How many small appliances are in your kitchen?
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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 MoreWhere do you keep your infrequently used small appliances?
Comments (21)My infrequently used ones are stored in my big closet with my other food processing equipment. That includes my four pressure canners, meat and grain grinder, meat slicer, tortilla maker and the steamer, though I think I'd use the steamer more if I moved it and stopped forgetting I own it. I keep my vacuum sealer there, and the big crock pot and 18 qt electric roaster. I also have a blender in there that I about never use. I keep the cast iron there, it's for emergency use on the wood stove if the electricity goes out. The rest are in the kitchen, and I made lots of extra storage for them as I'm a small appliance junky. Belgian waffle iron Electric skillet Rice maker two crock pots Electric wok Ice cream maker (not used that often though) Two stand mixers (one is heavy duty for making bread) hand held mixer stick blender Coffee grinder The coffee maker is the only item that stays out on the counter Not long ago we finally got the window seat done, and that gave me three more drawers for storage. Right now they have my cake pans and other baking equipment that was overflowing from other areas. At one time I though I could store everything in the kitchen, but I keep finding more stuff I want for the kitchen....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 MoreDo you unplug your small appliances?
Comments (65)We look like huge electric hogs compared to our neighbors. Majority of homes here use gas to heat, cook, and for hot water. We have an all electric house so the chart has our electric use way above our neighbors. bleusblue2 ya sure it probably a waste of energy, but it can't be that much of a waste for it to only equal $1.95 a year. Sure we all like lower electric bills, but I am not crawling behind furniture to unplug phone chargers every time i'm not using them. We don't have tiers in electric rates here, brown outs or black outs from electric usage. Coal that is used to generate the electric is a natural resource here. Along with natural gas and plenty of water....See More- 8 years ago
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