Today's lesson
Don't clean things.

My mrs had spilt lemon meringue pie filling on the hob the other day, which had hardened to rock-like surface. While trying to clean it earlier I pulled the knobs off, and on putting them back on something broke. Now the hob doesn't work and the fusebox goes bang if you try and flick the switch.

Now I need to get a new hob (after trying and failing to fix it) this basically means I either spend £100 on a really shit electric hob like the one I'm replacing, or I buy a new fancy cooker which will eventually form the centrepiece of my fancy kitchen, a couple of years down the line.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:30, 18 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

HA HA HA!
Hope you have a nice new year
(Bazongaloid, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:41, Reply)

Cook me some pie, bitch.

( thealternativefact, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:47, Reply)

beef and guinness pie for dinner tonight
made from a stew I made a few days ago

fortunately that can be cooked in the oven
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:51, Reply)

*drives tractor to Devon at TOP SPEED*

( thealternativefact, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:56, Reply)

Borrow some money of Mullered.
He's clearly flush right now.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 16:49, Reply)

mine was doing this the other week
after i had gotten some water on the terminals of the click switch, i dried the fucker off with a hairdryer and now it works just fine!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 17:07, Reply)

one of the switches that controls a ring has broken
had to open the sucker up to get at it and see if I could put it back. answer was no.

then tried disconnecting that ring, but that still didn't work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 17:08, Reply)

write to the manufacturer and get a cheeky replacement
even better if it is still under warranty
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 17:21, Reply)

not even close
I'm assuming it was put in at the same time as the rest of the kitchen and wiring and stuff, which makes it 8 years old or so
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 18:18, Reply)

in that case
it may well be time get a new one, january sales and all that. i always prefer having a seperate hob and oven, it gives more options with your layout, plus the fact cookers are wildly expensive, or at least they can be for a decent one.

EDIT to say, i may be a hob snob, but i couldn't have anything but gas, cooking with electrickery is a pain in the hole.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 18:26, Reply)

I want a couple of ovens, and the space in my kitchen being what it is
I have to go for a freestanding 60cm one, otherwise I'd lose too much worktop space, or compromise my overall kitchen design.

I've decided to get a ceramic halogen hob if possible. I'd prefer gas, but as I need to get it sorted v. soon I don't want to have to get a gas man in to sort out the pipe work.

Anything is better than what I've been working with though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 21:11, Reply)

Right...
You have my sympathy, your hob saga reads like a Carry On script, and how much should I pay for a griddle pan? I'm on my phone.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Stupid man trying to do stuff in a kitchen
/contribution to QOTW
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 18:20, Reply)

Buy a Rangemaster.
When I'm grown up I'm so getting a Rangemaster.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 19:34, Reply)

Someone I dogsat for last year had one. I was most impressed when she produced a shit ton of food for me to eat from it
I was only there for about 3 hours, but she'd filled every compartment with food for me.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 19:37, Reply)

A dog, a Rangemaster AND a shitload of food?
That's like some sort of heaven.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 19:40, Reply)

Oh my god you should have seen the house. It was amazing. Lovely people, I wanted them to adopt me. Dog died a few days later though :(

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 19:51, Reply)

my mum has a Brittania range
I'm getting one of those when I get a big enough kitchen.

Mind, I could theoretically have one now, but I can't justify buying a cooker more expensive than my car.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Sun 3 Jan 2010, 21:17, Reply)