The popularity of the built-in cooking panels is explained by their convenience. They are compact and functional, in need of them it is easy to replace, besides they open new opportunities of arrangement of kitchen. The high-quality cooking panel is more convenient than normal plate, and significantly facilitates cooking process.
1. Choose type of the built-in cooking panel. These devices are electric and gas. Electrical cooking panels are safe, almost do not demand leaving and can be equipped set of useful functions. On the other hand, they need a lot of time for warming up and cooling of rings, besides for cooking on such cooking panel it is necessary to buy special ware with equal bottom which diameter coincides with diameter of ring. Gas cooking panels significantly cheaper in operation, besides, you should not wait for every time until the ring gets warm up to the necessary temperature. However they are not too safe, and have rather small amount of functions.
2. Choose material of which the cooking panel has to be manufactured. The cheapest option is panels with the enameled surface. They are resistant to temperature drops and are esthetic, however they can be damaged, having dropped heavy frying pan on enamel, having spilled acetic acid, etc. Panels from stainless steel are more expensive, but at the same time they it is stronger and more reliable, to them neither blows, nor influence of acids are terrible. However such panels require regular care, and for their cleaning it is necessary to buy special cleaning agents. Glass ceramics – the most expensive, but also most esthetic and reliable option. Besides cooking panels from this material are quite safe as the glass ceramics differs in low heat conductivity so the panel remains cold even in couple of centimeters from the lit ring.
3. Decide what has to be the cooking panel – dependent or independent. The first option is relevant in case you are going to use the device together with oven. The second option is suitable for those people who want to use the cooking panel separately or do not plan purchase of oven. Independent panels are especially convenient that they can be built in anywhere and to place in any part of kitchen. Dependent cooking surfaces together with oven become excellent replacement of normal plate.