The AGA R3 Series Cookers - R3 170-5i
A contemporary AGA - on all the time for a gentle background warmth
1716mm wide, no flue needed, cheap to run, no annual servicing and an induction hob.
It's everything you'd expect of an AGA: true AGA cast-iron oven for 'radiant-heat' cooking; second baking/simmering oven; a hotplate with two heat settings; a warming oven, a high-speed infra-red grill and a three-zone induction hob.
At the left side there's also an large fan convection oven with simmering hotplate above: traditional and modern rolled in to one.
Left Hotplate
A large AGA Simmering Plate
Heats, with its own control, to AGA 'Simmering' temperature (about 200C) and has a durable outer section which provides extra (unheated) space around the outside of the main hotplate to rest pans.
Centre Hotplate
Centre - a dual-function hotplate: Simmering or boiling.
The outer section around the main hotplate is useable and provides extra cooking area (albeit at a lower heat) to the main hot-plate.
Induction Hob
The R3 170-5i has a three-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 Functions:
- 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
Roasting
Upper (middle) - cast-iron roasting (240 C) oven.
Simmering / Baking
Lower (middle) - dual-temperature enamelled steel oven, either baking (190C) or simmering and slow-cooking oven (110-120 C).
Large Fan Oven
Left - Tall 90 litre conventional fan oven with two baking trays, four grid shelves and a plate rack.
Grill
Upper-right is a high-speed infra-red grill.
Lower right - warming oven (switched separately). For plate and general 'keep-warm' duties.
Dimensions
Height to top-plate: 910mm
Top of rear upstand: 928mm
Width: 1716mm
Depth: 634mm
(front to back, measured to the front-plate, excluding the hand-rail, with hand-rail is 707mm)
Weight: 485kg
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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.)
Electrical Connection and Load
The R3 Series 170-5i needs three 13amp supplies.
These should NOT be socket outlets (the big cables don't fit in a plug-top).
Ideally install three 16amp circuits with isolating switches in an accessible position next to the cooker, terminating in separate cooker connection points within the reach of the cooker's three supply cables.
You could also adapt a standard 32amp cooker circuit to feed two of the supplies and connection points, with an additional 13amp supply for the fan oven and simmering plate, or even use a normal socket [ring] circuit providing it won't be overloaded with the AGA's three 13amp supplies in use.
The switches must be in the same room, within 2m of and NOT BEHIND OR DIRECTLY ABOVE the cooker. In a base unit to its side is ideal.
Switched, Fused Spur Points - Position
AGA R3 170-5i (With Induction Hob)
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Oven and Hot-plate Sizes and Temperatures
Hot Plates
Simmer Plate (Left)
360mm diameter
(20 minute heat-up from cold)
200-240 degrees C
Maximum load: approx. 1.0kW
Dual-Temperature Hotplate (Middle)
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
Maximum load: approx. 1.0kW
Hot Plate Surround
The area not covered by the lid surrounding the circular hot-plates 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
Three-zones, multiple functions
Max Load: approx. 2.8kW
Roasting Oven
(Top Middle)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
(38.5 litres)
Approx. temperatures
(Measured at top)
240 C in 'Roast' mode
approx 150-180C in 'e' mode
Heat-up time:
We recommend allowing 2 hours 15 minutes for the heat to fully soak in to the cast-iron sides and back of the oven.
(To heat from 'e' mode to full is about one hour, to cool from full to the 'e' setting is about one and a half hours.)
Max load: approx. 0.9kW
Simmering Oven
(Bottom middle)
Dimensions
W: 350mm
H: 250mm
D: 474mm
(38.5 litres)
Approx. temperature
(Measured at top)
Around 110-120 C
Heat-up time:
We recommend allowing about two hours for the lower oven to heat and fully soak in to the oven.
(To heat from 'e' mode to full is about one hour, to cool from full to the 'e' setting is about one and a half hours.)
Max load: approx. 0.6kW
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
Fan Oven
(Left-side)
Specifications
Maximum temp: 220 C
Capacity: 90 L
Energy Rating: A
Max load: approx. 3kW
Internal Dimensions
W: 362mm
H: 577mm
D: 429mm
Note
The AGA R3 Series cast-iron oven is the same size as any cast-iron heat-storage AGA so all the oven trays, shelves and roasting tins fit the runners.
Options
Colours
Available in all colours - see colours page for more information.
(All AGA 3 Series cookers have black side panels.)
Extractor Hood
