Hob: how to choose a gas and electric cookers?

Replacement of furniture in the kitchen - an excellent opportunity to update and appliances. New hob profitable emphasize the modern design of the room and allow without regret to say goodbye to the old bulky stove. It remains only to choose the right equipment and to install.

A variety of forms

According to the shape of the surface for cooking can be divided into three main types:

1. Rectangular - classical slab standard length (60 cm) in two or four burners. The width of the oven at the same time can range from 25-90 cm, so that, by ordering kitchen furniture, be sure to specify this setting.
2. Cell - hobs regular hexagonal shape.
3. Round - unusual, but very comfortable stove three burners.

A separate line is a modular cooking surface consisting of compact panels. They can be arranged as you like, giving an unusual shape plate. Heating units installed in one row in a circle, and even in a staggered manner, if the working area allows it.

types of plates

By heating type secrete several kinds of plates. Most of them are traditional (gas and electric hot plates with pancakes), but here choose not particularly necessary - what communications are brought to your house, and on the need to Cook. But in any scenario you can choose a cooking stove with oven independent of management, not to look for compatible equipment.

Modes heating cooking surfaces may be regulated mechanically - the usual rotary switches or recessed. Wishes to depart from the traditional management and give your kitchen a modern look can set the touch panel. To it needed a bit of getting used to, but then work, and care for such a plate will be a pleasure.

But a new generation of technology unleashes the owners and gives the opportunity to install the stove, running on different energy sources. This combination Hob having a gas burner andAnd electrical "pancakes". It is particularly convenient to use this technology, if the house is not let down gas centrally, and have to settle for a balloon. When the supply of natural gas unexpectedly ends, stove will continue to run on electricity.

variants of the burner

gas cookers equipped with traditional burners of different size with dividers. Power burners is determined by the amount of the flame rows, they may be heated dishes.

Conventional burners have a single row only the power, but the system of "double" or "triple crown" not only prepare hot meals faster, but also more evenly heat the bottom of the dish.

You have to choose between traditional contact-burners and more modern models, triangular or oval, which is put utensils without stand-lattice. It allows you to forget about the problem of too broad utensils for which one hotplate is clearly not enough.

Electric furnaces delight far more variety, but only when it comes to ultra-modern glass-ceramic plate. Burners set them such species:

• Rapidnye - spiral burners that becomes hot in just 10 seconds, which saves a considerable amount of electricity. They cool down just as quickly, so cook a little longer on the dishes off the oven will not work.
• Halogen - scatter the surface temperature more quickly. But it is absolutely uncontrollable heat, which has no clear boundaries heating. The service life of the burners does not exceed 7-8 years.
• Induction - heating elements for efficient embedded glass ceramics. Unique in that they do not raise the temperature of the panel itself, and the bottom of the vessel mounted on top. These "smart" cooking surfaces require special pots, pans and are very expensive, but have minimal power consumption.
• Hi-Lite - different adjustments smoothness and the ability to accurately set a desired heating temperature.

Cast iron burners, pancakes, which are equipped with conventional electric furnace, in operation, unfortunately, show themselves all the worse. They have long heats and cools, it is difficult to clean and quickly lose its original appearance.

materials

From cleanliness and appearance of the work surface it depends not only on the face plate itself, but the overall impression of the kitchen. That is why housewives pay special attention to the hob material.

Enamel

The most inexpensive coating for the kitchen stove. For a change, or to give the interior a spice, you can choose an enamel oven some unusual color. In the care of such a cooking surface does not cause trouble, but from the shock it must be protected, so that the coating does not split off.

There are some nuances, as the enamel on the metal frame can be applied in two ways. Hot enameling brings great any impact, except for strikes, is not afraid of challenging dirt or aggressive chemicals. Powder coating polymer less brittle, but not different wear resistance and fears acids.

Aluminum

Inexpensive and durable material as a whole, although relatively easy. Aluminum plates have only one drawback - in terms of the care they are very picky. Wash and polish them to remove fingerprints, have to constantly. But it can only use gentle cleaning agents, since aluminum is very easily scratched.

stainless steel

Price categories plates from the middle and higher - it is just a technique, made of stainless steel. Brilliant cooking surface, as well as aluminum, quickly covered with fingerprints and water droplets. Although the market has already appeared dull slabs of stainless steel, devoid of this shortcoming.

Ceramic Glass

It is still the most expensive and the best material for cookers surface. Besides imposing appearance, smooth translucent panel is clean without any problems and the effort. It is also noteworthy that beyond the designated range of burners continuous cooker does not heat up, without the risk of burns.

However, with the glass ceramic surface should be especially careful handling. Rules that must be observed to avoid damaging the plate, a lot:

1. Keep away from metal objects fall - even not strong blow can split the fragile glass. However, this only applies acupressure.
2. Cooktop is easily destroyed in contact with her sugar. If the sweet spot is not immediately removed after a quarter of an hour on the site will display the following irreversible reaction - pores and cavities.
3. You can not use the dishes, which is bigger outlined circle heating. When the burner "cold" outside surface from contact with the hot bottom pan will blots.
4. Avoid cold water running burner to glass ceramic is not cracked by sharp temperature drop.

In fairness, we note that even the listed damage will not affect the operation of the furnace. But before you choose a cooking surface with the coating brittle, should familiarize themselves with the proposed palette of colors, and stop on a small non-staining figure like mesh.

nuances selection

Select embedded stove and kitchen better at the same time, since their parameters are interdependent. Under resolution technology countertop working area will need to cut a hole of appropriate size that when installed does not remain gaps. And she hob, whether you choose an electric or gas, must integrate harmoniously with the overall look of the kitchen.

It makes sense to get acquainted with the functionality of modern panels. Cookers quickly "getting smarter" in recent years. You can pick up the equipment, which will follow the process of cooking timer, turn off when boiling hot dishes, etc.

When buying an independent hob, pay attention to the location of the control knobs - they should not be too close to the burners.

Connecting the appliance

Installing an electric hob - serious work. Power boards can reach 7 kW, therefore, they need a separate branch connection. In buildings without gas in the kitchens has withdrawn the power cables for the installation of special sockets and connection of cooking surfaces. It only remains to mount the plate on a suitable plug cord.

If builders did not include the installation of powerful machinery, food will have to conduct yourself. This will require the total electrical panel cast copper cable cross section 6 sq. mm and connect it to a circuit breaker of 40 A. For panels can take less power wire 4 sq. mm and 32-ampere RCD.

Connecting the power cable to the terminal box of the hob is made in accordance with the diagrams shown in the passport. Depending on what kind of input is implemented in your home (220 or 380), the connection scheme will be different.