Modern electric stoves. Market Review. Characteristics of some models.
The kitchen stove belongs to the number of objects, without which it is simply impossible to imagine a modern apartment. After all, cooking for our fellow citizens is an honorary duty and something even holy. This time we will tell about the plates of the electric, for which, according to many, the future.
Looking at modern kitchen equipment, you will involuntarily think that we live in the Cosmic Age. And today, according to the rules, houses of more than nine floors should be equipped with electric stoves. Of course, the number of gasified buildings is still large, but over time it is steadily decreased. For new buildings, the problem of choosing between gas and electricity for the kitchen is often solved in favor of the latter. But in order to fully appreciate its advantages, it is necessary to acquire a really faithful "helper".
Existing electric stoves can be divided into ordinary (with well-familiar with all cast-iron burners, "pancakes"), glass-ceramic and induction. Confortional plates have now been obscured by this time. A low price is the only advantage - allows them to somehow compete with glass-ceramic. But still the time of the burner models passes, as the time of black and white TVs has passed. For example, in Europe, sales of such plates is less than 5% of sales of all electrical appliances of this series.
Transparent heat
Although it is believed that the electric stoves are invented relatively recently, it is not entirely true. The first models appeared in 1908 - precisely at this time the German company AEG reduced individual small facilities for cooking into a single whole.
In the market of imported electric stove at the moment, glass ceramics reigns. Well, it is quite explained - such plates have a lot of advantages over conformal models. The most important thing is the glass-ceramic material has a relatively low thermal inertia. This means that the stove is very quickly warmed up and coolers quickly. Ceran material from which its top panel is made truly wonderful. It has heat-polarizing properties - that is, it works well in a certain direction (in this case, vertical). As a result, the whole heat generated by heating elements enters the saucepans and frying pan, and the neighboring panel areas are almost not heated. In addition, Zeran carries out heat much better than has long been used for the manufacture of cast iron burners. So, more precisely, the cooking mode is observed, electricity is saved. Finally, such a slab is harder to burn if you accidentally touch the heating panel after a minute, another after its use.
As for rumors about the increased fragility of glass-ceramic panels, they are clearly untenable. As sellers of the plates tell, over the past five years they accounted for literally a few times faced with damage to this kind. The panels successfully withstand all types of loads found in normal household conditions. Of course, the punch of a sledgehammer for them is "lothely", but a fallen harm or a hard pot of harm does not cause them. Nevertheless, the stove, of course, requires accurate circulation.
The glass-ceramic is characterized by a smooth surface, which, if necessary, extremely comfortable and easy to clean. Everyone who at least once rubbed his slab from the swirl cocoa, will be able to evaluate this in dignity.
The main lack of glass-ceramic is a high price (up to half the cost of the entire plate). Manufacturing of ceranic plates - the procedure is extremely high-tech. Until now, in Europe there are only two plants for the production of glass-ceramic panels, which are equipped with absolutely all "starrow-referee" electric stoves.
Perhaps some investments will require the replacement of old kitchenware. For electric stoves, pots and frying pan are needed with a smooth bottom, which would well in contact with the working surface. Old curved aluminum bowls with a hillside will be extremely slow to heat up even on the most powerful burner.
Competitive microwave
Induction slabs impose special requirements for dishes. The main thing is that it is magnetized (for example, from steel or cast iron, even enamelled). Glass and ceramics on such a stove will not warm at all, but brass or aluminum - very weak.
Since new electric stove often has to be "squeezed" into the already established kitchen interior, manufacturers offer products of standard dimensions: 50 or 60 cm wide, 85-90 cm high and a depth of 60 cm. In addition to the detached plates on the market there are also built-in collected from cooking panels. and wind wardrobes. The embedded panels are produced with a width of 50, 60 or 80 cm and there are two types: independent of the brass control cabinet (such as the ZKL 64 N / x model from Zanussi) and the dependent (ENN 601 K from Electrolux). Wind cabinets also have a standard width (50 or 60 cm). If you wish, you can use a combination from the panels you like and the cabinet from different manufacturers.
Elements of equipment of electric stove
According to the principle of operation, the glass-ceramic plates do not differ from their burner "sisters": the heating element produces heat, and the glasskeeper serves as a "gear", replacing the cast-iron "pancake". However, heat sources in the glass-ceramic models are diverse in design. They can be performed, as in the conforing plates, in the form of a wire helix (radial-type burner), and also be special thermoelectric heaters of increased power (Hi-Light burner) or supplied with halogen heaters (halogen burners). The latter, based on infrared radiation, provide faster heating.
