Induction Cooker

kimwp

coffeehound said:

kimwp said:

People have mentioned a requirement for a vent, but I'm wondering if this is a requirement for a fitted hob.

Is that an extractor hood?  Some say an induction hob needs a wider hood than other hobs since the 'plume' spreads out more

Why would the plume spread more?

coffeehound

Apparently it's because there isn't all the extra heat blasting up the sides of the pans keeping the steam going straight upwards -- instead it's free to spread out

kimwp

coffeehound said:

Apparently it's because there isn't all the extra heat blasting up the sides of the pans keeping the steam going straight upwards -- instead it's free to spread out

Oh wow! 

Turns out the vent (under the hob) they were talking about was needed due to a fancy in hob extractor (Bora hob)

Albermarle

FreeBear said:

Albermarle said:

kimwp said:

Thank you everyone! I went for it in the end - a clearance offer on AO meant that delivery, unpack and removal of the old cooker was £745 and the manual gave me confidence that there are at least half settings, as the Neff described above has. A survey of family and the posts above gave me confidence that 18 settings would be more than enough. There were only two cheaper ones and they didn't have some other features I wanted. The cheapest was £540, so the £150 one bought by a poster above was a good deal!

Presume you are aware that a new electric oven and induction hob will need to be hard wired into a 'cooker circuit' . It can not just be plugged in with a standard 13A plug.
You will need an electrician to do this . A small job if the cooker circuit is already there and OK. A bigger job if not. 

As long as a new circuit is not required, then any competent person can wire in a cooker. It doesn't need to be an electrician (especially at the rates some of them charge).

OK agreed !

OP - Wired in means connecting the cooker to an existing cooker/30A point.
If a new point/isolation switch/circuit  etc has to be fitted first, then you need an electrician.

Snuggles

Hi OP, random question, but I've been thinking of buying this cooker myself (the AEG CIB6732). Would be really grateful if you could confirm how many shelves it comes with in the main oven? Was concerned as the AO spec says it comes with only 1 shelf.

kimwp

Snuggles said:

Hi OP, random question, but I've been thinking of buying this cooker myself (the AEG CIB6732). Would be really grateful if you could confirm how many shelves it comes with in the main oven? Was concerned as the AO spec says it comes with only 1 shelf.

Hi snuggles, yep, of course, it's not arriving til the tenth, drop me a message if I don't remember.

tarekac

If you're going from electric then I would recommend it 100% but I wouldn't go from gas to induction, they are responsive but not as responsive as gas which would always win for me. If we had gas line already to the cooker, we would have gone with gas. Induction is ok if you do light cooking 1-2 pans at a time anything more (especially on smaller surfaces) they are a pain - not to mention the constant beeping! 

DullGreyGuy

tarekac said:

If you're going from electric then I would recommend it 100% but I wouldn't go from gas to induction, they are responsive but not as responsive as gas which would always win for me. If we had gas line already to the cooker, we would have gone with gas. Induction is ok if you do light cooking 1-2 pans at a time anything more (especially on smaller surfaces) they are a pain - not to mention the constant beeping! 

I think there is much more variance in induction than there are in gas hobs. You can get 13amp hobs that absolutely can only power 1-2 rings but you can get some that are 45amp which are more than capable of using all 4-5 rings.

As to beeping, that sounds like a setting that needs changing, ours only beeps when the timer goes off (which can be set per ring if you want)

There are downsides, costs being the main one, but there are plenty of positives like easy of cleaning, much reduced hot surfaces etc. The one I really like is that all of the rings are the same output so I can easily shuffle pans around and keep them at a constant temp whereas with the last gas hob it had 5 rings of 4 different sizes/outputs and so switching a pan from one ring to another was guesswork of how much you need to adjust the dial to factor in that you are going from the medium to large ring etc.  

kimwp

tarekac said:

If you're going from electric then I would recommend it 100% but I wouldn't go from gas to induction, they are responsive but not as responsive as gas which would always win for me. If we had gas line already to the cooker, we would have gone with gas. Induction is ok if you do light cooking 1-2 pans at a time anything more (especially on smaller surfaces) they are a pain - not to mention the constant beeping! 

Thanks Tarekac. It's more for the air quality in the house and the environmental impact.

kimwp

Aeg replied to my question, the increments are only halves, despite the markings on the knobs making it look like finer adjustments would be possible.