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Thread Number: 71133
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Commercial appliances in household settings |
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| Post# 941597 6/3/2017 at 16:30 (384 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
Have you ever seen commercial appliances installed in a household setting?
I have seen pictures once of a newer house that had an island kitchen and it had a Kenmore Pro gas cooktop IIRC but next to it there was a fairly big Wells electric griddle built in. I recall seeing pictures of Paula Deen's tv kitchen and she had a Wells fryer in it. I had an old kitchen remodeling magazine from the 80s and it had some kitchens with Montague gas cooktops I think three burners each that looked commercial. The only person I know with commercial equipment at home is I have an uncle with a big Hoshizuki ice machine at their beach house. It makes lots of ice. | ||
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Post# 941603 , Reply# 1 6/3/2017 at 17:03 (384 days old) 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# 941949 , Reply# 2 6/5/2017 at 19:24 (382 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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My friend Brenda had a Garland commercial gas range in her kitchen, along with a large hood with fire extinguishing system. She doesn't live there anymore, and I don't know what she has now. Some cousins in Mississippi had a soda fountain at their house, and a Hotpoint griddle and also fryer. | ||
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Post# 942013 , Reply# 4 6/6/2017 at 06:02 (381 days old) by gredmondson (San Francisco, CALIFORNIA) |
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I installed a commercial exhaust fan, but kept the Nutone stainless steel 48" hood in a house I no longer have. That fan was so strong that it acted like a whole house fan--the curtains would blow in the room in the bedrooms when I turned that fan on. The motor was on the roof, and I thought that would make it quiet, but there was still quite a "swoosh" noise when it was on. It was so effective that I could fry two pounds of bacon, and no one in the kitchen could smell the bacon. The whole experience really taught me how important a strong exhaust fan is in the kitchen.
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Post# 942044 , Reply# 6 6/6/2017 at 10:00 (381 days old) 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 | ||
| Post# 942240 , Reply# 8 6/7/2017 at 10:57 (380 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) | ||
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| Post# 942296 , Reply# 9 6/7/2017 at 16:34 (380 days old) by dsimonl (Portland, OR) | ||
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Not a major appliance, but I have a commercial Panasonic microwave in my kitchen. LOVE it. All stainless (in and out), no turntable, 1-touch buttons, and designed for a duty-cycle of 50 uses/day. The only disadvantage - expensive, and....NO warranty if used in a non-commercial kitchen | ||
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Post# 942322 , Reply# 10 6/7/2017 at 18:22 (380 days old) 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. | ||
| Post# 942373 , Reply# 12 6/7/2017 at 22:48 (380 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Was thinking the insurance company would not be happy if they found out commercial appliances were installed. Don't know how the Wells griddle installation passed code, especially as it was in contact with counter top and no fire extinguishing system.
As for exhaust fans - I do recall seeing a few houses with the units installed on the roof. Assuming either the kitchen or patio had a large hood installed. My kitchen had a recirculating hood. It just blew grease across the room. Prefer a hood vented outside, but I don't do much frying in the house. Agree the smell starts to get old after a few hours. I do have some commercial steam pans in the kitchen half size and full size and covers. Sometimes I use the half size ones when cooking in bulk. Never have used the full size one, never make enough food to need it. Maybe if I was cooking for a party. I would like to get one of the commercial warmers to put the pans in however. Otherwise don't need any commercial equipment. | ||
| Post# 998080 , Reply# 13 6/22/2018 at 21:59 by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Was watching a show on TV where couples were looking at homes to buy in the Louisiana Bayou and thought of this thread.
One home had a second kitchen. It had a gas floor model fryer and a six burner gas range with oven below. I didn't see close enough what type of hood it had. Weird thing it seemed the range was installed right next to the cabinets, can't imagine it would be safe, unless there was actually a space next to it. Another house had a Jenn Air downdraft cooktop and it was a really big one. Not the type you usually see with double cartridge inserts, this one had three cartridge inserts! I think the fan intake was between two and between the other two it looked like a narrow wooden cutting board top. I think I recall reading that below that was usually a compartment for utensil storage. I saw a smoothtop insert in one and a grill in the other and not sure what the third insert had installed. | ||
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