DCE731110M SurroundCook Double Oven Oven with Catalytic Cleaning

We have owned AEG appliances for several years without breakdowns or faults. This latest double oven offers convenience, energy efficiency and good looks.

This is our third AEG double oven, the previous two were updated rather than replaced because of breakdown. So as a brand they are impressive. The new oven fits our housing perfectly, looks the business and is both functional and versatile with really useful features and catalytic linings to take the drudgery out of cleaning.
The top oven now has a fan and is larger than our previous model, so most meals can be prepared in that, saving time and money. I have read the niggles in other reviews and admit the instruction manual could be better, and the appliance does come with only two shelves, but all in all it is a quality product with, so far as we are concerned, brand reliability.

Like the range of cooking options but when using both ovens at same time and one was finished cooking before the other there didn't seem to be a way to switch one oven off and leave the other one on unless i'm missing something in the instructions.

There's not much choice out there if you want a double oven where the top oven is fan-assisted, let alone multi-function.

This one offers lots of functionality across both ovens and the thermostats seem to be extremely accurate in both ovens.

It's also a pretty quiet appliance.

A few negatives though:
- although it's quite easy to use, it does get rather more complicated when using both ovens plus only one display (rather than one per oven) so you need to flick between one and the other to have an overview of what's going on.
- haven't worked out how to turn one oven off without affecting the other oven when both are in use;
- opening the bottom oven causes the top oven door to steam up inside so you can't see through the glass;
- would be nice to have a light on each side on each oven as my old Neff had;
- the controls are not illuminated which would be advantageous at times.

The biggest problem I have had is an engineering design flaw that causes the clock to lose a minute each and every day. AEG blame my electricity supply (perhaps that I have a smart meter) for this and it is something that apparently cannot be rectified. Despite two engineer visits, AEG have declined to replace the control panel in case there is actually a fault with the appliance rather than my electricity supply. I have no such problems with any other electrical devices that display the time and don't get it from a broadcast signal or the internet.

If that aspect wouldn't bother you then I would mostly recommend this oven, subject to the above comments.

Finally, keep an eye on the price as it seems to go up and down a huge amount - a few days ago I looked on a couple of retailers' websites and it was £350 more than I paid.