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Induction cookers on yachts: Why it’s finally feasible to ditch the gas

• November 25, 2020

Advances in electrical technology mean sailors no longer have to rely on gas for making hot meals and drinks. Rupert Holmes reports on the latest generation of induction cookers

With the advances in induction cooking technology, cooking with gas could become a thing of the past

For most of us, cooking with gas has been so much the norm both ashore and afloat that it’s easy to forget the march of yachting technology has the potential to offer better alternatives. Induction hobs have yet to be routinely adopted in the sailing world, but that looks set to change.

Ten years ago the idea of using electricity to cook on any serious cruising yacht would have been a non-starter. However, much has changed in the last decade, particularly the myriad of efficient and affordable ways to deliver large amounts of battery charge, even when cruising in remote locations, and the growing feasibility of fitting large lithium ion battery banks .

Equally, induction hobs have much to recommend them on a yacht. Energy transfer is extremely efficient, which means only the pan and your food is heated, whereas a gas stove heats air, which makes the interior of a boat even warmer in hot climates. At the other end of the spectrum, burning gas releases water vapour, which adds to condensation in cold climates.

Kenyon induction plates

In addition, finding gas can be a problem for longer distance cruisers, who may need to ship a variety of bottles and adaptors to suit those used in differing territories. But if you can generate and store sufficient electrical power to run an induction hob, it’s possible to be entirely self-sufficient in fuel for cooking over extended periods. Induction hobs are also easier to clean and the safety implications of burning gas in an enclosed space are eliminated.

Marine galley specialist GN Espace has waited a long time for the market and onboard infrastructure to be right to introduce an all-electric induction cooker. “Back when we started in 2008 we designed our cookers so that we could produce an electric version when the time was right,” director Ralph Olingschlaeger tells me.

“The market wasn’t there until things started to change a couple of years ago. Since then we’ve seen a rapid trend towards more onboard electrical capacity through the growth of lithium batteries and increased means to generate large amounts of power.”

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Products for the times

Olingschlaeger says there are still limitations in size and power consumption, but there are enough boats with sufficient battery and generating capacity in the 45-65ft segment for GN Espace to launch a product into this market. The electric version of the OceanChef is a feature-rich cooker that marries an induction hob to a multifunction electric fan oven with grill and a defrost function. It’s a 50cm wide product that can be fitted as a drop-in replacement for many marine cookers.

A power management system limits maximum energy draw to under 3kW, which means the unit can be used with inexpensive standard inverter technology. Nevertheless, it’s a sophisticated product, with a power-boost function enabling 2.5kW to be delivered to a single hob to get a pot boiling quickly. An algorithm is used to learn the heat settings needed to heat a pot from cold to boiling and then automatically reduce heat settings for simmering. There are also ‘bridge zones’ that allow a giant pot to straddle two induction zones.

What were the biggest challenges in creating the device? “Induction cooking is a mature technology that’s driven by the domestic market and its standard sizes,” says Olingschlaeger. The problem is that won’t work on a boat, where cookers even on relatively large craft are smaller than their domestic equivalents. As a result, he says development was an involved process that required a lot of lobbying to get components of an appropriate size and quality.

The OceanChef is thought to be the first gimballing electric cooker with induction hobs designed for the marine market

The first electric OceanChef was fitted to an Arcona 465Z in September. The company has also been in ‘very encouraging’ talks with a number of other builders of quality yachts. Looking ahead, Olingschlaeger says they also plan to develop a smaller model with fewer features at a lower price point.

As far as we know GN Espace is the first company to produce a properly marinised and gimballed induction cooker, but it’s certainly not the only one looking at this market. Dometic announced its Induction Cooktop aimed at the RV market back in 2016 and we’re told now has a product for the marine market in development.

Similarly American company Kenyon offers a number of two- and four-ring induction hobs aimed at various guises of outdoor cooking. Some of these have an optional silicone mat that helps keep pots in place. However, like Dometic, the firm has yet to introduce a gimballed option.

Prices for the OceanChef electric gimballed induction cooker start at £4,794, the non-gimballed alternative costs £1,295, and a built-in multifunction electric marine oven will set you back £2,895.

IKEA’s portable induction hob

Other induction cooking options

If you’re not ready yet to make the step up to lithium ion batteries and a full induction cooking system, but spend time on board connected to shorepower, a single zone portable induction hob is worth considering.

Members of the niche Marine Induction Cooking Facebook group are enthusiastic about these, with the unit simply sited on a worktop when in port. They can be surprisingly inexpensive – IKEA, for example, sells one for less than £40 (ex. delivery) [ed. It’s also available on Amazon for around £65 (inc. free delivery) ].

Beyond that, pressure cookers have long been de rigueur for cruising sailors as they markedly reduce cooking times, which minimises gas consumption and generation of unnecessary heat.

There’s also an increasing contingent with breadmakers on board. Of course, these are by no means essential – it’s possible to bake good bread on a stove top – but the convenience of a breadmaker is compelling. They are surprisingly frugal on power, using around 35Ah – a fraction of the daily electrical consumption of a typical yacht of more than 40ft – to bake a standard loaf.

Solar ovens, which gather heat from the sun to cook your food, are also worth considering. A key benefit for those venturing off the beaten track is the self-sufficiency element in that no fuel is used. They also add a layer of redundancy – you can still make warm food even if other systems have failed. On the downside, solar cookers are by necessity bulky and therefore take up valuable deck space.

First published in the November 2020 issue of Yachting World.

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Best boat cooker: how to choose an oven or grill for your boat

• July 5, 2022

Is your pie piping hot? Does your toast brown evenly? Does your kettle boil briskly? If not, you may need a new boat cooker. Chris Beeson tests ten of the best

Whether you’re roasting a chicken with two veg, browning a gratin and steaming new potatoes, or just warming a pasty and heating some beans, the right boat cooker makes a big difference to the comfort of life on board.

So why are thousands of us soldiering on with rusty, ancient cookers, fitted 20 or 30 years ago when our boats first left the yard, which now can’t even muster a half-decent piece of toast?

For this article, we looked at 10 two-burner marine cookers with oven and grill, to find which ones offered the best combination of performance, ease of use and value for money. You can use the results to inform your choice, but there are other considerations.

There’s budget, of course, but also how much space you have. Most northern European boats have a 450mm space, a legacy of the once-ubiquitous Flavel Vanessa oven and grill. The rest of Europe has a 500mm space but they’re no friends of toast, so there’s no grill. For a typical Brit, this is beyond contemplation.

Which brings us to the next consideration – do you choose a separate or combination boat oven and grill? The former usually allows you to use both simultaneously but means a smaller oven and a hole in the hob to vent the grill heat, which can be useful for heating food while you’re making toast but it is susceptible to hob spillages.

Choose the latter and you’ll get a bigger oven, but it will be less efficient because the heat escapes through a hole either on the hob or at the back, designed to vent the grill’s heat, and the grill itself hampers convection.

All in all, there’s a lot to consider

Best boat cooker options

Techimpex mastergrill.

The pan supports lift out for cleaning and the forward fiddle is low enough for a frying pan handle, but it’s the only one. It comes with a rack, baking/drip tray, grill tray and harbour lock. The position of the door lock means you can open it one-handed.

The hob’s grill vent has raised sides but some spillages will get through. It boiled water in 3 minutes and 46 seconds, the quickest on test, but toasted only a single slice.

The grill tray handle was tricky to remove. It was one of two on test with a thermometer, which may not be entirely accurate, but it’s a good indicator.

The oven, second biggest on test, heated very evenly.

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LP Voyager 4500

Leisure Products, of Bolton, also make the Bainbridge (formerly Plastimo) cooker range.

The Voyager has slide-lock pan clamps and front and back fiddles, which are secure but too high for the average frying pan handle. The pan support lifts out for cleaning but the hob’s grill vent isn’t raised enough to stop spillages onto the grill burner. You also need to fit your own harbour lock.

