Stoves & Ranges

Kitchen stove and ovens are supplied by businesses specialising in the sale and installation of stove tops and ranges for domestic, commercial and industrial applications. They are kitchen appliances designed for the purpose of cooking food. These may come as individual units or may be integrated into a single unit. Kitchen appliances are also known as white goods, regardless of the actual finish of the product.

Chef stoves and ovens for commercial and industrial kitchen are more usually separate units. Ovens and stoves can be gas or electric, or even wood or coal-fired. Range hoods are wall or ceiling mounted kitchen appliances position over stoves and ranges, which are used as exhaust fans for cooking fumes. Household electric and gas stoves and ovens can be purchased from energy suppliers, from department stores and from specialty homewares and white goods suppliers. Range hoods for these units are usually also available from the same retailer.

Chef stoves and ovens are retailed by specialist commercial cooking suppliers. Camping stoves are most often gas powered, and are sold by camping and outdoors suppliers. Wood-fired cooking ovens and heating stoves are usually made of cast iron. These stoves can be sold by heating appliance retailers, by artisan manufacturers, and by specialist iron working companies.