Planning kitchen appliances. How to proceed. Market is not clear

In practice, it has often happened to me that one plate was set to boost, and the second plate was turned down from the side. And I have often missed the 5th plate as well. It probably depends on the cooking habits. And the connection value is very meaningful to me. With induction, the losses are very low. Therefore, even a good cooktop cannot conjure up more power than stated on the rating plate.

You did not understand me, maybe it is also not possible for you.

Don't worry, I don't want to speak badly about your Neff. I have never seen a Neff from the inside, so I can't say anything about that.

But if I already have 3 phases there and need a new cooktop anyway, why not.

Nobody says anything against the 5th plate, it is very useful. Usable well but only from 80cm.

I don’t understand the downregulation problem. 2x Boost at the same time works. Also with Neff. You just briefly switch to the roasting field. The difference in heating time due to the "missing" kW is somewhere between irrelevant and negligible.

Again: When do you even need that? Do you have to provide 3x boiling water at the same time and against the clock? If yes, then there is a planning error beforehand...

Otherwise, my advice stands: Take 80cm. Whether 8 or 11 kW is a minor detail.

I don't disagree with that either. I have never had a 60 cm induction cooktop, and will probably never have one.

For instance: The pressure cooker is currently heating up on boost on the back left. Something is also simmering on the front left. On the front right, the water is boiling on boost. Now, the large 32 cm pan goes on the big burner at the back right... tadaa... now I obviously want the boost for the large pan, so I have to turn the water from boost down to level 4.

Of course, that's never a problem. You just lower the power. But why not take advantage of it if a new purchase is pending anyway? In any case, there are often situations for me where I would have needed at least boost and a high level. And a 5th burner. And with a 5th burner, in my opinion only 11 kW makes sense.

For example, I also have a Neff oven/steam cooker (I love the Slide&Hide) and a microwave, and I am very satisfied. Only with the cooktop did I simply like the Siemens. 2x flex zones, a zone in the middle for my large pan (or the XXL pot for 20 liters of Chili Con Carne ) with its own power section, and the frying automation, which I have already tested and found to be good.

Hello Daniel,

please don’t be angry, but in my opinion you see advantages where there are none.

That may be due to a different cooking culture, as I gather from your example.
I consider heating both the pressure cooker and the pan using the boost function to be redundant squared in your example.

The boost is only necessary to heat up quickly when you have little time. Quickly boiling the pasta for the cooled sauce. Quickly boiling water for tea or coffee.
But if you’re working on 3 or more burners simultaneously, organization makes the speed; boost is an emergency solution.
Heating time is also not wasted if you start heating and then prepare. Keeping water hot works on level 1. Operating the pressure cooker on 2.5. Properly searing in the pan is still without boost.

Covered with lids, all pots simmer at 2.5 - 3.
Boost only shortens the heating time, and if you rely on speed here because you prepared everything and then only start putting things on, you have not planned well.

That is why induction stoves are good sprinters. I can cook a menu with 4 or more burners on old stoves in the same total time. Because for that, the boost function is simply unnecessary.

It is used during the week for quick dishes – exactly when only 1-2 burners are used.

If you have a steam oven, the relevance of the cooktops is further reduced.

In conclusion, however, it obviously applies: buy what makes your work as easy as possible.