Cooking for a crowd? This Smeg Symphony range cooker gives you a 70-litre main oven plus a 35-litre second cavity, so the roast potatoes don't have to wait their turn. Circulaire moves air with a fan and a circular heating element, which stops flavours wandering between shelves and gets food cooked through more evenly. The wired food probe tells you the moment a joint of beef hits the right temperature, and closed door grilling keeps heat in for burgers when the barbecue is rained off. Pyrolytic cleaning heats the cavity until baked-on grease turns to fine ash, so a damp cloth is all you need afterwards.

Over on the hob, 5 induction zones react the second you turn the power down, handy when a pan of milk is threatening to climb over the sides. The central zone measures 270mm and pushes to 3000 Watts on boost, while Smeg MultiZone links two zones together for a long griddle plate. Child lock, residual heat indicators, and a digital hob timer keep everything in check.