To devices that create comfortable working conditions on the stove include the light indicators of the residual temperature, the burners with the form variable in the form of the heating field, programmers, various types of grills, thermopland and blocking "protection of children".The light temperature indicator indicates that the burner after disconnecting is still heated above a certain temperature (usually 60C). This useful feature allows, on the one hand, to avoid burns, and on the other hand, choose another hot burner and save the cooking time in this way, as well as electricity. Almost all models of electric stove are equipped with respect to the residual temperature, except for the archaic.
For the convenience of culinary work, most of the glass-ceramic plates are equipped with one or two burners with a heating field variable. If necessary, you can increase it or decrease it. Or even give it an oblong shape (the so-called konfork- "Utyar"). In addition, the manufacturers of plates developed Hi-Light technology, which increases the power of the burners by 1.5-2 times.
Modern plates are mostly supplied with devices facilitating the work of the cook: a programmer, a digital indicator of the oven temperature, thermandom. The programmer allows you to specify the necessary time for switching on / off oven or burner and essentially is an advanced timer with the possibility of controlling the temperature mode. The controlling function is also performed by the operating temperature indicator and the thermopland - probe, which is stuck in the "body" of the prepared product and allows you to find out the temperature of its "internal organs".
Modern kitchen can be equipped with any necessary amount of cooking planes. The email control panel has not undergone significant changes over the past decades. Most models use the usual rotary heating controls of the burners. However, in some models (for example, COM 5120 VW from AEG and HEC 56PP from Gorenje) are provided with perfume handles, which undoubtedly facilitates the washing of the slab.
And last. Since the electric stove is still a "source of increased danger", it is desirable that it is blocked with "unauthorized access" (the "protection against children" function). As a rule, this "protection" is carried out using the button that must be kept for a few seconds in the pressed state so that the device earns. Of course, it will not be restarted from all, but the likelihood that small children will accidentally be burned, turning on some burner, significantly decreases.
Wheel out of the oven
The grills in the oven are used in the oven and quartz and on their device are not fundamentally different from the grills of microwave ovens (we talked about them in detail about them in the article "Grill Burnizhik not comrade").
Also, forced thermal cycling is also widely used (a special fan distributes hot air throughout the chamber volume). As a result, products placed at different levels of the brass cabinet are heated equally. In addition, ventilation allows the use of a convection grill, thanks to which an appetizing rosy crust is formed on baking or meat dishes.
In some models (for example, C 966 from Asko) there is a quick defrosting of products by combining slow heating and blowing air.
The principle of operation of induction plates is based on the circulation in the bottom of the metal dishes of the so-called vortex currents, which heat it, how any current heats the electrical wire. These induced currents are excited by an alternating electromagnetic field created by the inductor (coil). The current for the inductor is generated by an electric generator.
For obvious reasons, the oven is rather rapidly polluted, and they have to wash regularly. To facilitate this procedure in some models (COM 5120 VW of AEG, BIP 63 from Brandt et al.) The so-called pyrolysis purification is provided. It ensures the decomposition of fat residues on soluble substances and water under the influence of high temperature. The oven, equipped with this feature, no longer have to drag in the sweat of the face.If the electrical part to the ovens, as a rule, does not arise complaints, then with the "iron" far from all the plates of affairs are safe. We mean the most trivial nines, doors and mobile mechanisms (spit, grill, etc.). It is very important to check how smoothly, silently and without effort you will be able to pull the baking sheet. And then, you know, to pass off the jammed metal sheet from a hot oven - a lesson, worthy of brave guys from the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Some manufacturers offer ovens of a fundamentally new design - in the form of a drawer, in which the opponents are fixed (HL 62053 models, Siemens; HSN 382 B, Bosch; from 968, Asko). Such a device facilitates access to the prepared product, and burn it, on the contrary, it is harder. But this stove requires a larger space, and therefore, not suitable for any kitchen.
Some manufacturers offer combined gas electric plates (part of the burner gas, part electric). This is convenient for regions, in which the gas is periodically disconnected, then electricity. True, to another, coal-wood burner Western manufacturers have not yet thought ...
