Helen Clayton

Our new house has an oil-fired #Rayburn that does heating, hot water (can be heated separately by immersion) and cooking (have gas hob, microwave and electric oven also). Have just been using Rayburn for hot water so far but will need heating soon and I’d like to try cooking with it. Does anyone have any tips?

I know they aren’t cheap to run (also oil!) and will be looking at other options so not looking for alternative suggestions rn - want to live with it for a season but use it best. Tx

Aug 24, 2024 at 9:21pmWeb
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 24, 2024
P.s. sorry, this sounds like a post on mumsnet.
Show threadColes Street PotholeAug 25, 2024
@helenclayton At least it's not about penis beakers. 🤣
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 26, 2024
@ColesStreetPothole I don’t even want to know 🙈.
Show threadColes Street PotholeAug 26, 2024
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Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 26, 2024
@ColesStreetPothole 😂
Show threadBashStKidAug 24, 2024

@helenclayton More used to Agas, but there are many times in autumn you can come in, lean up against a warm Rayburn, and tuck into the casserole you put in earlier.

Biggest change is cooking everything in the ovens, venting everything through the chimney, and changing recipes for longer, slower times. Also the cooking side is more controllable than an Aga, so that’s a plus.

And the more you use the Rayburn, the less your electric bill. Also the toast is great.

Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 24, 2024
@BashStKid toast?! How do you toast?
Show threadBashStKidAug 24, 2024
@helenclayton With a bat. 🦇
The bat is like a big mesh table tennis bat that opens up, bread goes inside, bat goes on the hob, toasts without burning on the outside, nice soft core inside, just add butter.
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 24, 2024
@BashStKid 🤯
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 25, 2024
@helenclayton My friend's mother has one in her farmhouse sand absolutely loves it. The house is always toasty warm even if the heating is off. She she loves cooking on it. Only thing I know about it though is that it sometimes needs a new wick. So get a professional to service it and make sure the wick is good to see you through the winter.
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@druid thank you 😊. It has just been serviced (prior to completion) so that’s good. It’s just weird leaving something on but I like the idea of toasty and warm! Need to get a kettle for it…and maybe a coffee pot if such things are a thing for Rayburns.
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 25, 2024
@helenclayton They definitely are. My friend's mother's kettle is always at the ready for emergency tea. 😊 Coffee pots are also excellent and it's probably one of the first things I'd save if our house was being consumed by a sink hole (you never know!). 😊
Show threadLionelBAug 25, 2024

@helenclayton

An eGolf for £8,000 gets you access to dirt cheap electricity. You can then use that to run storage heaters.

The savings on heating and petrol easily pay for the car.

Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@lionelb thanks. Will be considering all options in the future but just need to cope with what we have now, for now.
Show threadKateCelynAug 25, 2024
@helenclayton I grew up with an old Rayburn and the side oven is fantastic for either warming up a really early abandoned lamb or as a cat bed (door open, natch, oven cooling also natch)…
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@KateCelyn lol thank you, the images this conjures make me smile 😊. Having a serious case of the overwhelms today. Now I need a lamb or a cat. Cat bed I have.
Show threadSue ArcherAug 25, 2024
@KateCelyn @helenclayton I remember seeing a TV documentary show featuring a farm, and the little child of the family explaining that am orphan lamb went in the warming part of the Aga. "yes" said the Mum, "the lamby warming oven", then she pointed at the main part and said "and the lamby cooking oven...."
Show threadlaen🪻Aug 25, 2024

@suearcher @KateCelyn @helenclayton

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Show threadKateCelynAug 25, 2024
@suearcher @helenclayton 🤣🤣🤣
Show threadDavid Tanner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 25, 2024
@helenclayton We had the wood fired version in France. I loved it but it was way too warm in Summer to cook with so we had a “petit four” and an induction hob for summer.
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@DavidTanner I can imagine that. It was warm last week and the heat from the boiler part was enough.
Show threadDavid Colquhoun on BlueskyAug 25, 2024
@helenclayton Go for an air source heat pump, asap. They're great -and cheaper, especially if you also have solar PV and house battery.
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@david_colquhoun will be considering all options, just coping with the now…for now 😊.
Show threadEleanorAug 25, 2024
@helenclayton They make fantastic porridge - leave it in the low oven overnight
Show threadHelen ClaytonAug 25, 2024
@eleanorrees now you’re talking!