Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob

Is the Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob worth buying?

Yes, the Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob is worth buying if you want a four-burner gas hob with full flame failure protection for the least money: £84.99. It is the cheapest of the ten hobs ranked for 2026, and it still puts a flame failure device on all four burners, which is the safety feature that matters most in a gas hob.

The trade-off is the 12-month guarantee and only 32 buyers rating it 4.4, so you are buying on the basic features rather than on a long track record. If you want cast iron pan supports and a longer guarantee, you will need to spend more.

What does £84.99 buy you in burner power?

The Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob costs £84.99, which is £10.00 less than the SIA AMZGHG602BL at £94.99 and £114.01 less than the AEG HGX64200SB at £199.00. For that money you get four gas burners with flame failure devices, one-hand automatic ignition and enamel pan supports.

The EL056 does not carry a wattage figure, so the £84.99 price is the number that defines it against the rest. That means you cannot compare its output ring by ring with the TopStrong at 8,060 W or the Hisense GM663BHF at 8,500 W, but you also do not pay for power you may never use.

What do you get in the box and how does it fit?

The Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob comes as a cooktop unit only, so plan for the LPG jets separately if you want to run it on bottled gas. The hob is LPG convertible, and it arrives set for natural gas with one-hand integrated automatic ignition.

It measures 58 cm wide, 51 cm deep and 89.3 mm high, and it weighs 8.33 kg. That weight is light enough for one person to lift into a drop-in cut-out, and the four burners are Euro type pool burners with enamel pan supports.

Where does the Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob fall short?

The guarantee runs 12 months, which is the shortest cover among the ten hobs ranked for 2026, and the SIA GHG612BL carries 5 years of parts and 2 years of labour for £35.00 more. Only 32 buyers have rated it 4.4, so there is less of a crowd to judge it by than the 413 owners behind the SIA GHG612BL.

The pan supports are enamel, not cast iron, so they scratch more easily and a heavy casserole can shift on them. If you cook with heavy pans every day, cast iron is the better surface to have.

How does the Ferre EL056 Black Gas Hob compare with the SIA hobs?

The SIA AMZGHG602BL costs £94.99, which is £10.00 more, and it gives you cast iron pan supports and 7.5 kW across four burners. For £10.00, that is the upgrade if you want a sturdier pan support and a wattage you can compare ring by ring.

The SIA GHG612BL costs £119.99, £35.00 more, and it brings 5 years of parts cover and 413 buyers rating it 4.4. Choose the Ferre only if the £84.99 price is the deciding factor; otherwise the SIA AMZGHG602BL is the better buy for £10.00 more.