Another new market is a plate, equipped with two ovens (for example, EK 6171 from Electrolux or CE 9005 from BRANDT). According to the creators, the presence of large and small ovens "will allow you to approach the problem of time and energy resources more rationally." But it seems that such "spirituality" is needed, then far from every mistress.In our market there are widely represented foreign manufacturers of plates that have long won stable popularity. This is Bosch, Siemens, Miele, AEG (Germany); ELECTROLUX (Sweden); Ariston, Indesit (Italy); Asko (Finland); Gorenje (Slovakia) and many others. It is nice to note that in recent times, domestic "pledgets" was noticeably activated. Now they are also trying to conquer their market sector. The successes of Svi OJSC are especially indicative - they have mastered the release of glass-ceramic models, and the design is quite decent. And the prices, you know, are lower than on similar models from abroad.
The possibility of forced ventilation gives electrophists a big advantage over the ovens of gas - after all, in the latter, it is impossible to blow the chamber because of the danger to extinguish the flame. As a result, many gas plates have recently been also supplied with electrical ovens.
Since electric stoves deal with electromagnetic fields, the question is, the question is, is not harmful to this technique for our health. So, all electrical appliances sold in Russia are subject to sanitary and hygienic certification, during which the types of their impact on humans are checked. If the goods have a hygienic certificate, security is guaranteed (of course, subject to the operational rules).In conclusion, I would like to say a few words about the installation of electric stoves. If its appearance in your kitchen was provided in advance and in the room there are appropriate electrical discs, the installation of the device will not be much difficult. But when it comes to, say, about a private country house, not ready for receiving such a powerful "tenant", some problems may arise. Electric stove requires high power (up to 5-8 kW), so it requires a special eyeliner with a grounding, which only qualified electricians should be mounted.
Characteristics of some electroplit models
| Manufacturer* | Model | Dimensions, see | Heating method ** | Elements of equipment | Price, $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zvi, Russia (20) | Zvi 407. | 85 x 60 x 60 | E. | Adapted to power grids with a limitation of power consumption, a penny grill, convection | 210. |
| Zvi 5120. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Residual Heat Indicator, Accelerated Heating, Tennic Grill, Convection | 400. | |
| AEG, Germany (8) | COM 5110 VW. | 85 x 60 x 50 | TO | Konforks with a variable heating zone and stepless adjustment of temperature, multifunctional oven, convection | 1400. |
| COM 5120 VW. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Konforks with a variable concentric heating zone, drilled handles, multifunctional oven, convection, pyrolysis | 1350. | |
| Ariston, Italy (8) | From 6V9 M (W) | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | 4 radial heating zones, multifunctional oven | 530. |
| From 6V9 P (a) | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Changeable heating zones, multifunctional oven, Anthracite finish | 520. | |
| Asko, Finland (6) | C 910. | 90 x 50 x 60 | E. | Convection grill | 350. |
| C 955. | 90 x 50 x 60 | TO | Convection Grill, Defrost mode, Heating elements of ultrafast heating Hi-Light, Kidlock lock system | 700. | |
| C 966. | 90 x 60 x 60 | TO | 2 ovens, convection grill, defrost mode, heating elements of ultrafast heating Hi-Light | 830. | |
| Bosch, Germany (21) | HL 62053. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Convection grill, double-circuit burner, hardware with an oval heating area, oven with advanced sidelines | 1100. |
| HSN 202 KRF. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Tennic grill, residual heat indicator | 420. | |
| HSN 252 W. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | White cooking panel, 4 rapid heating burners, double-circuit hardware, dishes box | 640. | |
| Brandt, France (9) | BIP 63. | 85 x 62 x 60 | TO | Convection grill, multifunctional oven, programmer, pyrolysis | 1200. |
| CE 9005. | 85 x 60 x 90 | AND | 2 ovens, convection grill, touch control panel, programmer, 7 lower ovens heating modes | 3500. | |
| Gorenje, Slovakia (15) | EC233 B. | 85 x 60 x 50 | TO | Three-conforming, penny grill | 360. |
| HEC 50 PP. | 85 x 60 x 60 | TO | Touch control of overall and burners, double-circuit burners | 980. | |
| Kaiser, Germany (16) | C502.60 | 85 x 60 x 50 | TO | 4 oven heating programs, defrosting mode | 530. |
| C502.834 TE KD. | 85 x 60 x 50 | TO | Heating elements of ultrafast heating Hi-Light, "Gooseman", 8 oven heating programs, defrost mode, programmer | 750. | |
| E501.81. | 85 x 60 x 50 | E. | Convection oven, spit, telescopic baking sheets, programmer, termond | 315. | |
| E602.81TE | 85 x 60 x 60 | E. | 8 Heating Programs Oven, Spit, Telescopic Nints, Programmer, Termeond | 410. |
* - in brackets indicated the number of models offered by the company
** - K - from the glass-ceramic panel, e - from electrical heating elements, and induction.