There is an oven setting guide in the manual so getting the right temperature isn’t entirely pot-luck. It comes with a rack and grill tray, but no baking/drip tray. The oven unlocks and opens with one hand.

It toasts two slices and took 5 minutes and 13 seconds to boil water. The oven was much hotter at the back.

Buy it now from Jackson Leisure

Bainbridge Neptune5000

The two-burner Neptune couldn’t be supplied in time for our tests, so we tested the three-burner version.

There’s an all-round fiddle at a good height for a frying pan, pan supports that lift out for cleaning, and two pan clamps. It has a good-sized oven, and a separate grill with the vent at the back. One AA battery provides electric ignition, there’s a simple spring lock for the oven door, and it comes with a rack and grill tray.

At 7 minutes and 16 seconds, it was the slowest to boil water. The grill toasted a single slice and the shortbread was burned at the back of the oven, yet still soft at the front.

Spinflo Nelson

The fiddles front and back are frying pan-friendly and the pan supports lift out for cleaning. Both burners are the same size, limiting options, but are set in wells, which should stop spillages entering the hob’s grill vent.

The oven was the second smallest on test, but comes with a rack, roasting dish and baking tray. The grill tray sits in a wire fiddle which stops it sliding out accidentally. The harbour lock gimbal isn’t suitable for yacht installation so you’ll need one fitted.

There are oven settings from 130-240°C. It boiled water in 5 minutes and 26 seconds, and toasted two slices. The oven had very good heat distribution.

Dometic Starlight

The pan supports lift out for cleaning but the hob’s grill vent is prone to spillages. There are no fiddles and the pan clamps have brass knobs which heat up despite the grill’s pull-out heat deflector.

It has a harbour lock but no door lock. Nor is there a grill tray, just a rack and a baking/ drip tray. There’s no oven setting indication on the knob, which controls both oven and grill, so you can’t use both at once despite them being separate.

It boiled water in 4 minutes and 46 seconds, and toasted one slice. The big oven burner and insulation meant it warmed quickly and cooked evenly.

Buy it now from Dometic

Eno Gascogne

This French combination oven-grill has three solid fiddles plus a frying pan friendly one at the front, and the pan supports lift off for cleaning. The door lock is top left, the AA battery-powered electric ignition top right. The edge of the oven door handle was sharp.

Using the grill means deploying the heat deflector, so you can’t close the door, and the big grill vent in the top of the oven (which vents at the back) means the oven warms slowly. There are no oven settings either.

It comes with a rack and a drip tray, which must be used to stop fat falling onto the burner in the oven base. The big wok-friendly burner boiled the water in 4 minutes and 42 seconds.

Buy it now from Compass 24

This cooker doesn’t run on gas, but on bioethanol or denatured alcohol, which is not readily available in the UK but easy to get in France. We used meths, which works, but you do get that smell.

Pour the fuel into the canisters and the wadding soaks it up, preventing spills. There are two burners on the hob and a third in the oven, but no grill. The knobs move a plate that covers the canister opening, so you can control heat to an extent.

It has a harbour lock, a rack and a baking/drip tray but pan clamps are extra. Water took 5 minutes and 46 seconds to boil. The small oven took 25 minutes to reach temperature, according to its thermometer, and cooked very evenly.

Force 10 Two-Burner Compact Grill

This product stood out because the open door slides under the oven, keeping the cooker balanced so it doesn’t tip forward. Push the lock button, lift the handle and away it goes. It’s very neat but it does result in the smallest oven on test – too small to roast a whole chicken.

The pan supports and all-round fiddle lift and remove for easy cleaning, as do the Sabaf burners. Harbour lock and electric ignition are standard, and the water boiled in 4 minutes and 1 second.

The ceramic grill looked great but toasted just one slice. The shortbread cooked beautifully, thanks to the head diffuser/drip tray that made the oven even smaller. On the downside, when lifting the door handle, I burned my knuckles against the hot door.

Buy it now from Force 10

Levante Two-Burner Compact

This Essex company’s cookers were standard on Discovery and Gunfleet yachts as part of an integrated galley system, so the ovenware also fits the rails in the sink, fridge, and recesses on the saloon table.

The rack and grill trays slide on rails in the oven sides, so it’s easily cleaned, but this reduces tray size. The oven has temperature settings, and the hob has two super-efficient Sabaf burners.

Pan supports remove using a central bolt and the burners remove, too. There are fiddles all around with the front one frying pan-friendly. It has an oven door lock but no harbour lock, and electric ignition is powered by an AA battery.

The boil took 4 minutes and 35 seconds. The grill was excellent, easily making four slices, and the shortbread was near-perfect.

Buy it now from GN-Espace

Boat cooker conclusions

We learned several things from this test. First, high-volume boatbuilders don’t buy off the shelf. They give cooker companies a low price and a spec and ask them to deliver. So the cookers you find on many new boats are unlikely to be as efficient or as well made as the models we tested.

Secondly, most of the cookers we tested are based on 30-year old technology because it’s not economical for companies to invest in R&D for a market with just 2,000 UK unit sales per year.

The exception is the Levante, which has been recently designed. It’s an excellent cooker with great galley-wide design ideas. However the price-tag shows why.

But if you’re a keen galley chef and you can afford it, get the Levante. If you can’t, go for the Spinflo Nelson, which just shaded the Techimpex (£415) because of the secure two-slice grill, the extra ovenware that comes with it, and the burner wells which will prevent spillages dropping through the vent and onto the grill.

How we tested the boat cookers

Peter Spreadborough of SoCal in Southampton knows gas. He was part of the team that helped us blow up a yacht to make an important point about gas safety. He kindly agreed to host our test of galley cookers, adapted from a Which? test of domestic cookers.

First, we inspected the cookers. Are therefiddles all round or just at the front? Are they low enough to allow a frying pan handle to rest over them? Could the pan supports be removed for cleaning? Are the pan clamps easy to adjust and secure, with knobs that won’t overheat? Is there a harbour lock to secure the gimbals at anchor, electric ignition, a door lock and an inversion proof gimbal mount? How big is the oven, and what ovenware comes with it?

After that, we timed how long each cooker took to boil 600ml (two mugs) of water, cooling the kettle and replacing the water between each test.

Next, we gauged how well the grill toasted white bread after five minutes’ pre-heating.

Finally, we baked shortbread, – very sensitive to variations in temperature – at around 190°C to see how evenly each oven heated. Sometimes we burned it, but if it burned evenly, at least we knew the oven was achieving a consistent temperature.

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Cooking on an Electric Sailboat

Live off the grid!” That’s part of the allure of getting an electric boat and using solar, wind and hydroregeneration to power everything on board. No more diesel engine, no more propane stove, completely disconnect. Completely off-grid.

However, as Lee Corso on ESPN’s College Game Day says, “Not so fast my friend!” That’s because there is no electric cooking system today that is viable on a pure electric boat .

So, with the help of a few other sailors who between them and I have sailed over 50,000 miles on electric boats and spent years living onboard, Green Yachts put together this blog post about cooking on an electric boat.

And, the exciting part is an idea we have at the end of this blog.

First, an overview of today’s options for cooking on an electric boat:

LPG (Propane)/Butane - Most recreational boats today use a stove fueled by propane if used in the United States or butane in Europe. With two tanks, it provides a ~20-day supply of fuel for cooking. There are a plethora of different bottle sizes and adapter fittings meaning a boater traveling around the world has to get different gas containers that may or may not fit in a boat’s propane locker. And, a boat needs the propane locker to be located in the cockpit, be vented to the exterior, drain and have a solenoid operated from the galley that shuts off the gas flow at the regulator because propane is heavier than air and thus sinks, can collect in the cabin and if ignited, will create an explosion onboard. 

