Kitchen Stove Options?

[onthesoi]

I'm not familiar with Thai brands, warranties, retailers etc & only ever used gas/electric rings back in falangland so looking for some advice.

 

My first choice would be a portable gas stove with two rings.  Gas is controllable(heats and cools quickly via the knob) and cheap.  However, I live in a gated community which is owned by my employer and they have a rule against LPG bottles in their apartments.  Although, I noticed in the 'community restaurant' they use what looks like a gas ring attached/welded? directly to the top of an LPG bottle....Yikes!!!!  There are other rules which are broken on a daily basis by the residents and even though I could safely cook on the balcony, hidden from view, I worry about the hassle of sneaking a new gas bottle past security every few months. ....so I'm putting the LPG option on a back burner for now to consider other stove types.

 

I haven't noticed any of the big department stores selling conventional, plug into the wall, electric ring stoves.   Maybe the current requirement is too high to use a plug?

 

The one ring induction stoves seem more popular, although I read somewhere they only work with certain types of pot.

http://shopping.robinson.co.th/search?q=cooker&button=SEARCH

 

I was hoping to use 100% stainless steel type pots like those found at Ikea

http://www.ikea.com/th/en/search/?query=Stainless+steel+cooking+pot&category=products&range_subcategory=20633

 

I will be using the stove mainly to rustle up big pots of soup, pasta, stews etc as well as thai food, so thinking 1x 10lt, 1x 5lt and one or two smaller sauce pans. All 100% stainless steel, probably bought from Ikea.

 

According to the sales person in Robinsons Bang Na, if their stove tops fail under warranty, Robinsons will do the leg work and send them back to the manufacturer for you, so all you have to do is return them to the store.

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[onthesoi]

100% SS pots can be used with induction hobs....

[tutsiwarrior]

make sure your cookware does not have any coating (teflon, etc) or it won't work with an induction ring...check the specific manufacturers recommendations...

 

I cooked with that arrangement for a year in my little beach bungalow in VN and they are good for big one pot items like you describe... the heat is difficult to control like for sauteing onions and garlic with curry spices, etc but you eventually get useta it...

 

I useta do big pots of ratatouille and pot au feu...I had a colleague who was a big frenchman an we useta go down the market and check out the veges and meat together, discuss recipes...'you don't put no garlic in pot au feu?' 'jamais!'

[needforspeed]

Just visit Boonthavorn.

[Deepinthailand]

Teflon coated frying pans work fine on induction rings it's all about the base. Look on packaging it will tell you what things are suitable for. I use both gas and induction rings gas outside and two single induction rings inside. Both do the job fine I suspect gas works out a lot cheaper. 

[seajae]

make sure you buy the heavier based pots/frypans or they burn everything to easily. You can always look at  butane gas cookers, I used them in Australia, pretty good and reliable, I have seen them here, they are either a single or double burner that are in a plastic carry case and they use a small can of gas that does last well and they are cheap to buy(can buy then in a 6 pack), will make getting them into the building easy as they can be in your shopping. You can see the size of the can in the pics below in a one burner one,  the two burner model uses the same and they are easy to put away when you finish cooking

[onthesoi]

Hmmnn, the Primus stove looks interesting, I used a Primus for camping years ago and it worked well for light use, but I'm wondering how it would fare as a work horse for everyday household cooking & if buying gas in small cans would be come expensive?

 

On the induction stove front:

The Electrolux looks good and has a two year warranty.

 

For more Baht, the next model up has "Two automatic cooking functions (Hot Pot and Keep Warm)" which sounds like it might be useful for slow cooking on a low heat....

 

 

Both come with free next delivery and 14 day return policy.

[pgrahmm]

 

Get yourself a small electric stove top for your pot & pan stuff.....

THEN - get yourself one of these amazing things for your microwave.... It's a MW pressure cooker that also can be used for big meal serving up to 3# of meat.....I've made everything from 3# Corned Beef/cabbage/potatoes (same time all at once in about an hour) to meatloafs & cakes, soups.....It's amazing what they can do once you are used to using it.....Painless with easy clean up....Only held back by your imagination...

There's no clue the food was prepared in a MW ......Helped me a lot as a single dad with little spare time... 

 

Food for thought.....

[Dunsparce]

Do not buy kitchenware from ikea. I bought a stove once and it broke down in 3 months.

[pgrahmm]

  On 10/25/2016 at 2:27 PM, pgrahmm said:

 

Get yourself a small electric stove top for your pot & pan stuff.....

THEN - get yourself one of these amazing things for your microwave.... It's a MW pressure cooker that also can be used for big meal serving up to 3# of meat.....I've made everything from 3# Corned Beef/cabbage/potatoes (same time all at once in about an hour) to meatloafs & cakes, soups.....It's amazing what they can do once you are used to using it.....Painless with easy clean up....Only held back by your imagination...

There's no clue the food was prepared in a MW ......Helped me a lot as a single dad with little spare time... 

 

Food for thought.....

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Note - does not always have to be used as a pressure cooker, can be used as a regular cooking vessel....I made some meatloafs in there that people had no clue it was made in a MW.....

[newatthis]

  On 10/27/2016 at 11:20 AM, pgrahmm said:

 

Note - does not always have to be used as a pressure cooker, can be used as a regular cooking vessel....I made some meatloafs in there that people had no clue it was made in a MW.....

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Where did you buy, pgrahmm?

[pgrahmm]

  On 10/28/2016 at 2:19 AM, newatthis said:

Where did you buy, pgrahmm?

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I bought mine (which I brought here & use) through ebay I believe..... When I was a single Dad I had 2 - those I bought at a store but unsure which...I'm sure Nordic Ware has them available online.....

I'm sure some stores in the US carry them but I'm here now....

They also probably have available online.....

[pgrahmm]

Amazon says free shipping & ships here.....Mine is 10+ years & still going strong.....

[Kwasaki]

What's a kitchen stove.  

[tutsiwarrior]

^ it's what americans call a 'cooker' in brit language...

 

'that's quite a stove that you've got there...'

 

'wot?...it's me cooker!'

 

('cookah')