Everhot vs Lacanche: Which Range Cooker Suits Your Kitchen Style?

If you're choosing between these premium range cookers, you might wonder which brand best suits your kitchen style. On one hand, Everhot offers electric heat in the classic country style of a traditional cast-iron range cooker. On the other, Lacanche offers a dual-fuel range cooker with the finesse of authentic French heritage. 

Both can deliver a stunning finish to any kitchen, and both are built to last, however and whatever you choose to cook. As you narrow your choice, let’s look at the key differences between these iconic brands, in both looks and cooking style.  

Everhot vs Lacanche: Two different kitchen styles

Whether an Everhot or a Lacanche, you’re choosing an exceptional range cooker that will deliver everything you need in the kitchen. But because design and form differ between them, we'll help you get a real sense of what each cooker could look like in your kitchen, so it matches your taste and kitchen style.

Everhot: Classic British range cooker style

If you picture a traditional range cooker, you might already know if this is the look you want for your kitchen. British-designed and built in cast iron and heavyweight steel, an Everhot range cooker delivers soft curves, classic coiled-spring handles, a full-width chunky towel rail, and the distinctive look of a traditional range cooker.

This Great British icon gives you a finish that looks right at home in farmhouse and country kitchens, as well as more contemporary kitchens and cooking spaces. With different hob and oven layouts, they come in a range of sizes to suit – from the Everhot 60 if space is at a premium, to the Everhot 160i, which will be the focal point of even the largest kitchens. 

With a choice of 20 colour finishes, from bold to muted tones, brushed stainless steel lids and hob area, and optional chrome or brass packs, an Everhot cooker is a great choice if you favour a more traditional finish with room to make it your own. 

Everhot 150 Goose Grey

Lacanche: French heritage with bespoke style

If you’re looking for more continental style, a Lacanche range cooker could tick all the right boxes. Hand-built on-site at their factory in Burgundy, France, every Lacanche cooker in their Classic and Modern ranges is made to order, giving you complete customisation to ‘build your own’ cooker’s finished look. 

For a quintessentially French appearance, the Classic series draws on French heritage with cross-style control knobs and a towel rail, with a choice of five trim options. The Modern series gives a more contemporary look, with simpler control knobs, door rails and no towel rail, and a choice of two trim options. The style you choose doesn't limit your hob, so brass burner caps (which come with any gas hob) and a cast iron simmer plate are available on either series. 

This iconic French brand delivers for country, elegant traditional, or professional-style kitchens. Again, with different hob and oven layouts, they come in a range of sizes, from the 700mm-wide Cormatin and Rully models to the 2,205mm-wide Vezeley model. 

And, with a choice of 32 bold colour finishes, a Lacanche cooker in your kitchen will be as much a design centrepiece as it is a working appliance. 

Lacanche Vezelay Range Cooker

How much does an Everhot or Lacanche range cooker cost?

Cost will always be a factor when you're planning your kitchen. Whether you choose an Everhot or Lacanche range cooker, it always helps to know what you're going to pay. Everhot pricing is more predictable, whereas Lacanche prices can fluctuate depending on what you need. 

Everhot prices are largely set by the model and size you choose, along with your colour and trim options. Lacanche pricing can vary more widely because, on top of size and model, every cooker is made to order with bespoke specifications and customisation options. 

The initial cost is important. But it’s worth thinking about how much customisation you really need before comparing on cost alone.

How do Everhot and Lacanche cook differently?

Looks aside, feeling comfortable with all your cooking equipment should be another priority in the kitchen, and that includes your oven. Though both brands make range cookers, they have big differences in how they operate. Here’s an overview of their cooking styles and what they offer. 

Everhot: slow, steady heat for relaxed cooking

Every Everhot range cooker runs on electricity, is compatible with renewable energy sources, and uses indirect, radiant heat stored in its ovens to cook your food more gently. Once your cooker is up to temperature, it’s designed to be left permanently ‘on’. 

This constant heat encourages a different cooking style as you can’t turn the heat up or down instantly. Your other cooking options are spread across a boiling plate and a simmering plate, letting you move pans from one to the other without adjusting the temperature. 

Being left on 24/7 with delayed temperature control might sound like a drain on electricity. But while being compatible with renewable energy sources, the Everhot range uses a trickle feed to give exceptionally low running costs. Its ECO mode can also reduce your cooker’s oven and hotplate temperatures by up to 50% overnight, helping you cut energy use by around 20%. 

Lacanche: instant heat and hands-on control

A Lacanche offers dual-fuel flexibility with a gas (or LPG) hob and electric oven, or all-electric with induction hobs and electric ovens. So rather than constant heat storage, the conventional on-demand, easy-to-control operation gives you a more traditional cooking experience. 

With powerful open gas burners that respond instantly when you need them, and more burners available on the larger models, Lacanche cookers deliver a more precise cooking experience on the hob. This makes a Lacanche well suited to hands-on cooking when you want to sear, fry, boil, and heat with total control. 

Most Lacanche cookers are specified with electric ovens, either static or dual-function (often with a grill), alongside low-temperature simmering ovens, with gas roasting ovens also available. Whichever combination you choose, Lacanche delivers power and performance. 

Which range cooker suits your kitchen style?

So which range cooker do you choose? For many, the choice comes down to their preferred kitchen style and look. If you prefer a more rustic or country-style finish, an Everhot model could be a natural fit. If a more contemporary look with a hint of French flair suits you and your kitchen, it’s worth exploring the Lacanche range.  

The other consideration is how you actually prefer to cook. If you're happy to take your time with slow, sedate cooking with an ‘always on’ cooker, an Everhot may be more appealing. If you prefer precision, control, and the instant response of a professional-standard showpiece hob, Lacanche offers that. 

Find the right range cooker for your kitchen

It all comes down to choosing the cooker that best fits your kitchen and how you like to cook. Whichever choice you make, the key is to choose a range cooker that feels as right to cook with as it does to look at. 

If you need more information on any Everhot or Lacanche cooker model, read our blog for all the details. Alternatively, visit us in the F & R Fornello showroom in Forest Row, East Sussex or contact us for more expert advice.