Induction cooktops and microwave ovens – an induction cooker or other electric stove is the safest stove one can have on board because there are no fuels or open fires onboard. Electric stoves are common on large boats that have a robust AC power system supplied by one or more marine generators. On sailboats and other recreational boats, an induction cooktop and microwave oven should only be used on an electric boat with a marine generator because they are energy intensive! A tale of two different boats illustrates this. Derek Rupe, an early pioneer in electric propulsion, has a gimballed induction cooktop and microwave oven on his Tripp 37 sailboat that he has been living on, cooking on and taking up and down the east coast of the US for years. His boat has a DC marine generator onboard, which makes an energy intensive induction cooker viable. Jimmy Cornell put an induction cooker and microwave onboard without a DC marine generator and had to turn back from his planned around the world trip shortly after getting started . In our opinion at Green Yachts, the #1 reason for this unfortunate outcome was that the induction cooker and microwave drew far more power than hydroregeneration under sail could provide.

Alcohol Stove –  An alcohol stove is the primary means of cooking onboard for both Sailing Uma and the Rigging Doctor , both of which are electric sailboats that have crossed the Atlantic . Sailing Uma also has a rice cooker and microwave that they use “sparingly” and mostly when plugged in to shore power.  Modern alcohol stoves store fuel in an absorbent material rather than under pressure like older alcohol stoves from the 70s and 80s, Like any fuel, alcohol has to be resupplied in port.

CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) – Also found on older boats and on boats from southern California. Natural gas is lighter than air so it dissipates instead of collecting like propane and it is burns cooler than propane and thus is less explosive but since when does the word less making explosive sound any better on a boat? On the plus side, burning natural gas creates 50-60% less emissions than burning propane. Like for alcohol stoves and LPG, CNG has to be resupplied in port.

Future Innovation in Marine Cooking?

In our opinion at Green Yachts, while all of the above are viable depending on your boat setup, none of them are a slam dunk solution on an electric boat. All of them have their pros and cons. We believe the future of cooking on electric boats will look different than any cooking system we know of on boats today.

Two technologies we think have a lot of promise are solar cookers and pressure cookers. Both of these use different strategies that result in highly efficient cooking. We also like the idea of a multipurpose cooking station that is convenient and easy to clean.

Here’s an example of a solar cooker that is perfect for a picnic, a 12V pressure cooker that works great on an RV , a nd lastly, a multipurpose cooking station from the tiny homes movement. 

Imagine if you could combine these three into a marine cooking system that:

• Adds a slot in the multipurpose cooker for a solar cooker in which the solar cooker plugged in when slid into place.
• The multipurpose cooker also incorporates a 12V pressure cooker providing a secure location for it rather than it being at risk of flying off the galley counter. These two additions add highly efficient cooking that doesn’t use a lot of power.
• Make the coffee maker, griddle and toaster oven efficient and like the solar cooker and pressure cooker powered by 12V or 48V DC power. Currently, the multipurpose cooker is designed for an AC system in a land-based home.
• Create a complimentary station in the cockpit where the solar cooker can be put when pulled out of its slot in the galley and secured with the solar screens open for cooking so the solar cooker doesn’t go flying or the solar reflector screens don’t close or get damaged when the boat tacks or heels. And, this cockpit station needs to not be in the way when not in use for cooking.
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Best boat cooker: 10 alternative options for gas-free cooking

• Rupert Holmes
• May 5, 2022

Rupert Holmes encourages a broad-minded approach when choosing the best boat cooker, considering options such as induction hobs and solar ovens.

Gas cookers used to be the standard choice on almost every boat, but there are good reasons why they are not necessarily the best boat cooker.

The dangers of fire or explosion are well documented, yet there are still plenty of older vessels without gas lockers that drain safely overboard .

Equally, most sources recommend changing flexible hoses every five years and regulators once a decade, but I suspect most are not.

Today there’s a wide choice of boat cookers to choose from, some of which are more economical than gas to run and easier to install.

Many other devices, from solar cookers to JetBoils, can aid preparing great food on board.

10 of the best alternative boat cookers

Alcohol stoves

Like Marmite, lots of people love them, but there are also plenty of detractors. A key drawback used to be the odours caused by the additives that give methylated spirits its distinctive colour. Today, the easy availability of bioethanol means this is no longer a problem.

Alcohol hobs may not be as fast to boil water as a gas stove, but they are still pretty good. We use one on Zest that’s as good now as it was when the boat was new 30 years ago and have no inclination to go to the hassle of installing a gas system.

This makes spirit stoves an excellent easy option for older boats in which the entire gas system, potentially even including the gas locker, needs to be replaced.

Unfortunately, production of the long-running Origo brand stopped a few years ago. The German online chandlery Compass24 has reintroduced similar products – the single burner Alcohol Pan 1500 (pictured above) and twin burner Spirit Cooker 3000 (which is also available via Amazon ) – but there doesn’t appear to be a gimbal set or pan clamps designed specifically for these models.

Pure alcohol is a flammable liquid, so carrying it on board demands appropriate care, but it’s soluble in water and solutions under 20% (around the strength of fortified wine) aren’t considered hazardous. A bucket or two of sea water will therefore render a large quantity innocuous.

Buy the Alcohol Pan 1500 on Compass24.com

Buy the Spirit Cooker 3000 on Compass24.com

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Diesel stoves.

It’s perhaps telling that yacht surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies uses a diesel stove on his boat in preference to a gas cooker.

In addition to the safety aspect, the fuel is far cheaper and very easy to source. As a result, some of the extra up-front costs can be recouped over time.

The most common by far are the Wallas 85 series hob (pictured above) and 87 series cooker and oven. These don’t use a naked flame and fumes are directed out of the boat, though electrical power is needed at start up.

Buy the Wallas 85DP hob on kuranda.co.uk

Buy the Wallas 87D hob and oven on kuranda.co.uk

Induction hobs

The advantages of induction hobs over using a gas cooker are that burning gas creates water, which can add to condensation in winter.

In hot weather the direct heat transfer of an induction hob means the cabin is not heated as much as when using a gas ring.

Increasingly common on yachts with big battery banks and large arrays of boat solar panels , the power draw means they’re unlikely to suit most of us, unless connected to shore power, when a low-cost portable unit, like IKEA’s Tillreda (pictured above), can be used.

Buy the Tillreda portable induction hob from Ikea

Buy the Tillreda portable induction hob from Amazon

Buy the Espace OceanChef induction hob from gn-espace.com

Slow cooking

Slow cookers, the best known of which are Crock-Pots, also fall into a category of devices that need far more electric power than the average boat could possibly deliver.

While one could be used on shore power, their physical size means many smaller boats won’t realistically have space to stow one for occasional use.

However, there are a couple of alternatives that cook food in a similar way, without needing on-going power.

One option is a top-quality vacuum flask, such as the Thermos Stainless King Food Flask, which is rated to keep food warm for up to 14 hours.

Everything needs to be piping hot to start with, the flask needs to be pre-heated with hot water and it needs to be exactly the right size for the quantity of food you want to cook.

The flask will then keep the food sufficiently hot to continue cooking food in much the same manner as with a slow cooker.

Another option is the Wonderbag (pictured above) – a pot within a well insulated bag that will keep contents warm enough to continue cooking for several hours.

Buy the 710ml Thermos Stainless King Food Flask from Amazon

Buy the Wonderbag slow cooker from wonderbagworld.com

Solar cookers

Another power-free variation on the theme of slowing cooking food over several hours, solar cookers focus heat from the sun onto the cooking area and are reported to have potential to work well, especially when preparing lunch, rather than an evening meal when the sun is lower in the sky.

GoSun’s Sport Marine (pictured above) is a folding model that encases the food in a cylinder in the focal plane of the cooker to prevent it being cooled by wind.

