We spent our first Christmas on the road travelling through Morocco. I purposely ditched all the gas in our expedition truck opting for a 3 redundancy all electrical system via a lithium 24v Victron system. Our primary electrical recharge being solar, secondly a buck boost from the alternator and thirdly if the sun doesn’t shine and we’re stationary not on shore power a generator.
I had limited space for an oven, being a 450 opening and was about to give up on the idea when I stumbled across your oven. Thank goodness I didn’t go with the convection microwave! Now 3 months full time I can feedback I am delighted with the oven and what it can do 👍
Great product and with the trend in overlanding to lose gas I wish you the utmost success for the coming years.
I am happy to confirm that my GN Espace cooker certainly fullfills my expectations. It is easy to use and really contributes to a nice atmosphere in the cooking department of my Hallberg-Rassy 64. Thank you!
Overall we are very satisfied with our purchase. It has worked perfectly from the start and provided us with many great meals this season. The performance has been great. Especially the efficiency of the induction stove. The oven efficiency is still very good, but obviously takes a bit more energy to run. The design is beautiful. The option to link both cooking zones into one large zone came in handy once. The warming settings are also very useful.
The galley game onboard Night Train has been stepped up with the new GN Espace Oceanchef induction cooker.
Cannot find any negatives to lose gas with regards to the hob - but a lot of positives (no flame being a huge one).
What comes to the oven, there was high expectations. Real fan assisted electric oven handling up to 250C. This one is really awesome! Heats up fast, minimal heat leakage (cool on the outside) - works as any high quality kitchen appliance. One of the first tests was a real gourmet one - frozen pizza. Getting the crust on one of these was a though one with a gas oven. This one was 12 minutes from freezer to table. And you can bake several at once 😃.
If you have the battery capacity this should be a no brainer.
The burners are excellent and I really like the grill. This is a world away from the old one and a real oven is a great luxury.
I like the gastronorm containers too. Really nice and easy to clean, as is the cooker itself. Good food is an essential part of a good holiday on the water and I'm really looking forward to some proper cooking this season. Several of our friends have been aboard to admire the thing and I shall be happy to recommend both the product and the integrity of the company to anyone who asks!
Our new induction stove was installed today. At first glance and first use, it is unsurpassed. Everything works very correctly and is good quality. Previously, we had an induction from an Italian manufacturer (Twice there was a short circuit, and the oven did not heat up more than 170 degrees). We spend a lot of time on the boat (a Garcia 52), so safety is very important.
I wanted to drop you a note about the galley stove I have installed aboard my Kraken 50. I took delivery from Kraken in April of 2022 and now have about 12 cumulative months living and cooking aboard. What a brilliant bit of kit you have produced. The build quality and performance of my Ocean Chef 3 Induction stove makes cooking a joy. So, this note is just a shout out to your team to say thanks for a great product and a job well done.
Our new cooker is excellent, a huge improvement over the Force 10 gas appliance. But in all honesty the pricing does set expectations very high. It takes some getting used to as induction really responds quite differently than gas does. But the efficiency, especially the oven is so much better. Both in Amps and in total power consumption we manage well on batteries (700 Ah LiFePO @ 24 Volt and two inverters; 2500W for oven & 3500W for hob and rest of boat). Very easy to use after you get used to it. Cleaning is a huge, huge improvement over a gas hob. That may be the number one argument to move to induction. I hate cleaning the pot support rack and burners on a gas hob.
We love our new stove and are extremely satisfied. We live aboard full time and use it every day. The performance is great, particularly the ability to run the stove burners on low heat.
We all love the electric igniter - much easier than our previous. Having the thermocouples on the stove burners makes me feel a lot safer. This is particularly true since our 13 year old loves to cook and has ADHD. Even though they are good about using the stove safely, I worry less now about them turning a burner on and having it supply gas while unlit. We do have the correct gas detection system active on the boat but this is an extra layer of safety. It’s very easy to use and clean.
We are absolutely delighted with the performance, build quality, features and ease of use of the stove. Likewise, the support service we received has been excellent ranging from our first enquiry through to delivery abroad and resolving some minor post sales issues. In almost 50 years of yachting in all sorts of boats from 16ft to 60ft the GN Espace is by a very wide margin the best stove I have ever used and our research prior to buying it didn’t reveal any other stove that remotely matched the GN Espace for build quality. Whilst the entire stove is excellent, the grill feature is perhaps the most noteworthy. It is the first time we have owned a boat stove where the grill provides uniform heat across the entire grill pan area. Most boat stoves burn the food in the middle of the pan and leave that around the edges uncooked.
The Levante 2 is a star. Living aboard our Malö 50 built 1973 your cooker didn't just improve our living. This is a new level of independence altogether.
The quality of your cooker, as well as the thought-through details are second to none. You and your team were exceptional hands on and forthcoming - we want to thank you for this.
Working as an attorney, in quite a specific setting and with a background as a chef, cooking is both joy and a tool to reach my clients. Your company as well as your cooker will be highly recommended throughout my sailing-buddies.
The Levante cooker is now fully installed and working. It looks great and is a big improvement on our old model. Pan supports are much cleaner, the fiddles are neater and the glass door is a great help as it saves opening the door to check progress or simply to check the burner has lit. All the burners light within seconds, including the grill which was always a problem on our old cooker.
I've just baked a batch of scones. Absolutely perfect!
My wife sends her love to you. Not only does the oven now get hotter, the gas lasts twice as long, but it also lights instantly now too! We'd definitely buy your oven for our next boat and would recommend it to others. Your service has been great.