ESSE Range Cookers
Esse Running Costs
How Much Does it Cost to Run an ESSE Electric Range Cooker?
With ever increasing energy costs, efficiency is important. Luckily, the ESSE Range Cooker is designed to be efficient, with it's 'slumber' mode, induction hobs and fast heat up times.
Let's take a look at the running costs of Esse Cookers, using a standard UK energy tariff.
Are ESSE Cookers Efficient?
Esse Cookers are designed to be 'always on' in slumber. Initially, you might think that having an 'always on' cooker means it would be less efficient - but the secret is in the efficient insulation and patented oven elements.
The Esse ovens have wrap-around elements for each oven. This evenly heats the food from all sides, and their power-share technology means that your cooker won't pull more than 2.5kW of power at any one time (great for solar and managing your consumption). The high-performance insulation inside is the same spec as industrial kilns, so less heat is lost out of the back and sides of the cooker body too.
The ovens work best when they're saturated with heat, so the slumber setting makes sure the ovens aren't cold and keeps rust at bay. The heat up times are much faster from slumber than from cold, and your cooker will still feel 'alive'!
There are customers who prefer to leave their top oven on constantly at a higher temperature, or their cast iron plate on a simmering temperature 24/7 for more heat into the room. This is perfectly fine, although the running cost will reflect the increase in lost heat into the room.
Weekly ESSE Running Costs:
Based on the average electricity tariff of 26.11p/kWh (Sept 2026) [Source]
The ESSE Cooker is designed to run in a constant, low slumber temperature when not in use, with quick heat up times and powerful wrap around oven elements.
This slumber setting is configurable, although there is a 'min' slumber setting for the ovens.
| Power Consumption | Running Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Slumber (with 1hr daily use) | 42kW | £10.96 per week |
| Top Oven at Baking 24/7 | 67kW | £17.49 per week |
| Slumber 24/7 | 34kW | £8.87 per week |
| Max Temp (all zones) | 2.5kW | 0.65p per hour |
| Cooking Roast Dinner and Dessert (all zones used) | 1.5kW | 0.39p |
Slumber settings:
85c in the Top Oven.
26c in the Bottom Oven.
30c on the Boiling Plate.
70c in the Bottom Left Oven.
Heat up times for the top oven to max 240c from slumber is approx 15 minutes.
Heat up times for the bottom oven to 175c from slumber is approx 15 minutes.
Heat up times for the cast hotplate to simmer from slumber is 8 mins, and to boiling in 15 mins.