At the other end of the scale, the concept is so simple you can make a basic solar cooker yourself.

Buy the GoSun Sport Marine solar cooker from gosun.co

Tefal 6L pressure cooker

Long a favourite of the budget constrained part of the liveaboard cruising community, pressure cookers work faster than a conventional saucepan, and require little heat input for simmering, saving both time and fuel.

This is marked when preparing dried goods such as chick peas, beans and lentils. They also produce far less steam than conventional cooking, which helps keep condensation at bay in cool or damp weather.

Buy it now from argos.co.uk

Buy it now from Amazon

Kelly Kettle hobo stove

The Kelly Kettle (pictured above) has many advocates and in many ways is the ultimate survivalist’s tool. It heats water in a chamber around the circumference of the device using twigs as fuel in the central void.

It’s a very neat idea, but it has a couple of drawbacks for use as a boat cooker – they cannot be used below decks and keeping sufficient fuel dry may be a challenge on smaller vessels.

Buy it now on Amazon

JetBoil flash stove

A much better option for water heating is the JetBoil, which is among the best designed of all cooking appliances.

The outside is insulated with a neoprene layer, which minimises heat loss, while the gas flame is focussed efficiently on the base of the container.

It will therefore boil water in an amazingly short period of time, using a tiny amount of gas. They are widely used as boat cookers in the offshore racing community, while for cruisers they provide a quick and easy source of hot or boiling water.

PBO reader Chris Comerie adds: “As an active rock climber/mountaineer for most of my life, this is a stove that I am very familiar with, have used regularly and can vouch for its efficiency. “I also have one installed in my small yacht, I mainly sail single-handed and find that this is a quick safe way of boiling water when you’re short-handed. “I have a self-built François Vivier-designed Beniguet and have installed a Jetboil mounted in a quality built stainless steel gimbal supplied by Safire Associates . “Notwithstanding that it’s a relatively expensive piece of kit, it’s a great product of which I could recommend, particularly if space is at a premium.”

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Cobb Premier Charcoal Barbecue Grill

Barbecues are a long-standing boat cooker favourite, allowing convivial cooking on deck in fine weather, when using the galley stove can make the cabin uncomfortably hot.

If possible, choose a model that can be both rail-mounted and taken ashore to use on a suitable beach.

Portable barbecues are ideal for use at anchor or on a swinging mooring, though not in the confines of a typical marina berth.

One of the most popular ranges is by Cobb, which has a flexible design that can be used for grilling, baking, frying, boiling and smoking.

Buy it now from Lakeland.co.uk

Omnia stove-top oven

Portable stove-top ovens, with a central void that allows heat from a hob to dissipate evenly, have been around for a long time.

They have many fans who use them for baking bread , pies and cakes, or cooking anything from fish to lasagne.

The Omnia is a classic example based on a 1940s design. It is 25cm (10in) in diameter, 15cm (6in) high and is lightweight, making it easy to stow.

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Eight of the best marine cookers

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Dometic Marine Moonlight cooker

Dometic’s Marine Moonlight cooker comes with a gas oven, grill and three-burner hob. It boasts a heat-resistant glass door and interior light for easy viewing of what’s cooking. For safety, it has an oven door safety lock and safety ignition system.

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Eno Open Sea

Constructed using highly polished marine-grade stainless steel that lasts well in the marine environment and is easy to clean, the Eno Open Sea features twin burners and an enamelled oven.

• RRP: $1,269 / £725
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Dickinson Marine Mediterranean gas stove

Dickinson Marine’s Mediterranean stove features its trademark heavy-duty stainless steel construction, with laser cut decorative touches. It’s equipped with three efficient and powerful burners, and push-and-turn electronic ignition. 

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Taylor’s 030L diesel stove

Taylor stoves are fuelled by pressurised diesel, which is a sound alternative to gas. 

The 030L is the largest and most versatile in the range and offers an enamelled top plate hob with two burners, a grill underneath and a deep oven.

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GN Espace Levante

GN Espace high quality cookers and its Levante range is purpose-built for cruising sailors. 

The Levante comes with the choice of 2, 3 or 4 hobs. There is the option of a solid or glass door and it’s quick to heat, economical with gas and provides excellent cooking performance. It comes with a multi-directional gimbal system option which provides a stable platform for cooking.

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Tasman 4500 gas hob

The Tasman is a good budget option if you don’t need an oven.

This gas-powered cooker features twin hobs and a grill.

It is lightweight at 5.8kg (12lb 11oz) and compact, being just 45cm wide and 37cm deep. It comes with an enamelled pan and features one large hob burner and one standard burner. 

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Origo 3000 stove

The Origo stove is definitely aimed at smaller boats and daysailers. It provides a compact alternative to a large gas cooker. There is no oven and this simple cooker is fuelled by methylated spirits. The stove is topped up by removing a pair of canisters stored underneath the hob. The Origo is also available as a single-burner unit. It’s available with gimbals or can be mounted directly into a worktop.

Kuranda Nordic 85NDT diesel hob and heater

Another interesting alternative to a standard gas cooker, the Nordic NDT lacks an oven, but by way of an alternative, doubles up as a heater, being an excellent source of the sort of dry heat that gas installations are not able to provide. The Nordic can be run direct from your diesel tank and is flush mounted on your worksurface making it a smart, compact and practical option.

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How to Select a Marine Stove

• By Lynda Morris Childress
• Updated: May 7, 2020

There’s no question about it: On cruising sailboats, an efficient, safe marine stove is as important as good sails, functioning systems and top-notch safety gear. The ability to prepare and enjoy home-cooked meals on board makes for a happy and healthy crew, and at the heart of it all is a reliable stove.

Many owners of pre-owned vessels have inherited the stove that came with the boat—with either happy or hair-pulling results. If you’re in the latter category, or if you wish to retire your once-reliable galley workhorse, it might be time to ponder an upgrade. There are many considerations, but one of the first things you should decide is: Which type of marine stove?

For upgrades, the three most prevalent types of marine stoves rely on liquid petroleum gas (LPG, or propane), nonpressurized alcohol and, in recent years, electric. Other types, such as kerosene and compressed natural gas (CNG) burners, have fallen out of favor for various reasons: Kerosene spills are extremely flammable, burners require priming before lighting, the fuel smells unpleasant, and the odor often permeates interior fabrics and the food itself. While some sailors still swear by it—it’s widely available and burns fairly hot—use of kerosene is waning. CNG made its appearance (along with LPG) in the 1980s, and early on was touted as the “safe gas.” Unlike LPG, it’s lighter than air and can’t settle in the bilges, though fumes can collect in other areas of the boat that aren’t well ventilated—and it still can explode. Today it’s hard to find and rarely used.

Butane, another form of liquid gas, has been used for years to fuel small, portable one- or two-burner stoves equipped with small canisters of fuel. Popular on smaller sailboats for simple cooking, and on some cruising boats as an inexpensive backup to the existing galley stove, it can be useful for preparing coffee, tea or one-pot meals without heating up the galley too much, but probably isn’t under consideration for an upgrade.

Diesel stoves are not widely considered either, but if you dislike propane and alcohol, stoves and ovens that use diesel forced-air technology, such as those made by Wallas in Finland (imported by Scan Marine ), might be worth a look. Prices range from $2,500 to $5,000.

Marine Propane Stoves

On most production cruising boats built from the mid-1980s on, marine propane stoves and ovens have been the rule. When you’re considering an upgrade, they are an excellent choice, though there remain skeptics who are either unwilling to install and maintain a propane system, or are downright terrified of propane and actually switch to an alcohol system for precisely this reason. LPG is heavier than air, and fumes can settle in the bilge if proper installation, usage and safety protocols aren’t followed, creating the potential for explosion. Most who use propane aboard safely feel that the benefits outweigh the risks: It’s available worldwide, the cost is reasonable, it burns hot and cooks food quickly, it’s odorless while burning, and it’s easy and safe to use as long as you practice strict safety measures. Propane stoves and systems on U.S. boats must meet American Boat & Yacht Council standards, which outline specific parameters for safe installation and use. The West Marine Advisor also offers tips on safe installation.

