Dust is filtered from the vacuumed air and stored in a container to await emptying. No need to buy replacement dust bags.

Appliances that are built into a cabinet in your kitchen furniture and concealed by a cabinet door matching the rest of your kitchen. When specific to ovens "built in" means built in at eye level, with built under meaning built under the work surface.

Cooking appliances that fit under your worksurface allowing a hob to be built directly above.

Appliances that fit under your worksurface with a decorative door to match your kitchen.

Canopy hoods are placed into an artificial chimney of any style.

Ceramic hobs use radiant heat from under the glass of the hob. The cooking surface, unlike induction hobs, does get hot. (for more info; see induction).

Chimney hoods are fitted as a feature above a hob or cooker. They have extraction motors built in.

Refers to a washing machine or a dishwasher that fills from the cold water supply, the appliance then heats the water to the temperature required.

Conventional ovens do not have a fan within, so the oven is hotter on top shelves and cooler on the bottom shelves.

Double ovens have two cooking cavities and can be built into the kitchen furniture at eye level or under the worksurface.

Dual fuel is a term applied to appliances that use electricity and gas as heating fuels. In almost all cases the hob is gas and the oven and grill are electric.

The rating of how energy efficient an appliance is. The rating is measured 'A' to 'G' with 'A' being the most efficient and 'G' being the least.

Fan ovens circulate warm air all around the oven. Cooking time is reduced and food is cooked evenly.

Halogen hobs use high power light and radiant heat from below the cooking surface to generate heat.

High Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration, removes microscopic particles and bacteria from the room air when you vacuum.

Induction hobs use an electromagnetic coil situated below the ceramic cooking surface. Heat is transferred directly to the pot or pan but the hob itself does not get hot.

LPG gas or Liquid petroleum Gas is usually transported to a property and stored on site in steel bottles.

Multifunction ovens have the option of fan or conventional cooking, plus grilling or fan grilling, offering more versatile cooking options.

Natural gas is usually piped to a property beneath ground level from the road and is usually billed quarterly by the relevant utility supplier.

This allows parents to select a pin number to lock the controls on the appliance, stopping children from altering program settings inadvertantly.

An electrical appliance that can store power in an internal battery. The appliance can be recharged from the mains when power is low.

Allows you to delay an appliance's start of programme. Particularly useful if your electricity charges are discounted at certain times of day or night.

Semi integrated appliances are built into the kitchen cabinets and are concealed with a door that covers the appliance up to the drawline, where you may still see the appliance control panel.

Single ovens have one door to access the cooking cavity. These cookers usually have an oven and grill in the same compartment, i.e. you may not use the grill and oven at the same time.

The measure of how much water is removed from laundry during the spin cycle. This is directly related to spin speed. Rated from A to G with A being the best performance (fastest spin).

How much dry washing can be washed in a single load.

The rating of how well a washing machine or dishwasher cleans it's contents. Rating is from 'A' to 'G' with 'A' being the best performance and 'G' being the worst.

How powerful the electric motor or heating element is within an appliance. The higher the watts the more powerful the appliance.