Especially for the new economical and practical user type, the kitchen is even smaller. For example, my new kitchen is only about 4 square meters. If the kitchenette is unreasonable and crowded and inconvenient, it will greatly affect the user experience. Therefore, how to scient

The city is full of gold and soil, and most people’s kitchens are relatively small. Especially for the new economical and practical user type, the kitchen is even smaller. For example, my new kitchen is only about 4 square meters. If the kitchenette is unreasonable and crowded and inconvenient, it will greatly affect the user experience. Therefore, how to scientifically layout the kitchenette has become a big problem. During the problem solving, I collected some information and shared it with the majority of friends to communicate.

How to layout a kitchenette with reasonable layout?

According to the information of the third edition of the National Architectural Design Data Collection in 2017, the kitchen streamlines include two items: meal preparation and after-meal arrangement. Among them, meal preparation is to take out the refrigerator, place the table preparation, wash the sink, cut the table to mix, cook the stove, and prepare the meal for meal preparation, etc. After-meal arrangement is to reverse the flow line of meal preparation.

According to this streamline and the requirements of clean partitions, the main layouts include single-row type, double-row type, L-shaped, wide U-shaped (short-side window opening or long-side window opening), narrow U-shaped, island-shaped layout, etc.

As a kitchenette, it is unlikely to be realized in island layout, double-row type, and narrow U-shaped windows. It should be considered three layouts: single-row type, L-shaped and wide U-shaped short-side windows. Even if these three layouts are all 5-6㎡ in the data collection, a kitchen with a size of about 4㎡ must be further optimized.

divides the space according to the streamline, mainly including storage space, preparation space, cleaning space, cooking space, passage space and equipment space. Considering people's activities, there is not much room for optimization for preparing space, cleaning space, cooking space, and passing space. However, the equipment space and other spaces have intersections. If you optimize the equipment space, the results will be more obvious.

• Storage equipment: refrigerator, disinfection cabinet;
• washing equipment: dishwasher, water softener , kitchen treasure, garbage disposal machine, etc.;
• cooking equipment: gas stove, kettle , microwave oven, rice cooker, steam oven, juicer;
• other equipment: range hood, exhaust fan, gas water heater ;

device space mainly refers to the space of kitchen appliances, kitchen appliances are nothing more than the above. Looking at the popular decoration plans nowadays, it basically saves space from three directions: "selecting integrated stove", "integrated sink dishwasher", and "changing refrigerator to small volume". In particular, the integrated stove solution has been outstanding and developed rapidly in the field of kitchen appliances in recent years. In addition to the decoration of new houses, it also has an impact on the existing traditional smoke stove products. Many old houses have begun to choose integrated stoves for newly renovated or upgraded. It can also save the countertops of cabinets and . After all, the cabinets must be customized based on meters. An integrated stove can save 1 meter of cost.

single-row kitchen is simple in layout, and the riser and air ducts can be centrally arranged, which saves equipment space. For single-row kitchen layout, the integrated stove can be placed next to the windows and flue. However, because it is side by side with the sink, there is not much room left for countertop operation. The cooking process has a long driving line and a low actual utilization rate.

L-type layout risers and air ducts can be centrally arranged, which can also save equipment space. It has great advantages in the layout of the integrated stove, with suitable spaces on both sides. The moving line is reasonable, and you can turn around and the sink to the stove. The disadvantage is that there is a sink in front of the window, and it may cause inconvenience to open and switch windows on and off.

For integrated stove layout, wide U-shaped short-side window opening is the best. The corner utilization is more reasonable because the smoke port of the integrated stove is a near-sucking design and has excellent oil fume absorption function. Many people have directly converted the wide U-shaped kitchen into an open style, making the home wider and more spacious and brighter.

integrated stove guide

small-sized refrigerator is very good choice, sink dishwasher just choose according to the size of the sink, and the most difficult one should be the choice of integrated stove. Integrated stoves have developed rapidly in recent years, with both home appliance brands and Internet companies entering the market. The purchase of integrated stoves should not be mistaken. Once installed, it will be difficult to change. For this reason, detailed information has been collected for integrated stoves, ensuring stability and stability.

integrated stove, as the name suggests, is an integration of multiple kitchen appliances. The basic components are storage tables (vegetable warmers), range hoods and gas stoves. According to the kitchen appliances combined with the lower cabinet, there will be different products.

