vacbear58
Well-known member
Here in the UK
Every supplier of commercial cooking equipment now has induction units included in the line up both in in cooking suites as shown at the top of the thread and as independent units - both ranges and cooktops (or boiling tops as we in the trade know them) - both built in and portable. They are becoming more and more popular and there are few kitchens which my company supplies that do not have induction units of some kind. About three years ago we supplied the equipment for a cookery school and each and every range supplied (126) had an induction top with fan assisted electric ovens - indeed there were only two gas units (chargrills) supplied in the whole £1.5M project. We are shortly going to supply another, larger school, and again all the units supplied will be induction.
Apart from the ease of installing electric over gas we in the UK have very strict ventilation requirements where any form of gas unit is supplied. Not only do they have to be placed under a mechanically ventilated extraction canopy but there also has to be a mechanically assisted fresh air supply into the kitchen too. These are interlocked too the gas supply so that if either of these fails the whole gas supply is shut down. Its the law!
From a personal point of view I have used an induction top at home since 2006. When I moved house at the end of last year I replaced the gas top with an induction almost immediately. The surprising thing to me was that it was possible to get a 4 zone unit which plugs into a single 13amp outlet - this is the standard domestic outlet here which, for the moment until I get the house re-wired suits my purpose very well. It regulates the load so you cannot have all zones on high together which so far has not been a problem for me, nor do I see it being so in the future. Indeed, had I chose to renew the counter tops (I will probably replace the kitchen in the next couple of years) I probably would just have bought a couple of portable counter top units to bring out when needed - what with microwaves, portable skillets, steamers (I have a built in steam oven), pressure cookers, deep fat fryers, crock pots/slow cookers, rice cookers there hardly seems to be a need for a built in unit any more - I only bought the built in induction top as there was a large hole to fill where the gas top used to be.
Finally, although it might be a tad early for it, on the link is a bit of Christmas fun from Induced Energy - and induction top supplier in the UK
Al
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVJYrordsE
Every supplier of commercial cooking equipment now has induction units included in the line up both in in cooking suites as shown at the top of the thread and as independent units - both ranges and cooktops (or boiling tops as we in the trade know them) - both built in and portable. They are becoming more and more popular and there are few kitchens which my company supplies that do not have induction units of some kind. About three years ago we supplied the equipment for a cookery school and each and every range supplied (126) had an induction top with fan assisted electric ovens - indeed there were only two gas units (chargrills) supplied in the whole £1.5M project. We are shortly going to supply another, larger school, and again all the units supplied will be induction.
Apart from the ease of installing electric over gas we in the UK have very strict ventilation requirements where any form of gas unit is supplied. Not only do they have to be placed under a mechanically ventilated extraction canopy but there also has to be a mechanically assisted fresh air supply into the kitchen too. These are interlocked too the gas supply so that if either of these fails the whole gas supply is shut down. Its the law!
From a personal point of view I have used an induction top at home since 2006. When I moved house at the end of last year I replaced the gas top with an induction almost immediately. The surprising thing to me was that it was possible to get a 4 zone unit which plugs into a single 13amp outlet - this is the standard domestic outlet here which, for the moment until I get the house re-wired suits my purpose very well. It regulates the load so you cannot have all zones on high together which so far has not been a problem for me, nor do I see it being so in the future. Indeed, had I chose to renew the counter tops (I will probably replace the kitchen in the next couple of years) I probably would just have bought a couple of portable counter top units to bring out when needed - what with microwaves, portable skillets, steamers (I have a built in steam oven), pressure cookers, deep fat fryers, crock pots/slow cookers, rice cookers there hardly seems to be a need for a built in unit any more - I only bought the built in induction top as there was a large hole to fill where the gas top used to be.
Finally, although it might be a tad early for it, on the link is a bit of Christmas fun from Induced Energy - and induction top supplier in the UK
Al
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVJYrordsE
