Hobs

Hob cleaning in East Cambridgeshire

From £15 alongside an oven clean. Induction hob cleaning, ceramic and gas, as a hob cleaning service on its own or alongside the oven. Caps, crowns and pan supports all come off, because the undersides are the part that never comes clean in place.

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The short answer

How much does hob cleaning cost? £15 for a ceramic or induction hob and £20 for a four burner gas hob alongside an oven. On its own a hob is £20 to £40, a visit with no oven in it has a £70 minimum, and ceramic tops are finished with a blade held flat.

What hob cleaning costs

Same price for a hob in Ely, Soham, Burwell, Newmarket and every village between, and travel is free inside 12 miles of Burwell. Tell us the make and your village and the price comes back fixed in writing, not as an estimate.

Published locally: hob, alongside an oven, £10 to £40. Ours is £15. Where that figure comes from.

Hob, ceramic or induction£15
Hob, gas up to 4 burners£20
Hob, gas 5 burners or range hob£30

Those are the prices alongside an oven clean. On its own a hob is £20 to £40 depending on the type, and the £70 minimum applies to a visit without an oven in it.

What is in the price

  • Every cap, crown and pan support, taken off, cleaned and refitted
  • The ports round each burner cleared
  • The trim and the seal round the edge
  • No VAT, and free travel within 12 miles of Burwell
  • No deposit
  • Pay when the work is finished
  • Free to move or cancel a date

What you get back from a hob clean

A hob that looks like new. Clean pan supports and burner caps, clear burner ports and clean glass.

To do that, these come off or come apart:

  • Every burner cap and crown
  • The pan supports, cast iron or enamelled
  • The spark ignition collars round each burner
  • The trim and the seal where the hob meets the worktop

Caps, crowns and supports come off first, because the carbon sits on the undersides. A blocked port is what makes one burner run yellow while the others are blue, so the ports are cleared. Ceramic and induction tops are finished with a blade held flat.

What doing it yourself cannot reach

  • Inside the burner crowns, where the ports block and the flame goes uneven
  • The undersides of the pan supports, which never come clean in place
  • The seal where the hob meets the worktop, which is where spills run to

What kind of hob have you got?

Three kinds, and the price depends on which you have.

Ceramic
£15 with an oven. Burnt sugar and boiled over milk come off with a blade held flat.
Induction
Same glass, less baked on. Usually the quickest of the three.
Gas, up to four burners
£20 with an oven. Caps, crowns and supports come off and the ports are cleared.
Gas, five burners or a range top
£30 with an oven. More parts and more cast iron.

Where we come to

Hobs are the thing most people add on when we are already in the kitchen, and it is the same price wherever the kitchen is.

The full list, every village and town we cover

CB25

Burwell, Bottisham, Swaffham Prior, Swaffham Bulbeck, Lode, Stow cum Quy

CB6

Ely, Littleport, Haddenham, Witchford, Stretham, Sutton, Wilburton, Little Downham, Mepal, Coveney

CB7

Soham, Fordham, Isleham, Prickwillow, Wicken

CB8

Newmarket, Exning, Cheveley

IP28

Mildenhall, Risby, Fornham All Saints

IP33

Bury St Edmunds, Westley

IP29

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CB1 to CB5

Cambridge

Questions people ask about hob cleaning

Can you clean a hob on its own, without an oven?

Yes, but the minimum charge is £70, so a hob by itself costs the same as a hob and an extractor together. Alongside an oven a ceramic hob is £15 and a four burner gas hob £20, which is why most people have them done in the same visit.

Do the burner caps and crowns come off?

Every one of them comes off, along with the pan supports. The ports round the edge of a crown block with carbon and that is what makes a flame go yellow and uneven in one spot, so clearing them matters more than the shine does.

Will a scraper mark my ceramic top?

Not used properly. A blade held flat against the glass takes off burnt sugar and boiled over milk that no cloth will shift, and it is what the manufacturers recommend themselves. Held at an angle it can scratch, which is why it is not a job to rush at home.

Is an induction hob any different?

The surface is the same glass and cleans the same way. What is different is that spills do not bake on as hard, because the glass only gets hot from the pan, so an induction top is usually the quickest of the three.

Why does one gas burner burn with a yellow flame?

Usually carbon in the ports round the edge of the crown, which makes that burner run yellow and uneven while the others stay blue. The crowns come off and are cleaned, which clears most of it. A flame that is still yellow afterwards is a job for a gas engineer, and we will say so.

Can a stained ceramic hob look new again?

Burnt on sugar, boiled over milk and the brown rings round the zones come off with a blade held flat and a proper cleaner. Scratches and pitting in the glass do not, whoever cleans it, and we tell you which marks are which before we start.

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Published local hob prices run £10 to £40. Ours is £15 alongside an oven, fixed in writing.

Prices last reviewed 24 September 2026

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