Reasons to buy a range cooker

Big, beautiful and bursting with functions, a range cooker has the capacity to steal the show - making sure the kitchen is the true heart of any home.
But what are the options when it comes to ranges, and why choose a hearty range cooker over a built-in oven for your kitchen?
One of the greatest benefits of a range cooker is its heavy-duty durability and solid construction - they are literally built to last a lifetime.
Not only does this mean your initial investment has long-term benefits, but a range cooker is also kinder on the environment as it puts landfill sites under less pressure, and with a solid fuel range, can offer Carbon Neutral heating and cooking.
Range cookers exude a feeling of permanence and solidity and, once you use them in the right way, quickly become a focal point in the kitchen and a home essential that you can't live without!

Range cookers have a distinct style, which stand out in the kitchen. Ranginge from a traditional, yet colourful finish of the Broseley Rosetta to the industrious Broseley Thermo Sovrana to the ultra-contemporary Firebelly Razen Cookstove. They add a homeliness, and even a feeling that whoever owns one is a competent and capable cook!
These factors mean that, unlike built-in ovens, range cookers can quickly become a focal point in the kitchen - making this area a place to which people naturally gravitate in the home, particularly if the smell of freshly baked bread or a simmering stew fills the air,  a freestanding range cooker has a much stronger presence than built-in appliances.
 While most "normal" cookers just come in the standard white or stainless steel, range cookers are available in a large number of extra colours, such as cream enamel, red enamel or even soapstone panels on some of the stoves! These extra colours allow the stove to complement or contrast existing decor to truly create that focal point.
While the common perception is that range cookers are old fashioned so don't have the same features as a "normal" cooker, but this can actually be the opposite. With additional features such as a warming drawer, ideal to warm plates before a large meal or to place bread to rise. With the larger stoves you can also connect them up to your central heating to get the most out of that lovely wood-fire and heat not only your kitchen, but the rest of the house and you hot water as well.

The kind of Fire Everyone Loves In Summer!

Seeing as Summer has now arrived as the weather forecast is looking good for a lovely hot summer, we thought we'd turn our attention to a type of fire that everyone loves outside...BARBECUES!

Napoleon Gourmet Grills originated in Canada as a small business and has had great success and is now broadening its horizons to pastures new. Now being offered over here in the UK by House2Home Megastore!

The company is very proud of its heritage and are proud of their product, and so they should as they're range of Barbeques is definately something to boast about!

The success surely comes from the high standard of materials used on the products and the high specification finish to them too. An example of this is how Napoleon use only the finest 304 grade steel for the components and how externally the barbecues or grills are coated in a rust resistant coating. Napoleon also include a lot of innovation in there appliances. They now produce charcoal, gas and electric grills, from smaller portable grills to grills for the family and even professional grills too.

Accessories are also a great addition to the grill provided, and Napoleon have brought innovation and style to these items as well, allowing you to have your very own spit roast or rotisserie, purpose built griddle, built in ice bucket or even cook on a plank of wood for the added flavour! Obviously most of these ideas have been conceived before, but to have them integrated into your home barbecuing experience is something quite special.

The overall feeling about these BBQ grills is that they are very very good quality, and the higher up the range you go, the more features you acquire, the quality is superb throughout the ranges and worth having a look, some of these barbeques have more features than even my gas cooker in my kitchen!

Most Napoleon barbecue grills come with a limited lifetime warranty, for the length of time that you own the grill, indeed a lifetime. Napoleon Gourmet Grills only allow their products to be sold by reputable dealers whether online or in stores so if you get the chance then have a look, they’re sure to impress, and maybe next time you think of having a BBQ you’ll think of Napoleon!