trakker01 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 As the new pad is getting a traditional AGA, for the slow cooking of .....game ect, it has to be conveinent ,yet good on the food, so........ solid fuel for flavor oil for economy gas for convenience...... i just dunno what ya recon guys ?? do you have one ?? which is better?? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oly Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Sack off an Aga, save yourself a fortune and buy a Stanley - my folks have had one for the last 15 years, VERY reliable (more so than many Aga's and Rayburns that my Dad has installed over the years by brand concious clients ), parts easily available (should you need them!), oil fired. With all such boilers/cookers just watch your fuel costs rocket! If I were investing in a new cooking/heating option I would be going for a HeatKing air source heat pump, or a combined heat and power unit, and a conventional oven. Then I would buy an outdoor smoker and excellent BBQ for all the game etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I say stay away from Aga. I do some work on them here to maintan them, and they are a messy old job. Most people dont admit (who own one), but they really do burn quite a bit of oil. We are running one 2 off Aviation fuel (Kerosene) and its expensive and complicated to set up if you dont already have the lines and tank in place. The company we use to fill the 3000 litre tanks with, is Nigel Collision Fuels. I am so much more in favour of a decent gas cooker, much more 'Green' as it were, and cheap as chips to run. To flavour meat if you wish, get yourself a little wood pellet smoker after one of those myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 My outlaws replaced their 50 year old solid fuel Rayburn a few years ago with an oil fired Aga. Only downside I can see is sometimes the tank outside is a bit smelly. It saves having to light a solid fuel one and cleaning up the mess and it's easier to control. Cost a **** load though. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trakker01 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Sack off an Aga, save yourself a fortune and buy a Stanley - my folks have had one for the last 15 years, VERY reliable (more so than many Aga's and Rayburns that my Dad has installed over the years by brand concious clients ), parts easily available (should you need them!), oil fired. With all such boilers/cookers just watch your fuel costs rocket! If I were investing in a new cooking/heating option I would be going for a HeatKing air source heat pump, or a combined heat and power unit, and a conventional oven. Then I would buy an outdoor smoker and excellent BBQ for all the game etc. we had a stanley ,in another place, that was a belter, hot water,central heating the biz......mmmmmm forgot about those.cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunk Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 If its just for a bit of cooking every now and again rather than hot water,central heating,cooking, use logs. As has been said they are dear to run, and for more routine stuff a normal oven is cheaper. Aga as an occaisional curio for a bit of specialist cooking or a treat. When i worked for my old chap as an elecy we ocaisionally did the electrical systems for big all singing all dancing units, and they were not only astronomic to buy and fit they supped some juice. 12k springs to mind to buy and fit, and that was 15 years ago. 25K now?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Solid fuel all the way Wood (hard woods) can be bough relatively cheap from the tree surgeons and if you beat on a shoot I am sure they won't mind you helping yourself to the fallen trees from time to time in return for helping repair the fences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myuserid Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I will admit to owning an aga, its not too bad on the oil, I would recommend one, instant heat, quick etc. Although you dont have much control over the heat, its either very hot or hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I while back I made a disc to try raise money for a new rifle, (the disc never did sell) but I still have some copies of it, and it has a very good cheap wood storage system you can build, if you burn a lot of wood Do ask if you want me to put some pics up. I manage a wood yard, where some weeks, il split about 500-1000logs and put them into what we call 'bee hives' to season for one year or so. Of to do my CS chainsaw course in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Not much of the advice is overly good here. You won't run your aga on wood you want to try getting enough through the filling hole! I've a solid fuel one thats got a gas conversion and its older than I am. When it was solid fuel (coal or coke) they burn about 10 tonnes of coal a year but thats kept lit all year. You can run hot water on them but they are useless for rads one or two at most. If your house is small and reasonably insulated though they will heat most of the house. The plus points are food is fantastic from them, christmas out turkey goes in at midnight in the lower oven and is divine the following day. Same goes for any form of slow cooking. They are more than a cooker though obviously you cook on it but it also heats the kitchen, boils the kettle, makes toast, drys washing and you also don't get pestered by your dog as they just sleep in front of it. If you are considering one get one with a newer gas burner I think from memory they use about 440 KWH a week of gas if you just have the cooker so somewhere arround £25 a week to run but I just run mine in the winter then start up for special occasions so its not bad. The copies just aren't quite the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 The proper fuel to use in an Aga is turf from a bog but unfortunetly we seemed to have run out LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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