Finished in stainless steel, the Bertazzoni MAS95C1EXC is a 90 cm cooker from the Master Series, combining a five-burner gas hob with a single electric multifunction oven. It is a straightforward, knob-controlled dual fuel cooker for a kitchen that wants a wide oven and a powerful wok burner without extra electronics.

Cooking

The hob carries one dual wok burner of 0.48–5 kW, a rapid burner of 1.05–3 kW, two semi-rapid burners of 0.60–1.75 kW and an auxiliary of 0.48–1 kW. The dual wok has two rings of flame, so it can sear in a wok at full power or, with only the inner ring lit, keep a pan ticking over. Burners and caps are aluminium, and the cast iron pan supports form one continuous grate, so heavy pans slide across rather than being lifted. The oven offers bake, upper bake, bottom bake, grill, convection, convection bake, convection grill, pizza, defrosting and fast preheat, with 4 shelf levels to cook on.

Controls and everyday use

Solid metal knobs run the burners and the oven. Ignition is built in, and a flame failure device on every burner shuts off the gas if a flame goes out; in a power cut, the burners can be lit with a match.

• Triple-glazed oven door with removable inner glass
• One sliding shelf and two chromed wire shelves
• An enamelled tray and a grill trivet
• Double oven lights

No timer is listed, so the oven is set by its function and temperature knobs alone. It is rated A on its energy label, using 1.10 kWh per cycle conventionally and 0.87 kWh with the fan.

Size and installation

Bertazzoni's drawing gives the cooker as 895 mm wide and 600 mm deep, with legs that set the hob height between 890 and 915 mm and an upstand at the back. The oven needs a 220/240 V supply rated at 16 A, with 3500 W absorbed power, and the hob must be connected to gas by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Bertazzoni sells a 90 cm backsplash and telescopic glide shelf guides as optional extras.