The AGA R3 Series 100cm Heat-Storage Cookers
A contemporary AGA - on '24/7' yet flexible and controllable
A perfect replacement when it's time to retire your traditional oil, gas or solid fuel AGA; it's on and warm, simple to control and use, controllable and economical.
No flue needed, cheap to run, no annual servicing, two model options - twin hotplate (like the traditional AGA) or with an induction hob.
It's everything you'd expect of an AGA: welcoming background warmth; true AGA cast-iron roasting oven and hotplate for real AGA radiant-heat cooking; simple electrical connection (two 13amp connections - best with hard-wired, the cables are too big for plug/sockets); warming oven; a speedy, infra-red grill; low-energy 'economy mode'. All with simple, easy to use controls.
Twin Hotplate
AGA R3 100-4h
Left-side - Boiling Plate
Like the boiling plate on a traditional AGA - perfect for jam, boiling the kettle, fast frying and of course - AGA Toast.
Right side - Simmering Plate
Both are switched separately to the ovens and to each other so don't need to be on all the time, heat-up from cold is about 40 minutes for the boiling plate and 20 minutes for the simmering plate.
Induction Hob Option
AGA R3 100-4i
Left-side - a dual-function hotplate: Simmering or boiling.
The outer section is useable and provides extra cooking area (albeit at a lower heat) to the main hot-plate.
Switched separately to the ovens and doesn't need to be on all the time, it can be set to either simmering (20 min heat-up) or boiling (40 min heat-up) temperatures.
The outer area is an unheated resting area, ideal for slower boiling/simmering using part-contact with the heated hotplate.
Right side - two zone induction hob
With touch-controls, pan detection and numerous automatic functions the induction hob adds a new level of functionality to your AGA.
Induction Hob
- Defrost / melt (44 C).
- Warm and keep warm (70 C).
- Warm and simmer (90 C).
- Boil-detection for water.
- Heat to frying temperature.
- Timer functions (various).
- Keep simmering or re-boil.
- Boil-detection for water.
- Boil dry detection.
- Pan detection.
- Bridging function (join two zones to make one large one).
Ovens
R3 100-4h and R3 100-4i have the same oven layout
Upper left
Cast-iron roasting oven (in 'e' mode this is a baking oven).
Lower left
Twin-wall enamelled radiant baking oven (in 'e' mode this is a simmering oven)
Upper right
Infra-red grill
Lower right
Warming oven (switched separately). For plate and general 'warming' duties.
Low-Energy 'e' Mode
This reduces energy consumption (and heat to the room).
When in 'e' mode the roasting oven reduces to baking temperature and the baking oven to simmering temperature. Both are still very useable and this setting is ideal for day-to-day cooking.
Dimensions
Height to top-plate: 913mm
Top of rear upstand: 928mm
Width: 984mm
Depth: 634mm
(front to back, measured to the front-plate, excluding the hand-rail, with hand-rail is 707mm)
Weight: 310kg
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Notes
The AGA R3 Series doesn't need a raised plinth.
A clearance of 650mm is required above the hob to any surface/extractor.
A clearance of 116mm is required to the left side to allow the oven doors to open far enough so the trays can be slid in and out without being obstructed by the door liner.
There is a 25mm spacer fitted to the back of the cooker which should not be removed.
This ensures the correct gap is maintained to any wall construction and allows the cooker to be fitted up to a plasterboard or 'combustible' wall.
There will always be a small (14mm) gap behind the cooker's top plate to the wall. (Due to the top-plate overhang of the back - see diagram.)
Oven and Hot-plate Temperatures, Heat-up Times and Sizes.
AGA R3 100-4i
(Induction Option)
Dual-Temperature Hot Plate (Left)
360mm diameter
Simmer Setting
20 minute heat-up from cold
200-240 degrees C
Boil Setting
40 minute heat-up from cold, 20 min from Simmer
300-340 degrees C
Hot Plate Surround
The area not covered by the lid surrounding the circular hot-plate has two durable sections, removable for cleaning and is designed to have pans resting on it to slow the cooking speed and reduce the heat.
Induction Hob (Right)
AGA R3 100-4i models
- Heat to frying temperature.
- Timer functions (various).
- Keep simmering or re-boil.
- Boil-detection for water.
- Boil dry detection.
- Pan detection.
- Bridging function (join two zones to make one large one).
AGA R3 100-4h
(Twin Lid / Twin Hotplate)
Boiling Plate (Left)
360mm diameter
40 minute heat-up from cold
300-340 degrees C
Simmering Plate (Right)
20 minute heat-up from cold
200-240 degrees C
Ovens
Both models (100-4i and 100-4h) have the same oven configuration and specification.
The AGA 3 Series ovens are the same size as any cast-iron heat-storage AGA so all the oven trays, shelves and roasting tins fit the runners.
Roasting Oven
(Baking in 'e' mode)
(Top Left)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
Useable Capacity: 41.48 litres
Approx. temperatures
(Measured at top)
240 C in 'Roast' mode
190 C in 'e' / 'Bake' mode
Heat-up time:
Approximately 2 hours 10 minutes.
To go down from Roasting to Baking when switching to 'e' mode - about 2 hours.
To heat up from Baking to Roasting when switching from 'e' mode - about 1 hour.
Baking Oven
(Simmering in 'e' mode)
(Bottom left)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
Useable Capacity: 41.48 litres
Approx. temperatures
190 C in 'Bake' mode
100-120 C in 'e' / 'Simmer' mode
Heat-up time:
Approximately 2 hours.
To go down from Baking to Simmering when switching to 'e' mode - about 1 hour 30 minutes.
To heat up from Simmering to Baking when switching from 'e' mode - about 1 hour.
Warming Oven
(Lower Right)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
Useable Capacity: 41.48 litres
Temperature
Plate-warming
Note
If you use this oven for keeping food warm then for food safety reasons it's not recommended to leave it for longer than two hours.
Grill
(Top Right)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
Useable Capacity: 29.5 litres
Colours
Available in all colours see colours page for more information.
The AGA R3 has black sidepanels (regardless of the colour you choose for the frontplate).
Electric Supply
Two "Switched, Fused, Spur Connection Points" are recommended
Why not sockets?
The cables are quite big and don't fit in a plug top.
You may have to ask your electrician to adapt an existing cooker switch / outlet (or the 'ring circuit') to fit the spur points - we don't recommend sockets; the cables don't fit in plug tops at all well and a spur connection provides a much safer solution.
Best Practice?
Fit two switched, fused, spur connection points. Both are fine to carry the full 2.8kW for at least as long as they would ever need to and should be fine. Belt and braces we know but better safe than sorry!
The spur points MUST be located to the side of the cooker, NOT behind it.
Ideally mounted in an easily accessible position on the back or side of a cupboard immediately adjacent to the cooker.