Recessed work surfaces: selection features

Recessed work surfaces are machinesmodernity and future. On any, even the smallest, kitchen, it is much easier to place a cooking surface than a standard gas or electric cooker. Moreover, the choice is very rich. Often this can be a problem: it's hard to decide. To facilitate the task, we will understand some technical points.

By type of connection, the built-in working surfaces are:

combined;
electric;
gas.

The easiest way to determine this criterion is: what kind suits you most, that and choose. The most convenient, of course, combined recessed work surfaces. You can always cook something, even if suddenly turn off the gas / electricity. The disadvantages of this choice can be attributed to the price: this type of equipment is already quite expensive, and the combined options are the most expensive of all available assortment.

By designation, the built-in working surfaces are of the following types:

Hob (set of hotplates of different shapesand diameter), can be spilled into the oven or into the countertop. Unlike the usual kitchen stoves, the number of burners can be from two to six, so it's not a problem to choose the right option for any family.
Fryer, grill, steamer - auxiliary surfaces with limited functions. To save space, they can be mounted as a modular series.

Here with a choice too all more or less simply. The hob is installed in 99% of cases, but you can choose additional surfaces if you want.

Burners can be:

Express - for rapid heating. Most often, the element is quickly heated up to a certain temperature (set by means of a regulator), then a slow decrease in temperature.
Oval shape. All the burners have a circular shape, but some have an additional area that is turned on if necessary (for example, if an oval dish is used).
Multicontour: have two or three concentric circles of different diameters. Including contours of different diameters, select the size of the burner under the dishes.
A multi-row gas burner has three or two rows of flame. This allows you to speed up the cooking process.

By the principle of installation of embedded workerssurfaces are dependent and independent. Dependent surfaces can be placed only in conjunction with the oven: the control panel they have one for two devices. The built-in countertops and coating are different: stainless steel, glass-ceramic, enameled, tempered glass (there is even a mirror surface).

In addition to all these technical and aestheticmoments, you have to choose another manufacturer. The situation, as with all home appliances: there are proven and well-known brands, and there are more budgetary, but almost unknown. What to choose is up to you. But, judging by the reviews, the preferences are often given to the untwisted brands. So, many purchase built-in working surfaces of Bosch, Samsung, Hotpoint-Ariston, Zanussi, Whirpool and some other companies. But this is only the choice of the majority.

Finally, choosing a model, do not forget aboutillumination of the working surface: this is necessary to increase the comfort of use. True, with good lighting, you will often have to wipe the surface - even minor impurities are visible and spoil the appearance.