Best freestanding cookers 2025: expert picks for all budgets

Freestanding cookers that slot into a space in your kitchen can be a cost-effective cooking solution, as they comprise an oven, grill and hob in one product. Our expert buying advice can help you pick the best one.

A Best Buy freestanding cooker will have plenty of space, cook quickly and evenly, and be easy to use and clean. Pick a dud and you could be left with badly cooked meals and a hob that takes ages to heat up your food. 

To browse all the freestanding cookers we've tested, see our freestanding cooker reviews.

Best freestanding cookers for 2025

The following freestanding cookers are some of the best we've tested.

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Best freestanding cookers under £350

If you're shopping on a budget, these are your best options, according to our tests.

Freestanding cooker reviews by fuel type

• Electric cooker reviews
• Electric induction cooker reviews
• Gas cooker reviews
• Dual fuel cooker reviews

Why you can trust our freestanding cooker reviews

To make sure our reviews are objective and impartial, we buy every appliance ourselves, just as our members would. We don't accept free products from manufacturers or PR teams.

We rigorously test cookers in our test laboratory, undertaking a slew of tests and measurements. For example, we find out if ovens accurately hold the set temperature and if their grills and hobs consistently brown and fry food to high standards. We also find out how easy the cookers are to use and clean, and how energy efficient they are.

Our overall Which? test score relies purely on these lab-based measurements and ratings, meaning our assessments are fully impartial and grounded in data, with no room for bias.

Our test results make it easy to compare models, helping you to narrow down your perfect appliance and spend your money wisely.

Where to buy a freestanding cooker

It's common to find freestanding cookers from appliance shops, home-goods stores and larger hardware stores.

Below, we've highlighted some online retailers that have a wide range of cookers available. Each also comes as a Which? recommended provider following our survey on the best household appliance shops.

• AO stocks several freestanding electric, gas and dual-fuel cookers from AEG, Beko, Hotpoint and more. You can find a freestanding electric cooker for as cheap as £239, but you'll typically be spending between £300 and £500. Gas and dual-fuel models will set you back slightly more. Shipping on these larger appliances isn't always free, so expect to pay at least £30 or more to have it delivered.
• Currys lists many freestanding cooker brands, including Kenwood, Logik and Hisense, as well as its own Essentials range. Prices vary between around £200 to well over £4,000 for the largest models, though you'll find many cookers around or under £500.
• Euronics offers a wide range of cookers that cost between £150 and £1,250. You'll find electric, gas and dual-fuel freestanding cookers from brands like Zanussi, Hotpoint and Indesit. It offers additional services like installation and recycling for additional costs. Shipping on cookers costs from £15, or you can click and collect for free from your local store.
• John Lewis has a wide variety of gas, electric and dual-fuel freestanding cookers. The ones available are more costly than elsewhere, with prices ranging from £700 to well over £2,000 for a freestanding range cooker. You'll find models from brands like Zanussi, AEG, Belling, Smeg and John Lewis' own-brand. Standard shipping is free on most cookers, and you can pay extra for installation.

How much should I pay for a freestanding cooker?

All-gas cookers are typically the cheapest and most basic option (provided you already have access to gas), and start at around £200. Electric cookers with a ceramic hob and dual-fuel cookers will cost a little more, with cheaper models available from about £250.

If you're keen to have an induction hob on your freestanding cooker, you should expect to pay at least £500. Some can cost over £1,000. If you're looking in this price bracket, you may want to consider buying a double built-in oven and induction hob separately.

The cheapest cookers usually have just one oven, plus a storage drawer. But if you're willing to pay a little more, you'll get extra features and more stylish designs.

Best freestanding cooker features to look for

If you're choosing a new freestanding cooker, some of the following features might be useful:

• Timer If you're looking at cheaper models, it's worth checking if you can trade up to a model with a timer, as this can be handy for keeping track of cooking times.
• Controls Touch controls offer a sleeker look and can be easier to clean. They may also have handy options, such as a child lock.
• Automatic gas ignition These are more convenient to use than a separate ignition button as you don't need both hands.
• Catalytic self-cleaning Catalytic liners absorb fat spills and splashes, then break them down and burn them off during high-temperature cooking.
• Flame supervision devices (FSD) This is a safety feature that will shut off the supply of gas should a burner fail to ignite or get blown out. 
• Multi-function oven This allows you to cook with more than one heat source at time – such as the grill and fan together – which is great for cooking through thick cuts of meat or fish.
• Programmable ovens These turn the cooker on, time your cooking and will turn the cooker off when the food is done.
• Pyrolytic self-cleaning program The oven heats to around 500°C and incinerates spillages that may have solidified on the oven walls. All you need to do afterwards is sweep away the ash. 
• Thermostat indicator On electric cookers, there is usually a light that turns off when the oven reaches the desired temperature.

Find a freestanding cooker that lasts using our guide to the most reliable freestanding cooker brands.

Freestanding cooker fuel types explained

Unless you have a strong preference for gas or electric, it makes sense to stick with the fuel type you already have to avoid the extra expense that changing fuels usually entails. 

There are a few different combinations of fuel type and technology. You can have all-gas, all-electric or a dual-fuel cooker.

Electric cookers

These have an electric oven and electric ceramic hob. Most have true fan or fan-assisted ovens, which should help to spread heat evenly around the oven cavity.

There are occasions when conventional heat – top and bottom heat without a fan – is an advantage. If you get a cooker with a double oven, you'll usually get one conventional oven and one with a fan.

Electric induction cookers

These have an electric oven and electric induction hob. Induction hobs heat food quickly and the hob zones themselves don’t get hot during cooking, which makes them more efficient. But you’ll need iron-based pans, such as stainless steel, which can be an extra expense. As a rule of thumb, if a fridge magnet sticks to your pan, the pan will work on an induction hob.

Gas cookers

All-gas cookers are the cheapest to cook with, and gas hobs are usually more responsive than electric ceramic hobs. However, oven cooking results are often less uniform than electric.

Dual-fuel cookers

These have a gas hob and an electric oven. This provides the best of both worlds for some people, with an easy-to-control gas hob and an electric oven that heats evenly. 

Gas and dual-fuel cookers will need to be installed by a Gas Safe-registered engineer. 

If you aren't sure what you want yet, find out more about the differences with our guide to gas cookers vs electric cookers

Is it cheaper to run a gas cooker or an electric cooker?

Gas cookers are cheaper to run than electric cookers. That's because gas costs less than electricity, rather than any superior efficiency credentials. Gas cookers also tend to be cheaper to buy.

Gas cookers can cost as little as £25 a year to run, on average. Electric cookers have higher running costs – we came across one that ate up electricity and would work out at almost £80 a year – but, generally, you'd expect to pay around £18 less than this for standard family use.

In fact, electric cookers use energy more efficiently than gas cookers, especially if you go for one with an induction hob. An induction hob heats only the metal of the pans, so no heat is lost from the zone directly into the air.

Also, while electricity has the potential to come from renewable sources, this is not typically the case for gas.

Find a good cooker that is also cost effective to run by using our cooker reviews to compare models.