this is not real issue but in my experince gas enables you to cook at a slightly higher temeperature required for some things where browning of meat, for example, is required. Compare frying steak on an Origo with gas and you'll see and tase the difference.

I appreciate that most people are not trying to create a Michelin star level of cuisine but the cooking temperature can make a big difference to the taste of food; it might go some way to boosting crew moral on a dark cold miserable night.

I can't say I have noticed anything like that, however 12 years eating food cooked by RN cooks has probably done irreparable damage to my palate.