• cabinet-type integrated stove = range hood + gas stove + storage cabinet
• disinfection cabinet integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + disinfection cabinet
• steam box integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + steam box
• oven integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + oven
• steam baking one Integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + steam oven
• micro steam and baking integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + micro steam oven
• steam and baking three-in-one integrated stove = storage table + range hood + gas stove + steam oven + disinfection cabinet

Interpretation of integrated stove function

simply considers the degree of integration, the most extreme space-saving is the steam and baking three-in-one integrated stove, but the price is relatively expensive. The space for each function of the lower cabinet is too small and practical. There are no big brands following up, and it is rare in the market.

Functionally, because a dishwasher will be installed at home, and most dishwashers have sterilization and drying functions. Therefore, there is no need for integrated stoves for disinfection cabinets, and UV disinfection, ozone disinfection, should not be used.

The store shopping guide explained to me that the steamer function is not very practical in general household use and is too substitutable. For example, using a steamer, a rice cooker, or an induction cooker can achieve the steaming function. I am not recommended to choose a steamer integrated stove. I agree with the fact that steamer is easier to replace, but I really don’t agree with it if it is not practical. In addition to simple steaming, it also has fermentation, thawing, and insulation. The steamer can cook multiple dishes together and improve cooking efficiency, which is quite necessary.

store shopping guide is very keen to recommend oven integrated stoves, and the recipes mentioned are also very attractive, such as barbecue, grilled fish , etc. For my family, the chances of using the oven function during cooking are very small. Most of the functions are baking bread, cakes, etc. Therefore, it is simply an integrated oven stove, and the usage rate is average.

If it is a steaming and baking product, it has both steaming and oven functions, and is more practical. And it takes up less space than buying an oven or steamer separately. As for the further integrated micro steaming and baking, the steamer can replace the function of the microwave oven to some extent. Therefore, in comparison, in terms of integration degree and function, the steam-baking integrated stove is the most worth buying of integrated stoves.

Steaming and baking integrated stoves are the key points to start with

Although there are many product models on the market, according to the information collected online, the points that need to be paid attention to in summary are basically the ones on the picture.

Smoke stove function key points

• Select firepower

• Wind pressure: Under normal use, the pressure value of the air outlet shall not be less than 80Pa.

The maximum static pressure is the usage condition when there is no external interference, while the wind pressure is the actual usage condition.Therefore, the wind pressure is definitely less than the static pressure. In order to make the parameters look good, many brands only mark the static pressure instead of the wind pressure. In fact, the wind pressure has to consult customer service.

Many strategies say that the parameters of wind pressure can meet the requirements of floors, and the relevant values ​​are shown in the figure. After checking the information, I found that this is not the case. Currently, the integrated stoves are designed with lower exhaust air, and in order to save space, the indoor flue will be shorter. If the air pressure and your own flue are not suitable, oil smoke will flow backwards.

Newly built houses have a mother-child flue system with main and secondary flue ducts, or a transformer flue system, and there will be no backflow. In this case, you can purchase based on the data listed in the online guide. Especially for the transformer flue, it uses Bernoulli's theorem to design the near exhaust port in a gradually narrowing form, increasing the flue gas flow rate while reducing the pressure. Compared with the main and secondary flue forms, simpler improvements can reduce smoke exhaust resistance, especially without picking hoods.

If it is an old house, it is likely to be a traditional so-section flue. If a pipe is connected to the top, you have to install the check valve to solve the problem. However, the check valve only solves the backflow. In order to successfully discharge the oil smoke, it also requires strong wind pressure to squeeze out. From , the research paper "The impact of uneven opening rate of public flue exhaust ducts in high-rise residential kitchens on flue flow" by , Xi'an University of Architecture and Science and Technology, shows that the lower the floor, the higher the opening rate and the greater the pressure on the public flue. Therefore, if the house is a public flue, the greater the wind pressure, the better. And it depends on the actual wind pressure, not the static wind pressure.

• motor must choose variable frequency

Steam oven function key points

Following the smoke stove function, the focus is on steaming and baking function. Basically, the difference between the hardware of the steamer, oven and steam and bake machine is basically shown in the table below. Among the several hardware types of

, the top priority is steam generator and thermal circulation fan.

