How to Make your Everhot cooker More Energy-Efficient
Owning an Everhot cooker is already a big step toward a more energy-conscious kitchen. It’s built for efficiency, designed to hold its heat, and far cheaper to run than most traditional range cookers. But you can take things even further. With a few smart habits and a bit of know-how, you can cut running costs and make your Everhot work even harder for you.
Let’s look at some simple ways to make your Everhot as efficient as possible - helping you save money on your energy costs.
Get to Know your Warm-up Cycles
One of the things that makes the Everhot such a clever cooker is how quickly it gets going. Most models take just a few hours to reach full temperature - which means you can plan your cooking around it instead of leaving it running all day.
Each Everhot includes an Oven Delay Timer, allowing you to decide exactly when the hotplates and ovens warm up. The standard setup gives you about a three-hour gap between the hotplates heating in the morning and the ovens reaching temperature later. But you can delay that for up to 12 hours - ideal if you mostly cook in the evenings.
A bit of planning goes a long way here. If you know you’ll be cooking dinner at 7pm, set your ovens to start heating in the late afternoon. That way, they’re ready when you are - no wasted energy sitting idle.
You can also make the most of residual heat once you’ve finished cooking. Try using that leftover warmth for slow-cooked dishes, bread proving, or even warming plates. It’s all energy you’ve already paid for.
Use Independent Controls Wisely
Every Everhot comes with independent controls for each oven and hotplate. It’s one of the features that makes these cookers so versatile.
If you’re just preparing a quick breakfast, you don’t need the entire cooker blazing away. Switch on only the hotplate or oven you need and leave the rest off. Over the course of a week, those small decisions really add up.
This flexibility is also handy if you’re batch cooking. Run the top oven for roasts, keep the bottom oven for gentle baking, or use a single plate for soups and sauces. By tailoring which parts of the cooker are in use, you stay in full control of your energy use.
Try Smart Grilling
Even when your Everhot’s top oven is turned down low, the independent 2.4kW grill is always ready to go. It heats up quickly and is ideal for finishing dishes, crisping up toppings, or cooking something simple when you don’t want to fire up the whole oven.
Because the Everhot grill operates with the door closed, it’s also handy for boosting your top oven temperature in a hurry - a quick way to get back up to your preferred cooking setting without using extra energy unnecessarily.
Utilise the Induction Hob
Many people choosing an Everhot today go for one of the ‘i’ models with a built-in induction hob. It’s the best of both worlds - gentle radiant heat from the hotplates when you want it, and instant, controllable cooking when you need it.
The induction hob sits neatly under a lid on the top of the cooker, giving you extra cooking capacity without taking up counter space. You can turn the traditional hotplate down or off completely and cook using induction instead - perfect for summer months or quick weekday meals.
Induction cooking is fast, precise, and highly energy-efficient, which makes it an ideal companion to the Everhot’s steady warmth.
Master the ECO Mode
If you want to see real savings, the ECO function is your best friend. This clever feature lowers the cooker's temperature during quieter times, such as overnight or when the kitchen’s already warm.
Activating ECO mode can reduce your Everhot’s energy use by roughly 20%, cutting typical running costs to as little as £15 a week depending on your usage. It’s one of the main reasons Everhot models outperform many other range cookers on efficiency.
You can switch ECO mode on manually whenever you like, or use the Auto (Timed) setting to programme it. That means your Everhot automatically drops to lower temperatures overnight or during the day when you’re out - then warms up again ready for cooking.
Here's a glance at the weekly power consumption across the Everhot range when utilising ECO mode overnight:
Setting your Ideal ECO Temperatures
Every Everhot arrives with default temperature settings - around 220°C for the top oven, 100°C for the bottom oven, and 290°C for the boiling plate. When ECO mode is active, those temperatures drop roughly in half, saving power while still keeping the cooker gently warm.
You can fine-tune all these settings in five-degree increments to suit your routine. For instance, if you like to cook later in the evening, you might schedule ECO mode to activate after 10pm instead of 9pm.
Here’s a handy starting point many owners find works well:
Boiling Plate: 150°C
Simmering Plate: 100°C
Top Oven: 120°C
Bottom Oven: 50°C
Additional Oven (on 120i/150i models): 50°C
From there, you can adjust things as you go - every kitchen is different, and part of the fun is learning what suits yours best.
Make the Most of the Timer and Indicator Lights
Everhot’s digital control box makes managing energy use incredibly simple. The ECO button comes with a clear LED indicator showing which mode you’re in:
Off – Normal temperatures for full cooking performance.
On – Permanent ECO mode, keeping things at lower levels.
Flashing – Auto (Timed) ECO mode, meaning it’s following your schedule.
If you see “ECO” flashing on the display every few seconds, that’s your reminder that your cooker is quietly saving energy in the background.
What’s more, if you know you won’t be using your Everhot on a particular day, the Skip Function lets you temporarily bypass your cooker’s normal schedule.
Instead of warming up as usual, it stays in its ECO settings, quietly conserving energy until you’re ready to use it again. It’s a simple feature, but one that can save even more power if you’re out for the day or away for the weekend.
Small Changes, Big Difference
When you understand how your Everhot works, you quickly realise it’s built to adapt to your life. You can use just the parts you need, heat it only when you’re cooking, and let ECO mode handle the rest. The result is a warm, welcoming kitchen with impressively low running costs.
And if you’re still exploring whether an Everhot is right for you, seeing one in person helps. At F & R Fornello’s showroom in Forest Row, East Sussex, you can see the full range of Everhot models in action, get expert advice, and learn more about features like the ECO mode and delay timer.
Book a visit today to see these cookers in action.