There’s a worry that I think ALL first-time owners of cast-iron cookers have.

In fact, a customer brought it up just last week.

She was looking at moving away from an old oil-powered cooker and towards a cast-iron ESSE or Everhot.

But her concern was:

“Won’t it be too hot in summer?”

It’s a fair question.

If you’ve lived with a traditional cast-iron cooker, you’ll know they’re not used much in the summer.

But then you’ll also know just how much of a difference they make for the rest of the year.

However, her husband was especially unsure about it. He couldn’t quite picture having something like that running in July…

So instead of trying to explain it, we walked over to one of the cookers and looked at it together.

Because what many people don’t realise is that you don’t have to choose one way of cooking anymore…

You can have both – cast iron and induction – in one cooker.

Now, not every brand offers both, but ESSE and Everhot certainly do.

In her case, it made things much simpler.

Through the colder months, she could have the cast-iron side gently ticking along, giving that steady background warmth. Then, as the weather improves, she can turn that side down (or off entirely) and just use the induction hob for lighter meals, quick cooking, or boiling a pan of water.

It’s that flexibility that changes how people see it.

They stop thinking, “Will this be too much in summer?” and start thinking about how they’d actually use it across the whole year.

After all, most people don’t cook the same way in January as they do in July. So it makes sense for the cooker to adapt a bit as well.

Has this ever been something you’ve been concerned about yourself, <<FIRSTNAME>>?

It’s much easier to see when you’re standing in front of the cooker rather than trying to imagine it. So you’re very welcome to visit the showroom any time and I’d gladly walk you through the options – no pressure at all.