When if comes to keeping a tight rein on household budgets, it is easy to regulate the cost of a supermarket shop - you can literally see what you are spending as you go along. However, when it comes to cooking that food and using the energy to do so, how much are we really forking out?
Helpfully, new research explains exactly how much energy, and therefore cash, an appliance gobbles up. It also reveals how by switching your method of cooking, Brits could save up to £604 per year on their energy bills.
Energy supplier Utilita teamed up with supermarket chain Iceland to compile the research and the figures are enlightening. The data, which is based on the average amount of time each appliance is used for per day, gives a detailed cost breakdown of each of the six main types of cooking appliance typically found in UK homes, reported the Mirror. So, is it time to turn off the oven and switch on an alternative? Here's what the research revealed.
