Sooner or later one’s number is up. We have been talking about taking the step for a few years now. The time has come for us now— out with the old and in with the new. This is the old. The wok eye began malfunctioning and we were cooking on gas. — all the planets were aligned. The search for an induction plate would begin. Anyone who knows us knows that search and information is a thing for us. Once we had our eye on a couple of models we began looking for who would sell them in our area. Of course we could have bought online, but we don’t like to do that because we want to support local businesses. Another thing is that we wanted to find a vendor that also installed the product. We did that, selected the model and arranged a tentative date. There would be an installer and possibly an electrician that would come. We contacted the TC (technical committee) of our apt. building to find out if he knew for sure that a 2-fase Perilex outlet had been installed. We could not see it in the blueprints. This was in the meter-closet. According to the man it was wired and installed, but he could not tell me where. Apparently when our home was first built back in 2021 the first owner installed a kitchen. Then, some three years later a new owner bought this place and put in a whole new kitchen. This is where the electrical mystery began, it meant that the back wall of the cabinetries things from view, except for the small outlets which were used by the fridge, dishwasher etc. The electrician would have to come. He did and began testing, looking and finally…drilling big holes about the size of hockey pucks, all without revealing the location of the Periclex. After drilling seven holes here and there …. We removed more drawers, and what to our wandering should appear!! Some clever clogs from way back when the new kitchen was placed, left a very important hint on the back wall of a lower cabinet. The electrician checked for juice and it was functioning. Olé ! The electrician drilled four more holes to expose the outlet so that the installer could plug the induction plate in. We were in business and let the installer know the good news. We would save the electrician cost of wiring and installing a Perilex. Here we go then— eggs this morning. It will be a learning curve learning how to use the induction plate, but not an insurmountable ask. Update: My Bride has discovered Sense Boil. She is over the moon.
I'm glad the problem was solved, I'm sure you'll soon get used to cooking with it. Here in the UK, you can get an induction hob for well under £100. We bought two for about £50 each, over a decade ago. They're ideal as there's no mess! Immediately after use, you can just wipe them over and put them away. But we've never needed the second one as there's just two of us. So the spare lives in the carousel under the work top in the corner of the kitchen. They are both 2kw and you can plug them, as you can any other appliance, into any wall socket as we're 240v in the UK. Our kitchen is small. We have a built-in oven, but no hob. We did with the old kitchen units have a "four ring" ceramic hob, but that got chucked out when we had the new kitchen. When it's in use, the hob sits here on a glass cutting board between the oven and the sink. It's where the Ninja air fryer goes when we use it. There's a fan in the top of the window behind it. At other times it's stored here, on top of the microwave, between the fridge freezer and the boiler. Our kitchen is so tight, to fully open the drawers under the sink, the door of the washing machine has to be open!
I never heard of induction hobs. All I know of are induction ovens, which I used to have one and all it is is an oven with a fan in the back. I have burners on my electric stove. Hobs are a foreign thing to me.
I wonder if that's a convection oven? Induction requires contact with a metal pan or skillet. If it's not touching, it doesn't heat up.
@Sjoerd, I hope you like your new induction stove. I was sold on gas stoves for most of my life. But, our gas supply was unreliable, a hassle, and expensive. Then I read about gas stoves being an issue with lung damage, a problem I struggle with. So we studied extensively - as you did - and bought an induction stove. I instantly loved it! It is much faster than gas, more responsive, and the cook top is very easy to keep clean. I think the controls are easy and intuitive. So sometimes you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
Yep !! I got my inductions and my convections mixed up !! Couldn't exactly remember what the name of that oven was but now that you say it, Convection oven it was !!.
Daniël—…an induction oven?? I have never seen one of those. Mine is not an oven, it is simply a flat, glass-like “plate”, whose “guts”. Fit down through a hole in the granite. The guts are not deep and thus do not interfere with the silverware drawer below it. Lookit this: Yes, I can see that Daniel. Haha— no mate, I have done my time in the military already. We really like that cooking plate a lot already. My Bride said that she agrees with every word you said about your induction thing. There are so many ways she can cook and cook quickly using the various features which this model has. She likes the feature called SenseBoil which brings water quickly to a boil and when it begins to roll, then it cuts the heat down to “Simmer”automatically(no more boiling-over), and she can then tik the temp back up a little, put the timer on and turn her attention to another pan. You know what words come out then, don’t you…” We should gotten this sooner”.
