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Dual fuel range and induction cooktop???

3 years ago

Hi everyone. This is my first post. Questions and answers on here are so helpful, and we’re hoping you will impart your wisdom.

We’re starting long-awaited major kitchen remodel in a few months, so currently in design phase. Budget isn’t unlimited, but ample. Kitchen plan is very open, low on wall space. We are a large family of 7, including 2 grandmas who eat with us every night (ie we all cook a lot). Current plan has 48” dual fuel range with griddle, with combi steam oven and speed oven on wall. However, while I want open flame gas burners, my husband wants induction.

Here is dilemma...without giving up the coffee/wine station, we don’t have enough wall space to add a convection oven or two, so I need to stick with a range rather than cooktops.

What do you think about adding a 2-burner induction cooktop next to the 48” range? Will that look weird? Another solution is perhaps to put the wall ovens under the counter, but that configuration doesn’t work super well in the space.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

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lucky998877

3 years ago

Who does most of the cooking?

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Patrick Cash
3 years ago
SKS had a 48 inch range with gas and induction burners, a steam assist convection main oven and a combisteam small oven.

https://lg-sks-content.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/2020-09/sksdr480sis_48-inch_dual-fuel_pro_range_with_sous_vide_and_induction-spec_sheet.pdf
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Researching 48" ranges. It seems everyone has a different combination of features, making it hard to do apples-to-apples comparisons. For the range top, everyone has grills vs griddles, but SKS really is the outlier with induction + sous vide. I LOVE the induction option, as there's no waste heat or combustion products (particulates, NO2, CO and CO2) to get rid of. My wife is dead set on gas, regardless of health effects, so I'm hoping this gets her slowly warmed up to induction cooking. However, I'm far less excited about the sous vide d/t plastic bags. (IMO there are 2 types of plastics: those linked to cancer and those that will be linked to cancer, plus fertility rates have been dropping and it's thought to be linked to plastics. Has anyone used the sous vide compartment without the vacuum bags, maybe as a steamer? But with the steam combi oven, a pure steamer seems to be wasted valuable counter space. Maybe can get a scrap piece of counter material and use it as additional landing space for cooking? Can it be replaced with another induction setup? For the small oven, I like the potential for reducing clutter by eliminating a countertop appliance. Most 48" ranges just have a small convection oven (eliminates toaster oven, possibly an air fryer), Miele has a speed oven (eliminates a MWO), Thermador and SKS have a combi-steam oven, which eliminates a separate combi-steam oven, which could save you $2500-4000. So while each small oven option eliminates a countertop appliance, the combi-steam seems to saves you the most money on the purchase of said item.
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delray33483
3 years ago
I would ditch the griddle part and go 6 burners - more flexibility. Add a cast iron griddle as needed on the burners, The 2 burner induction top is going to look weird - wouldn't do it.

you are going to need some serious hood above the 48 inch unit. Bigger number than you think
lucky998877
3 years ago
I would not skip the griddle, I use mine ALL the time (family of 6)! My 48" range came with 7 burners, I leave my griddle in place. I have a carbon steel griddle also, more work to always pull it out and store afterwards...if you really use it a lot.
jwvideo
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
When thinking about adding a two burner induction cooktop (a/k/a "domino") next to a 48" range, have you considered what you will have to do for a range hood?

FWIW, besides the SKS range that Patrick Cash mentioned, I think Fisher & Paykel now has a 48" dual-dual fuel stove with electric ovens, 4 gas burners and 4 induction burners. Might be worth researching if it sounds like an acceptable compromise.

On built in griddles, there have been many threads on that subject here. There is no "rule" or consensus on them. Some brands seem better than others for usability, evenness of heating, and cleaning. Some people love them, some hate them, some find them hard to clean, some are happy with 24" or even 48" wide carbon steel or aluminum stove top griddles, some hate dealing with both stovetop and built-in models.
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User
3 years ago
You’d have a far better setup with induction, and under counter ovens. And skip the gas entirely.
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rstaplet1
Original Author
2 years ago
Thank you all for your opinions. Still deciding!!
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