• You need to choose a direct injection steam generator

There are mainly two types of evaporator , boiled water evaporator and direct injection evaporator.

boiled water evaporator is also called external disk evaporator. Most traditional integrated stove brands are boiled water evaporators. The iconic structure is that there will be a groove at the bottom of the inner cavity, which is the evaporation plate. During work, the water in the water box enters the evaporation plate through the water transfer hole, and then the evaporation plate heats the water to generate steam.The structure is simple, but there are many problems:

• prevents dry burning, and the evaporator will always have water, which will cause scale problems;
• boiling water overflows into the inner cavity, steam is discontinuous, and there is water accumulation problem;
• evaporator is easily contaminated, such as oil, etc.;
• evaporator, water, and food are not isolated, and it is easy to smell; the water transfer holes of
• evaporator may be blocked by food.

direct injection evaporator is more common in high-end steaming ovens, and has emerged with the entry of the integrated stoves by the new force of steaming oven kitchen appliance brands. The difference from the outer disc evaporator is that the evaporation disk is outside the inner cavity, and steam is introduced into the inner cavity through the food grade silicone tube . Steam is more continuous and stable and cleaner, so direct injection evaporator products should be preferred.

• Dual fan and dual hot air are trends

Dual fan means that there are 2 heating fans inside to operate simultaneously, and the air in the pot heats up faster than a single fan. Previously, many people said that plus single hot air on the upper and lower baking tubes is enough for ordinary household use, and many actual tests show that the dual fans are hotter than evenly.

Dual hot air is also a common technology for high-end steaming and baking machines, and has emerged with the entry of major kitchen appliance brands into integrated stoves. First of all, Kantar, and later, Fangtai and Shuaifeng also followed suit. It is the current development trend of steaming and baking integrated stove

• Ceramic inner liner is easy to clean

After using steamer, oven, steam oven and other products, especially the oil stains generated during the baking process are the difficulty of cleaning. Cleaning is generally related to the material of the inner liner, generally there are 23 types of ceramic, enamel (enamel) and 04 stainless steel html, and very few are maifanshi .

04 stainless steel is very familiar with everyone, so I won’t say much. Ceramics and enamels are made of smooth and non-stick surfaces, which are conducive to cleaning. The difference between the two is that enamel is a coating, the base is metal, while ceramic is a material, so the probability of ceramics falling off is lower and more durable. If you talk about the simplicity of cleaning, the first choice is ceramic, followed by enamel material, and finally stainless steel material . Maifanshi is said to be relatively fragile and easily wears, so it is not very recommended.

Product Analysis on Sales

Integrated stoves appeared in 2003, and early technical reasons were not well promoted. Furthermore, because of its overlap with product lines such as range hoods, gas stoves, steam ovens, etc., many major brands have not entered the market. With the expansion of demand for small apartments and the maturity of technology, the sales of integrated stoves began to grow rapidly in 2020. First-line brands mainly based on steaming and baking technologies, such as Kantar, Boss, Midea, and Fangtai, have begun to enter the integrated stove industry one after another. It is generally called the new integrated stove. Their products are more beautiful and product innovation in appearance design and overall kitchen design. The models worth paying attention to at present include Kantar T2E, Fangtai S1.i/ZK, Boss YC03, etc.

Integrated stove new force

• Katu T2E

• Firepower: .0kW
• Wind power:

steam oven capacity: 0L

If the budget is only 10,000, buying this one is the most cost-effective. The 80L super large capacity steaming and frying box, dual fan, plus double-sided M-shaped baking tube and dual direct injection steam, is both a professional oven and a professional steamer. With smoke steaming and baking linkage, keep the air pressure in the steaming oven cavity balanced. The full ceramic cavity is easy to manage, and there is no comparison with the same price in hardware. modular design is more reasonable, and the materials used for wiring are very sincere. For example, in the steaming and baking integrated stove, Kantar T2E is rarely seen with a full ceramic cavity steaming oven.In addition, Kantar first introduced dual hot air technology to the integrated stove. You can notice Kantar by searching for dual hot air integrated stoves on e-commerce self-operated. Most people pay attention to G1E. In fact, T2E is also good, but as a new product, T2E has too little exposure and few people can pay attention to it.

• Fangtai S1.i/ZK

• Firepower: .0kw
• Wind power:

Inner liner material: 04 stainless steel

If you are pursuing dual hot air products, Kantar and Fangtai can choose. Fangtai Market has mature R&D and design, focusing on the concept of kitchen cooking center, and is well versed in customer purchasing psychology. The products under its subsidiaries are precisely positioned and each has its own strengths. For example, the S1.i/ZK smoke stove has excellent function, the steam oven has dual hot air and top M-shaped baking tube, but only gives you a boiled water evaporator and 304 stainless steel inner liner. The product has excellent points and mediocre aspects, which will not cover everything, resulting in the same product. There are many offline channels, complete after-sales outlets, and good service. The disadvantage is that the brand premium is a bit too high, and it is relatively cheap.

