Choosing an ESSE


ESSEs are renowned for their cooking ability and they achieve outstanding results from their generously proportioned ovens and hotplate. To help you decide which fuel and model best suits your lifestyle and requirements, please read the following guide.

Wood burning models - Simple and ruggedly reliable. They are corbon neutral

Oil Atomising (or ‘pressure jet’) Models - Offer outstanding levels of control. Heat up times from cold are spectacularly fast, so their thermostatically controlled ovens can be conveniently turned on and off as required.

Gas Models - Offer all the benefits of oil atomising cookers with the added convenience of natural gas (also available for LPG).

Electric Models - Provide the perfect blend of authentic range cooking and modern convenience. The ovens offer totally independent operation and the degree of temperature control you would expect from an ultra modern cooker. A powerful grill and stunning ceramic hob add an extra dimension to ESSE’s renowned cooking ability.


Oil Atomising Models - Available with a full range of electronic programming options and power outputs from 60,000 to 106,000 Btu/h, enough to handle even the most demanding heating systems.

Gas Models - Offer the ideal solution to providing additional domestic hot water and make an economical addition to larger conventional systems.

Wood burning Model - Simple and reliable. They are carbon neutral. Please check that you have a good supply of dry seasoned wood. They also radiate heat making them ideal room heaters.


Whether cooking for the family or heating your home, you are always in control with an ESSE.

If you have never cooked or heated your home with a range cooker you may be forgiven for thinking that you will have to learn a whole new way of living. But the truth is, you soon learn that it’s your ESSE that will easily adapt to your way of life.

It is all down to its supreme controllability. For example, the thermostatically controlled ovens heat up quickly when needed, giving you all the convenience of a modern cooker, whilst the incredible heat accumulation properties of its heavily insulated construction mean it can be left on permanently without running up big fuel bills.

If you wish, your ESSE can provide all your central heating and domestic hot water needs too, whether you live in a small cottage or a large family house.

In fact, unlike some other range cookers, many ESSE models take controllability to unprecedented levels with an integral programmer that puts you in complete control of the cooking, central heating and hot water functions.

Like most things with an ESSE, the choice is all yours.