Electric hobs

[Matt887]

Are plug in electric hobs any good? I'd be in a situation where I'd me plug-in the hob in but wouldn't have a spur/rocker switch above on the kitchen tiled area to turn it on. So would be constantly switch on
Is this not a good idea?
Thanks

 

[ericmark]

I have a cheap Lidi one, induction so remove pan and auto switches off, think it was 2 kW and we found rarely used it at over 1 kW setting. We used it as mothers two ring hob was not induction and was so slow, today would not even consider a hob if not induction.

However they all tend to have an auto switch off, after so long, so could not leave it on even if you wanted to.

 

[Matt887]

Ah thanks so not have a spur above the kitchen work tops to turn off isn't a problem?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Ah thanks so not have a spur above the kitchen work tops to turn off isn't a problem?

It’s not a problem. But, not really necessary.
Personally, I’d find a way to go for a more powerful Hob, than a plug in one, that’s limited in its ability.

 

[JohnD]

Does your kitchen not have a circuit for an electric cooker?

 

[ebee]

Well, they have their uses if the situation is appropriate, just in the same way you could live with just a microwave or just an air fryer but once you start habitually using say 27 or such units regularly at the same time (Actually, much lower I only used the figure 27 as a daft example) then you are in the problems arena.

Occasional usage or usage for a one person situation would not concern me but as those numbers increase so does the likelihood of problems.

The easy answer is, perhaps better to have a proper cooker circuit.