How to choose an electric hob??

[noisette]

Hello, I’m a newbie..be gentle 😀
We’re planning a kitchen from scratch but as we won’t have mains gas, after cooking with gas for the last 30 years, I need to get up to speed on the current choices for electric hobs. Could some kind person tell me the pros & cons of ceramic, halogen & induction hobs, please? We’ll be using Le Creuset and heavy-based stainless steel pans.
Also, is it still the case that a built-in oven and hob both need dedicated electricity supplies?
Many thanks in advance…..
N

[helo_75]

Re: How to choose an electric hob??

dependant on the oven or hob you buy, they could just plug in

that is of course, whether its single or double oven….

now, and this is very important

avoid anything built buy merloni, that includes hotpoint, creda and indesit

get some bosch/neff stuff, and ull have little problems

[hotpnt]

Re: How to choose an electric hob??

hi helo, just wondered why you dont like the creda build stuff?? these are still well built cookers, hobs & ovens

[helo_75]

Re: How to choose an electric hob??

yet rubbish

most of its rebadged indesit

id rather sjhave my head with a rusty cheese grater

im sick of changing elements… and now the stats are so bad the stats are goin with em

i got a bosch oven at home and its ace

[kwatt]

Re: How to choose an electric hob??

Hi Noisette,

I’ve not personally tested induction but I’m reliably informed that it is as good, perhaps even better, than gas. If your pots and pans can cope with induction that would probably be your best bet.

In your circumstance, where you haven’t got mains gas, getting LPG installed and serviced cooker-wise is a nightmare as there aren’t enough people around to do it and, when you do get someone, it will likely prove expensive.

Ceramic is okay, but not as good as induction. Halogen I have used and didn’t like it, I didn’t think that there was any real advantage over normal ceramic in use.

You may need two supplies, that depends on the appliances that you choose and specifically, the amount of power that they draw. But I always recommend putting both on their own switched supply so that, if one does fail, at least you can still have the use of the other.

Hope that helps.

K.

[noisette]

Re: How to choose an electric hob??

Thank you all very much…we’ve got a much clearer idea now of what to look for. 🙂

[wsts]

Why not have a lpg hob ?

Then you wont have to change from gas.

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