I have recently moved into a property with a Baumatic B77BL gas hob and it is lethal. The central pan support is a different height to those for the other 4 burners making it impossible to be able to take something out of the oven and be able to rest it on top whilst you baste or check what's cooking. Worse still the pan supports do not seem to provide an even surface for pans and on several occasions the pans have actually toppled off the hob spilling whatever is cooking. This is despite checking that the stands are firmly in place before use. I can't believe nobody has been seriously burned as a result of this - avoid at all costs, especially if you have children around.

I called baumatic customer care to report my gas hob was whistling. As this is a gas appliance I am reluctant to use it until i know it is safe to do so. Baumatic first offerred me an appointment eight days away, this was not acceptable, they offerred a contractor to attend on the thursday 4 days away (still not a platinum service but better than the 1st appointment offerred) I arranged a full days annual leave - their

The Baumatic B77BL looks ab fab. Very trendy & expensive looking. Very very difficult to keep clean. You have to wipe it with wet cloth then polish it with a soft dry cloth & window cleaner everytime! The worst thing tho is that the wok burner jets melted the surrounding silver/metal ring on 2nd use, now unusable!

Baumatic B77BL is a nice design and igniters always worked well. However the pan stands are frankly dangerous - pans frequently fall off and i would definitely not recommend this product.

The Baumatic B77BL is a very modern looking hob that functions as a gas hob, the nobs look nice and are good quality as are the gas heat rings but the pan stands which are cast iron which is questionable are very poor quality, I would not recommend this product as the stands are not stable.