Marine propane stoves have improved over the years; most newer models have built-in safety thermocouples that automatically stop the flow of gas within seconds if a flame is not present. This feature, plus other required and optional safety measures—such as a leak-detection system, a dedicated exterior tank-storage locker, a simple electric solenoid switch that allows the gas to be shut off manually and remotely, and a vapor detector—are key to safe operation, along with careful use by all aboard. On today’s new-stove market, retailers report that the Force 10 gimbaled two- and three-burner series are top sellers. For a new two- or three-burner range, you’ll need to budget between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on make and model. If you’re short on galley space but still want propane, Eno makes compact two- and three-burner built-in and gimbaled propane cooktops, which sell for $300 to $400.

Marine Alcohol Stoves

Alcohol stoves burn denatured alcohol, and over the years they’ve suffered a bad rap: Older, pressurized models achieved widespread notoriety not for their cooking ability, but for their uncanny knack for setting anything above them (sometimes including the cook) on fire. Pressurized stoves were famously difficult to light; they required pumping and priming with alcohol to get the burners hot enough for sustained cooking, which often led to flare-ups and disaster. Compounding the problem was that an alcohol flame is nearly invisible, resulting in burns from touching a burner that was invisibly lit. Fortunately for fans of this fuel, newer, nonpressurized, highly functional models of marine alcohol stoves are available to eliminate the danger as well as the priming process. The Dometic Origo system uses canisters fitted with wool “wicks” that soak up the alcohol, allowing the fumes to be lit in a controlled way that avoids flare-ups. In addition to being nonexplosive, alcohol stoves are easy to install; every component needed comes with the stove.

But while alcohol has advantages, it also has drawbacks: Like kerosene, it has an odor when the stove is in use that makes some people queasy. It burns at a much lower temperature than either kerosene or propane, using more fuel and taking longer to cook food or even boil water, but fans of alcohol stoves claim they don’t notice or mind the slightly longer cooking times. Though more expensive overall than propane, stove alcohol is widely available in the U.S.; worldwide, it’s harder to come by. Nonetheless, alcohol marine stove proponents cite not having to worry about a possible onboard explosion and ease of installation as two benefits that outweigh all the drawbacks combined. According to retailers, the Dometic Origo 6000 is today’s top-selling alcohol stove/oven, followed closely by Dometic Origo stove-top units. New ranges are priced between $1,500 and $1,800; stove-tops are in the vicinity of $200 to $350.

Electric Marine Stoves

Until recently, electric stoves and ovens were found mainly on large powerboats and superyachts and would not have been a possibility for the average sailboat. But as new boats equipped with generators as standard equipment make their way into the mainstream market, and as more owners of older boats retrofit gensets, electric marine ranges and fixed or portable ceramic cooktops are making inroads. Most U.S.-made boat stoves require 120 volts; if a boat spends much of its nonsailing time at marinas with shore power available, or if running the generator each time the stove is used isn’t a problem, it may be a viable alternative. The price range for a new two- or three-burner electric marine stove and oven is $1,500 to $2,000; for one- and two-burner electric and induction cooktops, from the simple to the sublime, the price ranges from $100 to $900.

Induction Cooking

The newest trend in electric stoves is induction cooking, which cooks food using electromagnetic induction rather than conduction from electric heat or a flame. In simplified terms, when you turn on the stove burner, a metal coil beneath a ceramic cooktop uses alternating current to produce a magnetic field. When magnetic cookware is placed on top, voilà! The pot heats up, but the cooktop remains cool. The advantages seem endless: Induction stoves drastically reduce fire and burn risk, as the cooktop itself does not heat up; they don’t warm up the boat; they cook food fast and efficiently; and because it doesn’t ever get hot, the cooktop is easy to keep clean (and can double as extra counter space). One disadvantage to most electric ceramic cooktops on boats is the lack of rails or clamps to keep pots in place. Another is that induction cooktops require use of specific cookware with magnetic properties; when you replace your existing stove with one, you might also have to replace your pots. Kenyon Marine has addressed the problem of keeping pots on the stove with its innovative new Silken2 two-burner Trimline induction cooktop; it comes with a fitted, patented nonskid silicone mat that can be used during cooking. Another popular induction cooktop is the single-burner unit by Furrion. This technology is new and still evolving. If you’re on the fence about an upgrade, keep a close eye on marine induction stoves — they just may be the wave of the future.

Before You Buy a Marine Stove

Before you start to shop, answer some basic questions: How much stove do you need? How much room do you have in your galley? Where do you plan to cruise? The stove you select depends largely on how—and how often—you use your boat. If it’s a small boat with limited galley space, used mostly for daysails, weekend cruises, and the occasional overnight not far from home waters, a simple stove-top system (nonpressurized alcohol, butane or, if you have shore power, electric or combination alcohol-electric) might suffice. If it’s a midsize boat used for extended vacation or liveaboard cruising, you’ll likely want—and have room for—a marine stove with an oven. If there are only two of you aboard, a two-burner stove and oven might suffice; if you’re a family, consider a three-burner. Measure your space carefully and, unless you want to undertake a major carpentry project, be sure you select a boat stove that fits. (If you own a European-made boat, you’ll likely need to order a metric size.) If you cruise outside the U.S., choose a marine stove that uses fuel that’s available and affordable everywhere you plan to visit.

Depending on where and how you sail, there are also some stove safety features to consider. Almost all marine stoves and ovens are gimbaled, allowing them to swing back and forth, essentially remaining level when the boat is heeled (or rolling at anchor). Your best bet will be to go for a gimbaled replacement. Other safety features should include a sturdy, built-in safety rail around the outer edge to guard against pots sliding off the stove-top; a set of pot clamps to keep pots in place while cooking underway; and a latch that allows the oven door to be securely locked in place.

Choosing and installing a new marine stove doesn’t have to mean jumping from the frying pan into the fire. If you know exactly what you want before you shop and do your research on features and installation, outfitting your sailboat with a new stove that meets your needs will be worth its weight in comfort — not to mention delicious home-cooked meals.

Lynda Morris Childress and her husband, Kostas Ghiokas, cruise and charter their Atlantic 70 ­cutter, Stressbuster , throughout the Greek Islands.

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Neptune 4500 Cooker with Oven, Hob & Grill

Stainless steel bodied marine gas cooker with oven, two burner hob and independent grill all featuring flame failure safety devices; also comes complete with gimballed pan clamps.

Neptune 4500 Marine Cooker with Oven, Hob & Grill

The Neptune 4500 cooker features a thermostatically controlled oven with a two-burner hob and independent grill, the marine cooker comes complete with pan support, oven shelf, grill pan, and gimballed pan clamps. Cooking onboard has never been so much fun or as easy with your new Neptune 4500 cooker.

The compact stylish marine cooker is made from stainless steel making it particularly suitable for the marine environment. With a stainless steel door featuring a glass window and an enameled oven interior, the Neptune 4500 is easy to clean whilst still looking the part in the galley of your boat. 

Safety comes first with the Neptune 4500 as each burner is fitted with a flame failure device meaning you can cook with peace of mind as if the flame goes out, the gas will automatically stop. Particularly important as flame failure devices are required as part of the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).