• Boss 9YC03

• Firepower: .0kW
• Wind power:

Boss Like Fangtai, it is an old brand of kitchen appliances, positioned at high end. In order to enter the integrated stove, in addition to its own accumulation of smoke stove technology, it also acquired the traditional integrated stove brand Jindi, which is strong. Except for the steam oven, which is not a double hot air, all other hardware parameters are at the top. The stove has sufficient firepower and the hood has high wind pressure. The steam oven has a capacity of 78L, and it also has a golden temperature field design with 4-layer shelves and three-sided five-heat pipe design. The boss has rich offline channels and many service outlets. The problem is the same as Fangtai. The product has a brand premium and is not cost-effective.

Among the new power brands, Kantar T2E has the largest capacity and has introduced high-end technology of steam ovens, bringing a series of innovative changes to the steaming and baking module of the integrated stove, greatly improving the steaming and baking performance of the integrated stove. In fact, Kantar has done a very good job in technology. For example, domestic embedded steam ovens, fully enclosed steam cleaning steam ovens, and automated scale removal technologies are all done first by Kantar. The Kantar Steamed and Baked Integrated Stove, which was also launched in 2020, also realized the Kantar Micro Steamed and Baked Integrated Stove, which has innovative integrated stove categories. Unfortunately, Kantar has a bit of science and engineering thinking, only focuses on hardware, not much attention to publicity, and few people know about it.

Traditional integrated stove brand

Traditional integrated stove brands, such as Shuaifeng, Meida, Martian , Yitian, etc., due to their years of deep cultivation in the integrated stove field and mature technology, most of the integrated stove-related technical patents are in the hands of these brands. The products are still worth paying attention to. The products that are optimistic include Shuaifeng J2-7B-90ST, Martian T7BC and Yitian D6ZK.

• Martian T7BC

• Firepower: .0kW
• Wind power:
8m³/min
• Wind pressure: 700Pa, static pressure 880Pa
• motor: variable frequency motor
• steam oven capacity: 60L
• Inner liner material: 04 stainless steel + porcelain mold
• Steam generator: boiled water evaporator

Martian is an internet celebrity brand of integrated stove and is very famous. T7BC is currently the star product of Mars. It is positioned at high end. Whether it is hardware parameters, workmanship and materials, it is the best among the Mars integrated stove products. With the trend of traditional kitchen appliance brands entering integrated stoves, the hardware parameters are a bit insufficient, such as the steaming oven, a single fan, and a boiling water evaporator.But overall, it is still the first level, so you can pay attention to it.

10tian D6ZK

• Firepower: .0kW
• Wind power:
7.5m³/min
• Wind pressure: 380pa
• Motor: AC fixed frequency
• Steam oven capacity: 66L
• Inner liner material: Ceramic
• Steam generator: boiled water evaporator

pursuing the storage platform has insulation function and the budget is relatively limited. You can pay attention to Xiayitian D6ZK. It is the flagship product launched by Yitian this year. It has a black crystal appearance and a ceramic inner liner, making it less difficult to clean. At the price of 10,000 yuan, Yitian is weaker in terms of parameters than other products, but the price is cheaper. As a traditional integrated stove brand, it has deep technical strength, so you can pay attention to it.

• Shuaifeng J2-7B-90ST

• Firepower: .2kW
• Wind power: 19m³/min
• Wind pressure: 650Pa, 1 000Pa static pressure
• motor: DC frequency conversion
• steam oven capacity: 70L
• Inner liner material: enamel
• Steam generator: boiled water evaporator

Shuaifeng has been deeply engaged in the field of integrated stoves for many years and is currently the best sales brand in integrated stoves. There are many patents for tobacco stoves, and the product has excellent firepower and wind power. The storage table has thermal insulation function, which is very suitable for the needs. The steam oven function is slightly inferior to the first step. Although the capacity is large, reaching 70L, the inner liner is made of enamel material. Moreover, single hot air, steam generator is boiled water type, etc.

Many people say that the homogeneity of integrated stoves in traditional brands is serious, such as Shengzhou Local manufacturers jointly made a public model, and then each manufacturer made some minor modifications. After careful understanding in the store, traditional brands still have outstanding features, such as Shuaifeng, which can achieve great firepower.

integrated stove installation avoid pit

integrated stove installation is arranged by the brand party and does not require the user to install it themselves. However, as long as the installation master complies with the process and meets the safety specifications, there will be no objection. Many times, after installation, it will feel that the integrated stove is not easy to use. We have collected common questions and asked everyone to pay attention.

