ᐅ Flexible cooktop / flexible induction / teppanyaki

Hello everyone,
we are currently configuring the kitchen. When it comes to the cooktop, we are a bit uncertain about the choice. In the past, there was the classic setup based on the (round) size of the pots, possibly with a roasting zone, or should we go for a fully flexible cooktop that automatically detects the shape, size, and position of the pots.

Alternatively, maybe a combination of both options??? That way, it might also be possible to use a Teppanyaki attachment...

Teppanyaki Attachment

I've been around for so long in life and still had to look it up on Aunt Google to recognize a kitchen gadget.

Best regards, Bauexperte

Bauexperte schrieb:
"Teppanyaki attachment"

There I have been all this time and actually had to look it up on Aunt Google first to recognize a kitchen gadget

Regards, Bauexperte

I hadn’t known that either

But I do know our Neff stove from the ’90s (TT 4597), which has, among other things, two flexible cooking zones on the left and right. You can use each either as one large zone or as four smaller zones in total. I would estimate about 40x20cm (16x8 inches) of usable surface area per flexible zone (or half of that if you want two zones each).

It’s really practical and I wouldn’t want to be without it anymore...

nordanney schrieb:
It also has two flexible cooking zones on the left and right. You can either use each as one large zone or split them into a total of four smaller zones.

So basically, it’s 5 cooking zones in total, where the two outer zones can be combined into one large zone each.
I don’t really have pots that need such a large rectangular cooking surface, and I’m not very skilled in the kitchen anyway, but do you actually use it that often?

With fully dynamic cooktops (where the whole surface detects where a pot is and generates the magnetic field exactly there), I’m not sure what happens if you want to move a pot off the zone because it’s getting too hot—does the cooktop zone itself shift automatically then?

A combined cooking surface like this is also suitable, for example, for keeping items warm in three smaller pots while you cook steaks to perfection on another burner.

kbt09 schrieb:
A combined cooking area is also suitable for keeping several smaller pots warm at the same time, while you may be searing steaks on another burner

That can be one reason.

However, if you are cooking for five people every day, you will appreciate that the large pan, spaghetti pot, roasting pan, or whatever you use comfortably fits on the large cooking area.
You also don’t have to worry about positioning the pan precisely on a round burner or if it might be partially outside the hot zone.

@hbf12: If you move the pot or pan, the heating zone moves accordingly. That’s how I understand it.