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"Another thing gas cookers I have never seen an American recipe saying Gas Mark 4 or 5 or whatever - do you not have gas ovens or if you do are the temperature in Fahrenheit not mark."

Yes, we have gas ovens in the US. All the gas ranges that I have seen have a knob for the oven marked with Fahrenheit temperatures. However, the knobs for the surface burners are usually marked with "Low", "Med", and "High" with tick marks in between. I have seen some units that feature surface unit knobs that include settings such as "Simmer" and "Boil".

I thought it must be the case because all your recipes mention temperature and not mark thanks for confirming. Most gas burners do not usually have any marks on the knobs occasionally graphics indicating which way is higher or lower. With electric hobs though they are normally in numbers mine have 6 settings.

I recently got a new second hand cooker (stove/oven whatever you call it) and I am enjoy ceramic hot plates for the first time.

I need a new switch for the main oven door so cannot really use this until that is fixed but apart from that it is a lovely unit and has been well looked after.

Here it is installed in our kitchen. By the way our temperatures are now all centigrade for ovens.