Cooking for a crowd is where this Smeg freestanding cooker feels right at home. The 70-litre oven uses Smeg's Circulaire heat, so a tray of roast potatoes can share the cavity with a fruit crumble and neither picks up the other's flavour. Five shelf positions and telescopic rails make swapping trays mid-cook easy, while the central gas burner is rated at 4200 Watts.

After the plates are cleared, the pyrolytic cycle heats the enamelled interior high enough to turn grease into ash, which you lift out with a damp cloth. No scrubbing. A tangential fan moves air from the door up to the splashback. The outer glass stays cool while the oven is on, and the door glass lifts out when you want to clean the lot. Made in Italy.