Do you want to cook like a professional chef? One of the latest trends in kitchen remodeling is upgrading to professional-grade appliances. Consumers increasingly crave the ability to cook delicious dishes like those they try at high-end restaurants, or want to replicate the fine cuisine they see on cooking shows. Professional kitchens offer greater capacity, control, speed and power. Also, they are easier to clean.
Before you invest, review your options and consider how you cook. If you don’t cook as much as a gourmet and like the look, you’re better off installing conventional appliances with stainless steel finishes. On the other hand, if you want superior cooking capacity and performance, the professional grade is usually the way to go.
What are your options in a gourmet kitchen?
Professionally equipped kitchens may include: a top-of-the-line refrigerator, high-end gas stove and oven, two dishwashers, a wine fridge, multiple sinks, pot filler faucet, deep fryer, indoor grill, and oven wood fired pizza oven, to name a few special features. Some experts warn that professional-grade products are worth investing in because these appliances are solidly built, use sturdier components, and will last much longer than typical consumer products. On the other hand, professional-grade stoves, refrigerators, and other appliances typically take up more space than their residential counterparts, so don’t consider them unless your kitchen remodeling project includes a lot of space.
Professional grade appliances are durable and flexible
Professional-grade ovens and stoves are popular with many weekend cooks. They provide greater control, offering ultra-low and ultra-high settings. Many include features like two ovens (to allow cooking two things at different temperatures), warming drawers, built-in griddles, low-temperature simmer burners, and interior grills. Most come with at least six burners, providing a power output of up to 15,000 BTUs, 50 percent more than typical consumer units. They also come with heavier grates, larger burners, and other useful features.
There are some drawbacks too. Professional grade ranges are heavy. Talk to your kitchen remodeling company about a larger range early in the planning stages. They may require installation on a special concrete pad, often require fire protection and high powered ventilation which your kitchen remodeler can discuss with you. These devices are much more expensive to purchase and operate.
A professional refrigerator seems like a no-brainer, even if you’re not much of a cook; everyone needs to store food, right? However, these refrigerators are designed to store ingredients for people who do a lot of cooking. Will you be using all that extra space? If yes, these fridges offer a variety of great features, such as the ability to set different compartments at different temperatures and superior door seals. They also tend to be wider and shallower, allowing them to blend in with the outline of your kitchen cabinets and making it easier to see the contents of the refrigerator.
