AGA Stoves

Our kitchen is long overdue for a new oven/stove. As part of a future remodelling, we were looking at some appliances. Does anyone have any experience with/opinion about AGA stoves. Darn things are so pricey. Are they worth the expense? If this forum was the wrong forum to place this question, my apologies in advance.

Shaji, if you're talking about the always-on traditional AGA, I cooked on one for several years during my time in the UK and there are many reasons why it's a bad idea. If you really want the retro look and the bright paint job in something more practical, I'd suggest looking at some of the newer models that behave more like regular stoves. I think they call one the 6-4 or something. Probably a better place to look than this is the GardenWeb appliance forum. I also understand there's Yahoo group devoted to the AGA but I don't know if you'd get impartial advice there - I think it's called the AGA lovers' group or something along those lines.

[Jenise]

Our kitchen is long overdue for a new oven/stove. As part of a future remodelling, we were looking at some appliances. Does anyone have any experience with/opinion about AGA stoves. Darn things are so pricey. Are they worth the expense? If this forum was the wrong forum to place this question, my apologies in advance.

They're gorgeous and they have a great look. If that's what you want, I'm sure nothing else will do. But that said, most of the American manufacturers like Jade and Viking also make colors which skew toward that retro AGA look.

Shaji -

If you're into that type of stove, you might consider these as a possible alternative.

Never had an Aga or wanted one, but do have several friends and acquaintances with them and agree with Mark. The traditional Aga's are a lot of work to maintain take up a lot of room, so kitchen size has to be factored in, and of course are costly. The 'modernized' ones would be more suitable for "my" taste, but then would take a good look at other brands that have similar capabilities and are usually much less expensive.
Yes the trad ones can also heat your place, but do you need that where you are?
And will leave you with, the most recent person I know who installed a trad Aga in her kitchen, now regrets it, which of course is just one person's opinion.
Hope you let us know what you decide.