​Neptune 4500 Cooker Features

• One large rapide hob burner
• One smaller semi rapide hob burner
• Thermostatically controlled oven
• Powerful independent grill
• Flame Failure Safety Cut Outs on all burners
• Electric spark ignition on all burners (requires 1 x AA battery)
• Fold-down oven door complete with viewing glass window
• Full stainless steel body design
• Door safety catch to stop the door opening while cruising
• Can be used with either butane or propane gas
• Pan Support
• Gimballed Pan clamps

The Neptune 4500 cooker is a redesign of the Plastimo / Bainbridge / Aqua Marine Neptune 4500 cooker and was introduced in 2019. The Neptune 4500 was a redesign of the Plastimo Neptune 2500 cooker and was introduced in 2011. The new model retains all the original features while updating the design and adding larger, more powerful burners.

Currently, there are 2 brands used for this oven, Aqua Marine and Aqua Chef, they are the same cooker from the same manufacturer, each one features its own design of gimballed pan clamps.

Specification

What's Included

• 1 x Marine Stainless Steel Cooker
• 1 x Grill Pan, Trivet & Handle
• 1 x Gimballed Pan Clamps
• 2 x Gimbals

This appliance must be installed by a gas competent person (e.g. a Gas Safe registered gas fitter).

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Flux Marine unveils 100% electric center console boat with a hull from Scout and DC fast charging

Outboard motor and battery specialist Flux Marine has introduced a new center console boat package to its lineup to help further electrify the industry. The package combines Flux’s 100% electric propulsion system with a hull from Scout boats to deliver a vessel that can travel 30 mph and replenish on a DC fast charger.

Flux Marine is a company based in Bristol, Rhode Island that specializes in all-electric outboard motors and marine-grade batteries to power them. Additionally, Flux offers customers boat packages that implement its propulsion technology onto existing vessels.

To date, the company has unveiled an all-electric dual console boat option that includes a Scout Dorado 215 hull and a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) package with the help of Highfield. Today, Flux Marine has announced a third entry in its new electric boat lineup, which once again includes a hull from Scout Boats.

Check out the Electric Scout 215 XSF.

Flux to sell Scout 215 XSF electric boat later this year

Flux shared details of its new electric boat package today, which consists of a 21′ 6″ center console hull from Scout that is powered by its own electric outboard motor and a 84 kWh marine-grade lithium-ion battery pack.

The result is a 100% electric day boat with room for nine passengers designed for cruising and coastal fishing at sea. The Scout 215 XSF offers a top power output of 150 hp (112 kW) and 100 hp (72 kW) of continuous power. It can cruise at 25 mph, reach a top speed of 30 mph, and offer a top range of up to 30 miles (26 knots) at cruising speeds. Per Flux Marine CEO Ben Sorkin:

The idea behind Flux Marine is to provide a better, more efficient method of boat propulsion. Our 100 hp outboard hits the sweet spot, capable of propelling a 22 ft boat like the Scout XSF for almost any activity on the water. Our goal is to evoke excitement and innovation while ensuring users feel comfortable with what’s powering their boat.

A huge bonus in the all-electric Scout XSF center console boat is its ability to charge via AC or DC plugs when docked. Flux says the vessel can recharge from 20-80% in 7.5 hours on an AC plug (110-, 220-, or 240-volt) or as quickly as 1.5 hours using a DC fast charger.

In addition to the powertrain and battery pack, Flux has integrated the Scout boat with its own designed throttle, UI, and mobile companion app. Flux’s software will help future boat owners monitor and manage their speed and range from the helm, complete with live updates on an integrated Garmin chartplotter.

The all-electric Scout XSF center console boat starts at $120,000 and joins the Scout Dorado 215 and Highfield RIBs in the lineup. All are set to go on sale directly to consumers later this year.

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The all-electric Tridente is nothing if not dashing. It joins other electric boats affiliated with sports car marques, including the Frauscher X Porsche 850 Fantom Air and BMW-designed Tyde foiling electric boat . The Maserati has a much more conventional look than the other two.

The Tridente debuted alongside the car manufacturer’s newest electric vehicle, the Grancabrio Folgore, meaning “lightning bolt” in Italian. Maserati’s head of design, Klaus Busse, was on hand for both launches. Busse, a genial and strikingly tall German, had this to say about Maserati’s design approach, and Italian design overall: “If you look at the design of the Porsche 911, for example, you can see the Germans evolved it little by little over time—as if they are on a road to the idea of perfection. But with Italians, every ten years or so, they break everything and start with something fresh and new.”

Somewhat ironically, the Tridente seems to pull more from the German school of thought. Sleek and classic looking, there is nothing groundbreaking about the aesthetics. The boat has the familiar design language of an old Riva runabout—gently cambered bow deck, tumblehome in the after section—though built with modern materials and colors, and adorned nearly everywhere with the Maserati emblem.

But when the Tridente first pulled into view beside the lake’s breakwater, and the dark-blue water shimmered off its steel-gray hull, for a moment the machine looked almost surreal. It was stunning.

The boat is built around a carbon-fiber hull for rigidity and weight savings, and the fit and finish meets the standards one might expect: soft leathers, tight stitching, and a general feeling of solidity to the seating. This model seats eight comfortably, with wraparound seating at amidships and a scooped-out section aft that is, in effect, a giant sunpad. The cabin is tiny, but could fit a child who needs a nap out of the sun.

Maserati enlisted Vita Power, the EV marine company, for Tridente’s electric propulsion system. The boat is powered by four batteries that weigh 3,200 pounds, which explains the choice of lightweight carbon fiber for the hull. The entire boat displaces 11,400 pounds, about 2,000 pounds less than a Riva Aquariva 33. That light weight, paired with the equivalent of 600 horsepower, lets the Tridente accelerate like a proper sportscar.

When I pinned the throttle I felt real G forces pressing me into the captain’s seat—common for a high-performance raceboat, but rare for an electric vessel. The helm is a simple setup: a center touchscreen and two throttles. The reported top end is 46 mph, but I saw 42.6. At a 25-knot cruise, the Tridente has a 43-mile range, more than enough to get from Monaco to Cannes on a single charge.

Maserati says the batteries can be topped off in under an hour via a fast-charging DC connection. Running at cruise, the Maserati manifested the nimbleness requisite of a boat in this class, slicing cleanly through S turns and hard overs.

There were no waves, but I did send the Tridente through its own wake and was pleased with the way the hull split the chop. In the end, it proved a very fun boat to drive and looked exceptional with the lake and mountain backdrop.

The price may well be a bit much for most boaters to swallow, even if it’s the coolest superyacht tender on the planet. But if you want what is arguably the world’s most advanced and best-constructed electric boat, the Tridente fits the bill, an evolutionary leap for a classic-looking Italian runabout.

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92m hybrid electric Feadship Drizzle delivered to owner

The 91.8-metre Feadship superyacht Drizzle has now been delivered following successful sea trials in June. According to BOATPro , her final destination is Malta, an archipelago in the central Mediterranean. 

The superyacht was last seen departing from the shipyard's facilities in Amsterdam (13 June). Built for a repeat Feadship owner who came to the project with "informed requests based on his long experience of yachting", Drizzle 's design is by Dutch studio Sinot and the owner's related design office.

Characterised by chamfered exterior contours and a more traditional flared bow, the yacht has a modern-classic style with naval architecture by Feadship De Voogt Naval Architects . Notably, she is the first Feadship to carry full Hybrid Electric Class notation.

Drizzle 's interior is designed to reflect an "understated family home" with natural materials and finishes throughout. Accommodation is found on the main deck, along with the large pool and open-air lounge shaded by the deckhead overhang.

Meanwhile, the owner's suite, family lounge and wellness area are situated on the upper decks. Up top, the sundeck serves as an observation vantage point with a forward-facing sofa and sun loungers, while the aft deck is used for storing two rescue tenders.

One of the owner's key requirements in building the yacht was to house a more spacious beach club in the stern, which occupies one-quarter of the total length of the lower deck. The large, fixed stern platform combines with two fold-down platforms to create 165 square metres of water-level lounging space. Sweeping staircases on either side of the stern platform lead to the main deck aft. 

