This evaluation is in no way a criticism of AO. We had to replace our previous Stoves gas oven as it had gone wrong and was irreparable. You would think the specification of this more modern oven would have improved (or at least remained the same); but alas no. There is no longer the ability to: 1. Programme - so no longer can we go out for the day and set the oven to start at a preset time 2. Change between temperature scales - this oven only uses the gas-mark system - most recipes use centigrade 3. Know when it has reached the desired temperature - normally a light would flash, or similar and then stop when the oven was hot enough. Also, it comes with a largish grill pan but a tiny grill. Of course we knew some of this before purchase but there is zero competition for inbuilt double gas ovens. My advice to potential purchasers is to ‘go electric’ if you can. Stoves and their sister company (Belling) do not deserve your custom. We couldn’t change to electric as there is an inadequate power supply to the oven location, so it would have cost well over £1,000 to install

Don’t buy this product delivery drivers was great. When we opened it all the trims were all hanging off. gas fitter fixed it and installed. then we went to use it all the food was burning we called warranty and was told the burners not working still waiting for for engineer to contact us

I had my previous Stoves double gas oven for over 20 years. It was brilliant. I bought this model as it was the updated version and the same size as my old oven (my old one went on the blink & similar size was essential) & I thought that it would have all the same functionality as my old one. I was wrong. I am unable to cook using 'auto' timer function which I did on a very regular basis. I guess that this is a H&S issue (?) but had it been obvious on the product description I would never have bought it. The finish of the product is less refined, knobs are rather 'cheap' looking & feeling. Such a shame, my last Stoves oven was brilliant!

The lower oven of this is good, with 2 telescopic shelf supports and a range of other shelf positions. The upper "oven" is very small in height, impossible to use for a lidded casserole due to the space occupied by the grill element. The grill itself is really not good for several reasons. There are no telescopic supports for the grill pan, which has to rest on the side racks of the cavity. The grill pan has no handle (a handle can be purchased separately - which I found unbelievable when considering the price paid for this oven) and is difficult to slide in and out of position when cooking. I feel it is unsafe, as there is no support for the grill pan when pulled forward to turn food. Also the power output of the grill is feeble - it takes 15 minutes to grill a tomato! and cannot be adjusted at all, it is either on or off. The oven timer can only be set at the actual cooking time, there is no option to programme a start time for the oven to switch on automatically. I have spoken to Stoves customer service about these concerns and have basically been informed that this is the way it is - no help offered. I regret buying this oven and would not recommend it at all.

For the price of this oven I would of expected a grill pan and a plug to be included. I’d also expect not to have to ring up and complain because the product was damaged. I’d certainly not recommend buying a stoves to anyone!!

The first cooker arrived however didn’t work. No replacement for 4 days!! Second cooked has worked so far. Nice looking oven, well made. Stainless steel finish looks nice in kitchen. Pleased with my purchase.

Noisy, takes time to warm up

This model Stoves double gas oven was bought to replace our old Stoves double gas oven, which has given years of good satisfactory service. Unfortunately, the grill pan for the top oven is cheaply made compared to our old one, is a tight fit in the top oven cavity and makes an unpleasant grating noise when slid in and out in use, has sharp edges and doesn’t come with a handle. We’ve put this grill pan in the recycling and use the old one. There are 4 height positions for the top oven’s single shelf. The bottom oven has two (optional use) telescopic pull-out shelf rails and which is quite a good idea. There are 8 height positions for the bottom oven shelves of which there are two wire shelves supplied. Both the top and the bottom ovens only have one light in each, and that’s mounted at the back of the oven which means it shines brightly in your face when you look into the oven but doesn’t illuminate the oven evenly or even very well, as did our old oven which had two lights in each side wall in each cavity. So, poorly thought out in this newer model. The controls are very simple to use and are very basic – simply turn on and push the knob in to ignite the gas burners. There’s no automatic ignition as there was on our old oven, this may be a part of the fail-safe safety feature. There is a “beep” alarm for minute timer, but no programming facility. The bright touch screen LED display shows the time in 12/24-hour mode, and is easily seen in bright daylight. The volume of the alert “beeps” for the minute timer can be adjusted from 1 – 3. 3 being the loudest and is the default. The electric grill control is simply a turn on/off. The grill takes 2.5 minutes to reach full temperature, but seems to be economical in use according to my power meter. It’s a functional double gas oven with an electric grill, but it is evident that the quality of design isn’t the same quality compared to the older version which is a little disappointing. Other than that, everything works ok.