How many small appliances are in your kitchen?
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Comments (16)The Miele speed ovens will serve quite well as a microwave so long as you can live without the popcorn/defrost/dedicated functions available with one button push. The unit does have a minute plus button that will, with one push, start the microwave, so you can do a coffee reheat, melt butter, etc. But for more complex microwaving, you need to go into the menu structure to select power, duration, etc. But it is an excellent microwave. Instead of turning the food on a turntable, it turns the antenna! The big charm of the things is that they can convection bake, broil, or microwave, or all of the above, concurrently. There are modes you can dial up that will heat up the oven cavity using the heating elements and then inject some microwaves periodically, greatly speeding up the baking, but with results like the dish was baked in a standard oven. Our speed oven has taken over as the go-to oven in our house for most stuff. It won't do pizza very well (you need bottom heat for that) but for most dinners where you are serving one baked dish with sides, it rocks. Here's the deal, though. If you decide on a speed oven you will have to plan for a 220-240V circuit to power it....See MoreHow many square feet is your kitchen?
Comments (41)This is an ancient thread. (Hello from 2017!!) I wanted to briefly chime in for anyone perusing this thread for information regarding an older home that has like victoriajane and another poster which has lots of entryways and confusing layouts for walls. I have chosen for my guesthouse to have what is called an 'unfitted kitchen' It is well used in England. It's more like armoires and dressers look. Take a gander on the internet. Bing.com seems to have better photo selections for this than Google, FYI. I wish everyone the very best on their journey to a happy and productive kitchen and home....See MoreMedium-size kitchen owners, how many appliances do you have?
Comments (15)I think the best way to address your concerns is to ask yourself.. How do I cook now (or in your "before" kitchen)? Am I happy the way everything works? How can it be better? Is there anything you keep wishing you had--to use--while cooking in your "before" kitchen? What was definitely not working? What worked just fine? The answers will tell you whether you will use all those appliances and if you need the sizes you have. These are the questions I asked myself...and the answers helped me eliminate some, add others. Here are the details...what drove my appliance (and other) decisions as well as the results... Oh but first, my kitchen is basically 10'6" x 15'8" with one wall extending another 6' where the original house design called for the washer & dryer. The old W/D area that I had converted to a walk-in pantry was demolished and became the location of the corner pantry & ovens. In my old kitchen, I had a 36" double-bowl (equal sized bowls) sink, 36" standard depth refrigerator, 24" DW, 30" range, & large/family size countertop MW (sitting on an inexpensive MW cart). We're just a 4-person family but I often end up cooking two meals, or at least 1-1/2 meals every night...b/c I have Celiac Disease but my family does not (and I have decided not to force the rest of my family to go gluten-free!) I frequently ran into the problem of needing to use the oven at different temperatures for the same meal, use the MW for differently cooked veggies, etc. This meant that I often had food sitting out that had to be warmed up to eat (or I just resigned myself to making my food after everyone else's was done!) My DH cleans up and we were constantly bumping into each other while I was prepping and he was cleaning up (we only had 24" b/w the only sink & range). We also seemed to be constantly competing for the sink even though it had 2 bowls. When I baked, I had no room to work...basically either the kitchen table (it was an eat-in kitchen) or the 24" b/w the range & sink. It was the worst b/w Thanksgiving & Christmas, but it was pretty bad the rest of the year as well. So, when I designed my new kitchen, I took all those things into account; so I have... A kitchen that has cabinets & counter in a shallow "U" (I love the "U" shape!) plus along the window wall (where the table used to be...in a very tight space!) 36" double-bowl (1-1/2) main/cleanup sink in front of the bay window. The larger bowls fits my largest pan & cookie sheet flat. 15-3/4" square prep sink on the other side, where the cooking appliances are 30" MW drawer (crucial!) 36" Cooktop...OK, I probably don't need a 36" but I wanted the warming element + a bridge element and none of the 30" cooktops had both. 30" warming drawer...that I use 5 or 6 nights out of 7. I'd rather heat up a shallow WD than a 30" oven for warming, especially in the summer. 30" double ovens, w/Trivection on the top & convection on the bottom (Trivection combines......See MoreSustainable kitchen appliances - Small Space Kitchens
Comments (1)You might want to check out these youtube videos that illustrate small space design. These spaces' kitchens contain compact appliances of the type you might be in: Never Too Small Trailer Kirsten Dirksen tiny house videos Also RV appliances (Many commenters on Houzz have houses with ginormous kitchens: 48" stoves, 36" refrigerators, multiple ovens, etc.)...See More- 8 years ago
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