Between the engine room and the beach club is a side-loading garage with room for two 10-metre tenders, a ski boat and various water toys. Forward is the crew area, comprising the galley, crew mess and crew accommodation.

Drizzle carries full Hybrid Electric Class notation, the power package comprising two main engines and shaft-driven fixed pitch propellers, coupled with electric motors of 560kW each and 1MW of Li-ion batteries. The e-motors work as shaft generators to produce electricity to serve the hotel load or recharge the battery bank, as well as for low-speed navigation while the generators or batteries generate the required electrical power.

Albert Abma, Feadship project manager, commented on the launch in April: "Working with the experienced owner, designers and owner's team has been a professional pleasure. Gathering the operational experience of the owner's team with the yard’s building experience has resulted in this modern-classic, state-of-art and full-custom new Feadship".

The news comes closely after the first proper sighting of Project 713 , Feadship's first solar powered superyacht. She is now preparing for sea trials.

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Designer Davide Benaglia comes up with a yacht design that has a modular beach area. The owner can transform this place on board the Project Hype-r into a cinema deck, a dance floor for disco parties, or both, depending on the spacing. It’s a layout that the designer has planned for his young, dynamic, and digitally native client. He gives each space a specific function. It allows for transitions between entertainment and relaxation, two themes that the modern young yacht owner seems to be looking for.

Already on board, the upper deck may be an extension of the beach area on the lower deck. A sunset lounge area awaits the guests here, ideal for watching the horizon before the dawn of the night, or just enjoying the last rays before the party begins. Drinks in hand and some unwinding moments are how Davide Benaglia pictures the function of the space. It somewhat complements the sundeck nearby, which, as opposed to the common areas, is a nook entirely for the owner.

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10 of the best slow cookers for delicious faff-free meals

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Discover our top slow cookers, plus recipes and practical cookery advice. We tested leading brands including Morphy Richards, Ninja and Crock Pot

There’s a lot to love about a slow cooker . The ease of arriving home to a hot meal ready to eat is a convenient luxury that simply makes life easier.

The best slow cookers help you to get the very best out of cheaper cuts of meat. Slow cookers are less energy intensive than conventional electric ovens , and therefore more economical. They also offer a healthier, low-fat way of cooking and often preserve more nutrients than other methods like baking, boiling and frying. For inspiration, check out our collection of healthy slow cooker recipes . We've also reviewed the best slow cooker cookbooks to get you started.

Slow cookers tend to be simple and easy to use too. Usually comprised of just a few components, most can be used straight out of the box. Some models feature sous-vide settings and ingredient pre-sets to help you make the most of your meal.

Slow cooker recipes are hugely popular and can be used to cook a range of delicious stews , casseroles , soups and curries , as well as less obvious dishes such as yogurt , grains, dhal and puddings .

Read on to learn more about the different kinds of slow cookers on the market.

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Best slow cookers 2024 at a glance.

• Best slow cooker for families: Lakeland 6.5L searing slow cooker, £79.99
• Best blowout multi-tasking slow cooker: Ninja 9-in-1 multicooker OP350UK, £149.99
• Best simple slow cooker with timer: Morphy Richards EasyTime, £64.99
• Best slow cooker for entertaining: GreenPan Elite 8-in-1 slow cooker, £199
• Best small slow cooker: Crock Pot Lift & Serve digital slow cooker, £40
• Best budget slow cooker: Daewoo slow cooker, £30
• Best hob-safe slow cooker: Crock Pot Sizzle and Stew, £44
• Best slow cooker for automatic functions: Crock Pot Time Select, £74.98
• Best slow cooker for experimental cooks: Russell Hobbs 25630, £92.59
• Best no-nonsense slow cooker: Tower 3.5L Cavaletto Slow Cooker, £29

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Best slow cooker for families

• Searing and sautéing functions
• Easy-to-use controls
• Wide handles
• Retains heat well
• Large footprint
• Beeper is very noisy

Star rating: 5/5

Wattage: 1350W

Without a hob-safe cooking pot, searing your meat before it goes in the slow cooker often comes with the admin of having to transfer it from one vessel to another – creating twice the amount of washing-up. Lakeland solves this issue with its newest slow cooker, which has searing and sautéing functionality built into it with five heat levels. There are also high and low settings for slow cooking, plus presets for steaming and making yogurt, too.

With a 6.5-litre capacity, it has a wide build and easy-grip handles for lifting – ideal if you're serving from pot to plate at the dinner table. The manual is thorough and packed with tips and tricks for slow cooking, not to mention recipes and cooking charts. We would have liked to have been able to adjust the volume of the timer as we found it too loud, but the advantage it is you shouldn't miss hearing it going off.

We made a beef stew in this cooker for four hours on high, and found the meat was tender with some light chewiness. The sauce was also thick and flavoursome, and the vegetables had a soft but slight bite. Even better, the exterior of the slow cooker got lukewarm at most during cooking – which is a reassuring safety feature for those with littles ones in the kitchen.

Cost to run on high for one hour: 2.41p

Ninja 9-in-1 multicooker OP350UK

Best blowout multi-tasking slow cooker

• Nine functions in one countertop cooker
• Accompanying recipe book
• Clear instructions
• Requires an additional slow cooker lid
• Large footprint for storage

Wattage: 1460W

This is a newer, more sophisticated step-up from Ninja Foodi's 6-in-1 multicooker, packing in nine functions for performing key kitchen tasks, plus a couple for fun. We're talking slow cooking (which is very user-friendly) searing/sautéing, air-crisping, grilling, dehydrating, baking/roasting, yogurt-making, pressure cooking and steaming. It has a modern-feel with intuitive controls and an outer casing that only gets warm to the touch, rather than excessively hot. It's the ultimate kitchen gadget.

Read our full Ninja Foodi 9-in-1 6-litre multicooker review .

Morphy Richards Easy Time Slow Cooker

Best simple slow cooker with timer

• Hob-safe cooking pot
• Auto-keep warm setting
• Easy to use controls
• Clear countdown timer
• Non-stick pot
• Lid forms a good seal
• Pot not suitable for induction

Wattage: 130 – 163W

Simple, manual slow cookers are great for the job at hand, but often the only thing missing to elevate them (without overcomplicating things) is a timer. The Easy Time slow cooker ticks that box. It comes with three settings: high, medium and low, and has an automatic timer that runs for up to 12 hours in one-hour increments. We all know that life can throw us curveballs, so if you’re not able to get home before the timer is up, the Easy Time slow cooker will keep your food at the optimum temperature for two hours. A basic slow cooker, with just a little bit extra.

Read our full Morphy Richards Easy Time Slow Cooker review .

GreenPan Elite 8-in-1 slow cooker

Best slow cooker for entertaining

• Easy to move around
• Useful, intuitive design
• Outside remains cool
• Timer a little inconsistent

Star rating: 4.5/5

Marking their first foray into the world of appliances, this slow cooker from GreenPan impressed us with its wealth of settings and brilliant cooking results. There are high or low slow-cooking settings, as well as steam, reheat and simmer/buffet, making it perfect for entertaining.

There’s no need to reach for separate pans when prepping food for this slow cooker; it’s equipped with a powerful and even brown/sauté setting, meaning anything that needs to be seared ahead of time can be done directly in the cooking pot.

We cooked a beef stew in this slow cooker. We enjoyed beautifully tender meat, soft carrots that retained a little bite, as well as a richly flavoured sauce. The sauce was a little on the thin side at the end of the cooking time, but reduced nicely after half an hour on the simmer/buffet setting.

Despite this model being from GreenPan, it lost points for the amount of difficult-to-recycle plastic packaging it came with – a disappointing oversight from a brand that puts sustainability at the forefront.

