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Thread Number: 71133
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Commercial appliances in household settings |
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Post# 941603 , Reply# 1 6/3/2017 at 17:03 by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Just because an appliance has the word "Professional"
Slapped on it does not follow it is truly commercial. This can be good or bad, depending upon the appliance in question and or several other factors.
Here in NYC throughout the 1990's or so there was this huge interest in commercial kitchen appliances. Ranges, burners, refrigerators, etc.... Well true commercial ranges need larger gas lines than standard residential IIRC. So that was another cost. They also give off large amounts of heat so fire code demands certain protections before installing. Also using one with all that heat isn't exactly pleasant. Unless one can install a fan/venting system that goes directly outdoors (as in restaurants) where is all that heat and smoke going to go? Commercial fridges are loud and often not very practical for most residential settings. Needless to say many spent huge fortunes on their "commercial" kitchens and like Edina Margaret Rose Sassoon of AbFab only ever light their cigarettes off the things and otherwise rarely cooked/baked. AGA ranges were another fad, until people realized just why the things are popular in northern Europe; they give off tremendous amounts of heat 24/7. Great if you are living on the moors, not so much in NYC for most of the year. | ||
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Post# 942044 , Reply# 6 6/6/2017 at 10:00 by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH) |
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Exhaust.
I'm renovating my kitchen right now, but I'm using residential-grade vintage appliances. One thing I did, however, was to get a 1950s NuTone hood with a seized fan motor. I completely removed the fan and motor, but am keeping the grease filter. I installed an external fan, so the motor and blower are outside my house, not in front of my face! The whole exhaust line is under suction, so I added a second intake near the ceiling (with another grease filter). It's not too loud, it's all residential-grade equipment, and it moves one heck of a lot of air! It won't make my bedroom curtains blow, but it should keep the kitchen tolerable.
The smell of frying bacon is one of the greatest smells in the world at 9:00 on a Saturday morning. By 4:30 in the afternoon, however, the smell has gotten old. My hope is that with a powerful exhaust fan, and the second intake near the ceiling, the exhaust system can remove the normal cooking odors, huumidity, and heat coming off the stove, but also that which gathers near the ceiling and can make the whole room unpleasant. Perhaps I'm a bit nuts. Dave | ||
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Post# 942240 , Reply# 8 6/7/2017 at 10:57 by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 942322 , Reply# 10 6/7/2017 at 18:22 by Gyrafoam (Roanoke, VA) |
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My folks also had a Garland Gas Range. There was also a KAid chopping machine they called a "buffalo chopper". It weighed like a ship's anchor. | ||
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