Plate - an integral attribute of any kitchen , you can say "holy of holies" of each hostess. And you will agree, with today's development of scientific and technological progress this device bears not only the main function of cooking. Modern plates are so good that they can become a full element of the decor of your kitchen. Well and about multifunctionality of these household devices and to speak it is not necessary. Recently, the popularity is gaining an electric cooker from glass ceramics.
Glass-ceramic electric cookers
Glass-ceramic plates appeared on our markets relatively recently. Looks such an electric stove is rather unusual: instead of bulging out burners it is covered with a smooth mirror surface. The burners on it are simply indicated. Glass ceramics tolerates high temperatures (up to 600 ⁰С!), But this is not its main advantage. The material has a unique thermal conductivity, so that the plate heats up almost instantly. This is not really relevant for those housewives who have electric stoves of other types, where the hot plates are heated for a relatively long time. In addition, the glass-ceramic plate also cools down almost immediately, because of what it is impossible to burn with the device.
Despite the fact that these devices are expensive, they are more than compensate for their heat conduction - after all, only the hotplate is heated, the heat is not given to the entire surface.
Of course, glass ceramics have their drawbacks. First, it requires special care. The ingress of sugar, cold water, plastic onto its surface does not affect its condition in the best way. Complexities arise and with what to wash the electric plate from glass-ceramics. For this purpose, only a special tool is suitable. It is applied to the surface, ground with a paper towel or napkin, then rinsed off with a damp cloth and at the end polished dry. Secondly, not all dishes are suitable for such plates. The dishes should be with a thick and even matt bottom without damage and preferably with the label "for glass ceramics". In addition, despite its strength, the glass-ceramic plate is sensitive to pinpoint impacts.
How to choose an electric cooker from glass ceramics?
Before the high-grade electric cooker from glass ceramics manufacturers produced a hob that was built into the kitchen set. However, in view of the popularity of devices, many brands started selling high-grade kitchen electric stoves.
Before you buy a kitchen attribute, decide for yourself what you need - a built-in electric cooker-panel made of glass ceramics or a stand-alone model. The latter version is equipped with an oven . Note that some surfaces are controlled from the oven panel, that is, they are dependent. Independent surfaces, respectively, are controlled autonomously.
The control at the glass ceramic electric stove is most often sensory, which makes it possible to regulate the burner more conveniently, more smoothly and clearly. Yes, and care for the touch keys is much easier. In addition, such plates, as a rule, are multifunctional. But models with mechanical
When choosing a ceramic cooker, pay attention to the type of burners. Rapid, in which a nichrome spiral is used as a heating element, they heat up from 5 to 12 seconds. Halogen burners, powered by a spiral and halogen lamp, are heated in 1-2 seconds. Induction hotplates are heated by creating an electromagnetic field.
As for manufacturers, the lower price segment is represented by products from Mora and Beko. Multifunctional models, both built-in panels and stand-alone panels are represented by such brands as Electrolux, Ardo, Bosch, Whirlpool, Zanussi, Samsung, Indesit, Hansa.