Chef 54cm Cooker CFG517 (page 2 of 2)

I bought this upright cooker just 2 weeks ago. With first baking I noticed all knobs were very hot. Later we used a separate grill, which made knobs much hotter.Contacted a shop where we bought this,they arranged Electrolux service guy to come and check it. According to ELECTROLUX knobs could be hot up to 70-80C which is normal and safe. Our knobs were only hot 45C without grill on (when temperature taken) and as such there is nothing wrong with this product according to them. I do not believe President and CEO of AB Electrolux [name removed]...

This has been a painful item since we bought it. Turning on top cookers often puts flame out in oven. The grilling tray only pulls out halfway, making flipping rear items near impossible. Now, the oven itself just WILL NOT TURN OFF. This is the last straw, bye bye to junk pile. Never buying chef again

th food is cooked well but I feel the oven exterior gets way too hot even he knobs on the stove are extremely hot a safety issue I will be contacting the organisation I purchased this from hoping for a resolution. Basically you can not touch the exterior whilst using the oven

The oven flame keeps on cutting out so meals are never cooked oven roast or any baking which is frustrating as you have to sit there and watch the oven so when the flame cuts out you can turn the nob off immediately so no gas builds in the house.Wouldnt buy this oven even thou im in a rental property

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I am writing to warn potential customers that this model of Chef oven, whilst being used safely, exploded a fireball from the top vent. I was cooking with both the oven and grill turned on medium heats. Very dangerous cheaply made stove in my opinion... I was injured and received thermal burns and the kitchen was damaged.

Even the oven i cannot turn it down low cause it turns off so i always have to watch the temp. cause most of the time it burns my food big mistake buying this from the goodgyuys i had an old chef for over twenty years it was great the new ones are crap and expensive!!!

My owner got this new cooker installed 2 months back. Two days back one of the gas knob got stuck on the ON position. With gas leaking into the kitchen, I had to turn the knob a bit harder to bring it to the OFF position. Once there things seemed to be back to normal. But next day morning, I discovered that the kitchen was filled with gas. The burner that got stuck was slowly leaking gas. Unfortunately my owner is out for the weekend, so I called BingLee(where my owner bought the appliance from) and they pushed me to Chef Support. When I called...

My 10 year old Chef needed some costly repairs (the burner guard had a hole burn in it) so instead of the nearly $400 in repairs we decided to put the money toward a new stove. I specifically wanted a separate gas grill and this is one of the few stoves that offered it along with a decent sized oven. I wish I'd just gone with the repairs now.

While there are some good points about this stove, every one has a con to go with it.

The grill. As I said, it has the stand alone gas grill which is great, just don't try to move the tray especia...

Do not purchase ! This oven is highly dangerous as the exterior on the top and sides becomes so hot you would receive very bad burns if you we're to just slightly touch when oven is on. We have tried two of the same chef s/s gas oven and both became unbelievably hot. they must be cheaply made and do not have enough insulation surrounding the oven cavity. I believe if we had kept this oven and continued to use it, it would have caused a fire for sure! I think there should be a total recall on this unit.
It looks nice
Gets Too hot

We purchased our Chef CFG517WA gas oven/stove because we needed a narrow (54cm) freestanding stove to replace our existing stove of 25 years. We searched and waited for 18 months to find a gas stove that had a separate griller, decent sized fan forced oven, electronic ignition and knobs that did not fall off as well as a glass front that did not get too hot. We searched the web and examined a large range of stoves and read a large number of reviews. My wife, who has worked in the food industry was not fully satisfied with the alternatives until...

Whenever using oven or grill the front control panel becomes that hot you cant touch controls. developed a gas leak wich took 6 weeks to be fixed and one of the burners cant be switched off until oven has cooled down. when i contacted electrolux about overheating problem i was told temperatures up to 70 degrees where within guide lines. in my opinion this oven is dangerous especially if you have small children.

overheating. slow warranty service. dangerous