Carefully walk the next door's secondary flue duct

Integrated stove is designed with the lower exhaust air. When many real estate developers are building houses, they default to using traditional range hoods designed with upper exhaust smoke, and designed the main and secondary flue systems for this situation, with the smoke opening above. If you need to install an integrated stove, you have to change the cigarette outlet.

If the situation is shown in the picture above, seal the original cigarette hole to avoid smoke leakage. Then dig another hole in the flue to serve as a smoke outlet for the integrated stove. If it is the main and secondary flue systems shown in the figure below, it is possible to use a secondary flue with the residents downstairs when the smoke exhaust is changed. There is a check valve, so there is no need to worry about problems such as backflow and odor cross-section. The concern is whether the wind force and wind pressure are sufficient, otherwise there may be situations where the oil smoke cannot be discharged smoothly.

Some people are misled and think that the exhaust under the air is not good. In fact, there are still many advantages in the smoke hole below. Take maintenance as an example. The hole of a traditional range hood is above, and the flue may be in the ceiling mezzanine, which makes maintenance troublesome. If you exhaust the air down, you can open the floor cabinet, which is much more convenient.

Different brands of cigarette openings are different

If you have not selected a specific model of integrated stove when decorating, do not use cigarette holes based on the experience of the decoration master, because the size and location of cigarette holes of different brands are different.

If you punch a cigarette hole in advance, its location and size do not match the purchased integrated stove, you have to rework to increase unnecessary expenses.

avoid occupying storage space

At the beginning, I thought of saving kitchen space by relying on integrated stoves, but later I found that the placement of integrated stoves is also very particular.If the placement is unreasonable or inappropriate, it will occupy more places. First of all, the floor cabinets on the left and right sides should have a reserved space of 5mm, and at the same time 300mm away from the wall. Secondly, because the integrated stove also has a flue, intake pipe and power cord, for safety reasons, the intake pipe must not be on the same side as the power cord.

Some people install the integrated stove far away from the public flue, and there will be a long smoke exhaust pipe. After the exhaust pipe is connected to the machine, the pipe should be turned less and try to line up the outer side or exhaust downward, with a length of not exceeding 2 meters. If the integrated stove is far away from the public flue, not only should the floor cabinet be opened, but it also has to occupy the precious storage space of the floor cabinet. In the end, the floor cabinets on both sides of the integrated stove became their vassals and became decorations, which greatly reduced the storage effect. Moreover, the larger the smoke exhaust pipe, the more storage space it occupies. Therefore, when arranging the integrated stove, you should consider getting close to the public flue and placing it reasonably.

In addition, the power cord cannot be behind the integrated stove, nor on the wall behind the integrated stove, so it is best to be separated by a distance. A more reasonable way is to occupy a space as a space cabinet together with the smoke exhaust pipe, which is also convenient for maintenance. After the smoke exhaust pipe is used for a long time, there will be problems such as air leakage and aging. In addition, there is a situation where sludge sticks check valve , so must be regularly inspected to ensure the best smoke exhaust effect.

Postscript

For kitchens, a highly integrated steam and baking integrated stove with high functions is a very good choice. Although it occupies some floor cabinets, it can realize super large hanging cabinets. The kitchen is mostly food storage, or is it better to store hanging cabinets. It is relatively easy to repair the tobacco pipes in the floor cabinet, and you will not worry about encounters, oil dripping, oil leakage, etc. A small space can also be filled with smoke stoves, steamers, ovens, etc., and one machine can be used for multiple purposes. The free space can be used to place small appliances such as electric baking pan , juicer, etc., so as to make more diversified cooking. Home life is full of sophistication and a sense of happiness.

Finally, it is accompanied by a comparison of Fangtai, Shuaifeng, Marsren, Yitian, Kantar and the boss. I hope it can help everyone choose and purchase. As for choosing new integrated stove brands such as Fangtai and Kantar, or traditional brands such as Shuaifeng and Yitian, my personal suggestion depends on the specific model and actual needs. For example, it is more steamed and roasted, and the steamed and roasted items are larger, and the cost-effective choice is Kantar T2E; steamed and roasted does not require such a large capacity, just Fangtai S1.i/ZK. I like to stir-fry and pursue heat, and I don’t have high requirements for steaming and baking functions, so Shuaifeng J2-7B-90ST is a good choice.