There are several important considerations to be made when you are planning to buy a cooker for your kitchen. Several configurations of cookers are available in the market and you need to get the one that suits your requirement, comes under your budget and go well with your taste.
The first consideration you need to make is the number of hobs that you require. A general conventional cooker will feature four hobs but you can get more hobs if you go for a gas or electric one. Bigger families will need more number of hobs to take care of the various preparations at the same time and the capacity of the hobs too does matter.
When going for electric cookers you need to choose between ceramic and hotplate hobs. Hotplate electric cookers are sold in three different variants namely radiant ring, halogen hob and sealed plate. Radiant ring hobs come at the lowest price tags but they also take much longer to be heated to their full capacity.
The cleaning efficiency of your cooker is the next consideration you need to make while making a buy. Pyrolysis models of electric cookers offer the self cleaning option but again it comes at a higher price. Lower price tags will mean lower functionality. The stay clean liners are an economical option in this respect.