Cost to run on high for one hour: 2.62p

Crock Pot Lift & Serve digital slow cooker

Best small slow cooker

• Robust design
• Can cook for up to 20 hours
• Value price tag
• Lack of detail in manual
• Some controls can be confusing
• Beeper is too quiet

Wattage: 300W

Crock Pot is the name synonymous with slow cookers, and this compact 3.5-litre gadget is a solid choice for those with limited kitchen space. It has a simple interface and sturdy design, and alongside the usual low and high settings, there's also a keep-warm function that switches on automatically once the timer has ended.

The timer itself is frustratingly quiet, so much so that we missed it going off the first time. Some of the controls also confused us – the button that looks like an 'on/off' switch is actually just an 'off' switch, and we failed to find any reference to this in the manual.

On the plus side, the hinged lid allowed us to check in on our dishes without leaving splatters or drips of condensation on the worktop. We also enjoyed the beef stew we made in this slow cooker: the veg was a little too soft, but the meat was tender and the sauce was rich and thick.

Cost to run on high for one hour: 2.92p

Daewoo slow cooker

Best budget slow cooker

• Two-year warranty
• Dishwasher-safe pot and lid
• Three heat settings
• 'Keep warm' setting isn't the most powerful

Wattage: 160W

Despite the price and its relatively cheap steel outer, the Daewoo is a front-runner for its ability to cook gently, creating deliciously tender meat chunks for beef stew and softened vegetables overnight without singeing around the inside. This is a 160W slow cooker with the capacity to feed a family of four, or two with leftovers the next day.

Read our full Daewoo 3.5-litre slow cooker review .

Crock Pot Sizzle and Stew

Best hob-safe slow cooker

• Large capacity
• Main pot can be used on the hob
• Simple design
• Dishwasher-safe pot
• Carrots still a little firm
• No recipes in manual

Wattage: 180W

The Sizzle and Stew is a brilliant example of Crock Pot's simple but effective engineering. This model has a large 6.5L capacity, ideal for big families, meal-preppers or when entertaining. Unlike other models that come with a hefty ceramic bowl, the Sizzle and Stew’s pot is made from heavy-duty aluminium.

This pot is hob-safe (gas and electric), meaning you can sear any meat or cook ingredients on the hob before transferring it to the slow cooker. Not only does this save on the washing-up, but it also means you don’t lose any flavour.

Read our full Crock Pot Sizzle and Stew review .

Crock Pot Time Select

Best slow cooker for automatic functions

• Lots of useful functions
• Bowl and lid dishwasher and oven-safe
• Capacity markings on bowl
• No recipes in the manual

Wattage: 240W

Another model from well-known brand, Crock Pot. The Time Select is a lot more high-tech than the Sizzle and Stew above, but still produced fantastic results. This model features automatic cooking functions for meat, poultry, soup and vegetables. Simply select your main ingredient, input the weight and desired finish time, and the Time Select will automatically adjust the cooking time and temperature of the ingredients to get the best results. For your much-loved tried-and-tested recipes, there’s also a manual setting.

Read our full Crock Pot Time Select review .

Russell Hobbs Slow Cooker and Sous Vide 25630

Best slow cooker for experimental cooks

• Temperature probe included
• Lid locks into place, clear control panel, digital display
• Control panel isn’t intuitive
• Power cord quite short
• No sous vide bags provided

Wattage: 350W

This slow cooker is a fabulous option for the home cook who loves experimental techniques and gadgetry. With an option for sous vide cooking as well as a temperature probe, this model is so much more than a slow cooker. It did a fantastic job on our slow cooker test though; the locks kept the lid firmly in place and our beef stew had been nicely reduced, though the meat was ever so slightly dry.

Consult the manual before using as the control panel is made up of symbols only, so isn’t overly intuitive. But for versatility and quality of the results, this Russell Hobbs model is a great option in our eyes.

Read our full Russell Hobbs Slow Cooker and Sous Vide 25630 review .

Tower 3.5L Cavaletto Slow Cooker

Best no-nonsense slow cooker

• Available in a range of designs
• Simple to use
• A little plasticky

Star rating: 4/5

Wattage: 210W

This compact little slow cooker from Tower is a fuss-free option. It’s a modest option owing to the three simple settings: low, high and keep warm, but it gets the basics right. The design is simple, but if you’re looking to add a pop of colour with your new slow cooker, this one is available in pink and navy blue, as well as simple black and grey.

Setting this model up is easy to do and it handled our beef stew recipe with ease; the meat was tender and the veggies still had some bite. Our only quibble was that the sauce was still a little watery.

Read our full Tower 3.5L Cavaletto Slow Cooker review .

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With so many different slow cookers out there, choosing the right one for you can be confusing. Here are a few questions you might want to consider.

• Design: Are you looking for a simple, budget-friendly option that just slow-cooks (but does it extremely well) or something more versatile that sous-vides, pressure cooks, bakes and roasts too? Do bear in mind that the more technological the slow cooker, the higher the price.
• Size: With sizes starting at 1-litre through to a whopping 6.5-litres, choosing the right size for you is imperative. The smallest sizes are suitable when cooking for one or two. 3-litres to 4.5-litres (one of the most popular sizes on the market) serve four, and the large 6-6.5-litre models are super for families and batch cooking. It's also worth bearing in mind that the capacity stated on the sales blurb is the size of the bowl, not the working capacity, which can sometimes be half that.
• Space: A slow cooker takes up space on the worktop and in the cupboard. There are two shapes, the round and tall, which has less of a footprint, and the oval, which takes up more room but can be more versatile.
• No liquid escapes from a slow cooker, so when adapting a recipe not specifically written for a slow cooker, reduce any added liquid by a third.
• Don't remove the lid too often to avoid heat loss.
• The inner pot needs to be at room temperature before you start cooking. If you've kept a slow cooker dish in the fridge, you must wait for it to warm up before turning it on.
• Slow cookers vary considerably, so follow your manufacturer's manual for guidelines on temperatures and cooking times.
• Rice and pasta dishes work best cooked on high for the shortest time possible. Always use easy-cook rice, rinsed well first – the more starch you rinse from the rice, the better the finished result.
• Take time to brown your meat really well. Slow cookers tend to leach meat of its colour, so it’s important for appearance and flavour that they are well browned to start with. Flavours won't become more concentrated because the liquid doesn't reduce, so try to pack in as much flavour as you can.

We put a variety of slow cookers through their paces by cooking Good Food’s slow cooker beef stew recipe. As the meat requires searing before cooking, if we were able to do this straight in the cooking pot, we did so. We looked for three key qualities in our final stews: tender and succulent meat, well cooked vegetables that retained some bite, and a flavoursome, slightly thickened sauce.

We also scored the slow cookers against the following criteria:

• Capacity and size: the bowl capacity and the footprint for using and storing in the kitchen
• Heat retention: how the cooker holds heat for safety on the worktop and whether the food catches or burns
• Ease of use: how easy it is to assemble and use
• Functions: additional functions on the slow cooker including browning, reheating, reducing and whether it is hob or oven -safe
• Versatility: does the cooker make a range of dishes?
• Quality of material: the material and the construction of the machines
• Design features: the type of lid, handles, automatic warming, countdown timer and indicator lights
• Finished results: the tenderness of the meat and vegetables, the consistency of the cooked sauce and the heat of the food when serving
• Manual: how helpful was the instruction book and did it include recipes?
• Sustainability: excessive use of plastic in packaging was scored negatively. We wanted to see brands pointing us in the direction of spare parts and transparency around how to recycle the product after use and where the product was made.

We test hundreds of products from kitchen appliances, cooking tools and food every year – read more about how we test products .

All costs-to-run calculations were measured against the variable tariff at the time of testing (16.6p/kWh), which has since changed – read more on the current energy price guarantee rates .

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