We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...493502&sr=1-48

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

On Oct 1, 7:31 pm, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...CT-3408/dp/B00...

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

imagine your most technical (xmas?) recipes and imagine what "fun"
you will have on 2 rings.....

Jim K

On Oct 1, 7:31*pm, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...CT-3408/dp/B00...

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

You do realise that induction hobs require special pans (with an iron
base to complete the magnetic circuit?)

On 01/10/2011 20:01, harry wrote:
On Oct 1, 7:31 pm, R D wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...CT-3408/dp/B00...

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

You do realise that induction hobs require special pans (with an iron
base to complete the magnetic circuit?)

Yes, i'm hoping that they are as controllable as gas (which we don't
have in the kitchen).

On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 11:50:55 -0700 (PDT), Jim K wrote:

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it
would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in
use.

imagine your most technical (xmas?) recipes and imagine what "fun"
you will have on 2 rings.....

Buy two... bring out as many as you need and place them where
convient. Who wants to be stuck with four rings all close together
with pans jostling for position on their ring.

In fact that is not a bad idea, we rarely use more than two rings so
maybe a built in two "burner" hob and a seperate plugin for when we
need more. Or even two two "burners" built in with a reasonable space
bewteen 'em. Hum...

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 01/10/2011 19:31, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...493502&sr=1-48


When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

You say you "rarely" use more than two rings at a time. What will happen
on the odd occasions when you *do* need to?

If you're re-doing the kitchen, you really ought to install a cooker
hood - to catch the fat and get rid of the steam from cooking. It will
look pretty silly if there's no hob under it!

When we re-did our kitchen a couple of years ago, we put in a 4-ring
inductive hob alongside a 2-ring ceramic one - so that we can use the
inductive one most of the time but can still use the pans which are not
inductive-compatible when the need arises. We rarely need six at a time,
but it's jolly useful when we do. A 900mm-wide cooker hood spans both hobs.
--
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Roger
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On 01/10/2011 22:19, Roger Mills wrote:

You say you "rarely" use more than two rings at a time. What will happen
on the odd occasions when you *do* need to?

Micriwave/steamer?

When we re-did our kitchen a couple of years ago, we put in a 4-ring
inductive hob alongside a 2-ring ceramic one

I'm guessing you have more space than we do.

In message , R D S
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On 01/10/2011 22:19, Roger Mills wrote:

You say you "rarely" use more than two rings at a time. What will happen
on the odd occasions when you *do* need to?

Micriwave/steamer?

When we re-did our kitchen a couple of years ago, we put in a 4-ring
inductive hob alongside a 2-ring ceramic one

I'm guessing you have more space than we do.

We have a spare cooker for when we need extra capacity :-) (actually the
kitchen isn't that big, but we do have a good sized pantry).

It was because this house just has a standard gas oven, and cooking
things like roasts that limits you really to 2 shelves of stuff (ok you
can shift stuff around, but when it's on the bottom it's hardly cooking)

We were having family xmas here with dinner and the oven wasn't really
going to cope very well. So managed to get an old electric cooker off
Freecycle about a week before xmas
--
Chris French

On Oct 1, 10:19 pm, Roger Mills wrote:
On 01/10/2011 19:31, R D S wrote:

We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...CT-3408/dp/B00...

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

You say you "rarely" use more than two rings at a time. What will happen
on the odd occasions when you *do* need to?

If you're re-doing the kitchen, you really ought to install a cooker
hood - to catch the fat and get rid of the steam from cooking. It will
look pretty silly if there's no hob under it!

When we re-did our kitchen a couple of years ago, we put in a 4-ring
inductive hob alongside a 2-ring ceramic one - so that we can use the
inductive one most of the time but can still use the pans which are not
inductive-compatible when the need arises. We rarely need six at a time,
but it's jolly useful when we do. A 900mm-wide cooker hood spans both hobs.

sure I've seen 75% induction/ 25% ceramic 4 "burner" (poss 5?) hobs
about....

Jim K

R D S wrote:

Anyone any input?

Built in hob and piece of board to sit over the top when you're not
using it?

--
Scott

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

On 01/10/11 19:31, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...493502&sr=1-48


When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

I have a double hob but that is built-in to a very small space. As a
single person I can manage with just two hobs and a microwave but I am
not sure how well that would work for a larger family or anyone who
entertained at home a lot. Personally I would find getting something out
of a cupboard to use it and putting it away after just too much trouble
unless the use was very occasional, so it would probably end up always
on the worktop. YMMV


--
djc

On 02/10/2011 09:30, Scott M wrote:
R D S wrote:

Anyone any input?

Built in hob and piece of board to sit over the top when you're not
using it?


Our kitchen is tiny and this is what we do.
Plus it protects the glass.

Lee

On Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:31:40 +0100, R D S wrote:

We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...493502&sr=1-48


Anyone any input?

My mother has just done that. Widowed last year and at 80+ found
keeping the solid fuel Rayburn fed with wood/Phurnacite and consequent
ash cleaning all getting a bit much. Already had experience of one
portable induction ring I gave her a couple of years back so she
purchased a twin one. This gives her 3 if required. Also uses a
largish Panasonic combination microwave oven and something called a
Remoska which is an electrically heated cooking pot,and a small bread
maker.
With these she finds them more than adequate to do her own needs plus
most of family visits. Sometimes a bit of forward planning is required
cooking things ahead to be frozen and then defrosted and heated up on
the day.
In her case it makes things a little safer too,arthritis and general
stiffness of age made bending and lifting things out of the oven
awkward and wrist /arm burns were getting a little too frequent.
So all the old heavy stuff has gone. Got a nice small pressure cooker
last week . Only thing she can't really do now is revive a frozen
newborn Lamb to life in the Rayburns warming compartment but there is
no likely hood of that need anymore.

G.Harman

On Oct 1, 7:31*pm, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob in or to get summat like this.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rommelsbache...CT-3408/dp/B00...

When we cook we rarely have more than 2 pans on the go and it would be
nice to put it out of the way and have more worktop when not in use.

Anyone any input?

Sounds quite practical if you need the space. These days a microwave
can do most jobs a hob does, so 2 rings is fine.


NT

On 01/10/2011 19:31, R D S wrote:
We're about to redo the kitchen. It's a small space and I can't decide
whether to bother with a built in hob...

An update,

I bought a 2 'burner' induction hob from ebay,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330487220361
Came from Germany in 2 days.

It is counter top but can also be fitted in to worktop.
It performs far better than I expected, it boils stuff in a frankly
astonishing time and if it is set to temp rather than wattage the lowest
setting (60 C) setting provides a very gentle heat (it seems to pulse
the power on and off).

It's one of those rare occasions where something is miles better than
expected.

The only thing I don't like about it is the fan noise, do they all
suffer from this?