What is AGA cooker?
[[Image:Aga gc3.jpg|thumb|A modern-day three-oven AGA cooker. What appears to be a fourth oven door is the door to the burner]] The '''AGA cooker''' is a heat storage [[stove]] and [[Kitchen stove|cooker]]. The heavy frame is made of [[cast iron]] and absorbs heat from a low-intensity source. Originally, AGAs burnt [[coke (fuel)|coke]] or [[anthracite]]. Later versions used [[gasoline|gas]] as the heat source. The heat is used for cooking. It was invented and initially produced in [[Sweden]]. From 1957 all production has been in the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[Cast iron|cast-iron]] parts were cast at the [[Coalbrookdale]] foundry in the 1940s. They were still made there by the Aga Rangemaster Group until November 2017 when the company closed the site.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coalbrookdale Aga foundry to close by end of November|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-42066878|access-date=23 November 2017|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=21 November 2017}}</ref> Owners often talk about how the AGA actually makes their homes more energy efficient.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/mar/19/food-and-drink-agafoodservicegroup |title=In defence of the AGA | work=The Guardian | location=London | date=19 March 2010 | access-date=23 April 2010 | first=Ms | last=MarmiteLover| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323082250/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/mar/19/food-and-drink-agafoodservicegroup| archive-date= 23 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The AGA does a number of jobs: it replaces several radiators, a tumble dryer, electric kettle and toaster. It is not just a cooker. The company which makes AGAs also makes other stoves, such as the [[Rayburn range]]. It is the Aga Rangemaster Group, which was taken over by the US company Middleton Corporation in 2015. == Related pages == *[[Kitchen stove]] == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Cooking appliances]]