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Which cooker in a holiday let?

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GrandmaKT Thu 13-Aug-26 20:36:45

I need a new cooker in my holiday let. It's just a little 2 bed cottage, nothing fancy. We get a lot of foreign visitors, (China, Japan, Australia, Europe), UK couples and small families. It will be an electric cooker, but should I go induction or ceramic?
Which would you prefer on holiday? Do you find induction hobs confusing or complicated? Are ceramic hobs old-fashioned and inefficient?
Opinions please!

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CanadianGran Thu 13-Aug-26 20:43:40

I would think induction would be safer, since they don't stay hot unless using a correct pan. I'm not sure what the difference in cost would be for you.

I would have no preference, really. Mine at home is ceramic and perfectly fine in my opinion.

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MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 20:53:05

Yes induction for sure 👍🏻

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Primrose53 Thu 13-Aug-26 21:09:31

From experience I would provide the most straightforward cooker - nothing complicated to use. In our rental place we have a double oven with ceramic hob. It is easy to operate and easy to keep the hob clean. We also have a cooker hood over there.

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MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:34:17

Primrose53

From experience I would provide the most straightforward cooker - nothing complicated to use. In our rental place we have a double oven with ceramic hob. It is easy to operate and easy to keep the hob clean. We also have a cooker hood over there.

Yes perish the thought of having to strip down a gas hob on holiday, especially in this weather 🥵

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Grammaretto Fri 14-Aug-26 01:40:26

Easy to use and to clean.
We spent a week in a holiday cottage and never learned how the oven worked despite, or perhaps because of, a thick instruction manual.
Luckily we worked out the hob.

Someone else had had the same trouble and mentioned it in the visitors book.

The cottage was Landmark Trust.

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