The perfect cooktop!

17 years ago

I found it! Finally the answer to my problems. My kitchen has been on hold for almost a year (it's torn up) because

I could not figure out a plan that would meet my cooking needs and yet fit into the space I have.

It really is this board's fault, if I had not starting reading on here I would not have fallen in love with the idea of an induction cooktop. But I also do a lot of canning and other food harvesting and for every idea I came up with, there were other drawbacks.

Then last week I was at Menards, and there it was - the perfect cooktop - answer to my problems. And it was way cheaper than I expected. My husband got it hooked up yesterday, and it works fine. Now I just have to wait for the first veggies to get ripe.

And here it is, in all it's glory!

Yup, the answer to my problems was to move my canning/food harvest activities outside. While I have not used the cook top yet, the sink and other areas works very well. And if I make a huge mess, I can just hose down everything.

Once I get the inside kitchen finished, the old cabinets will get moved out here and I'll have them against the wall. The cooktop cost $219. We already had wires on hand for the installation. The desk is an old very heavy, very sturdy one I got for free many years ago. It's the perfect height for moving large canners around, and the hose from the sink reaches there too.

The best part is now I won't have any problems with getting the induction cook top and double wall ovens for my inside kitchen (I love baking).

Cathy

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Comments (9)

Yvonne B
17 years ago
What a great idea!! and I like the way you think. I'd love to be able to hose down my kitchen :-).
59 Dodge
17 years ago
Hmmmm, "Hosing down a 220 volt electric cooktop, If you don't have curly hair now, You very well may have after Hosing down that stove!!!!!

Gary
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cotehele
17 years ago
My MIL did something similar. She put in an electric coil cooktop and small sink in the wood shop my FIL was building. It works well. Have fun in yours!
macybaby
Original Author
17 years ago
Well, of course I won't hose down the cook top (and I do already have curly hair). But it will be great for the walls. Do you know how far a tomato can squirt when you push it into the food mill?

I've heard a few canner explosion stories, and I'd much rather clean green beans off the ceiling of this building than of my newly remodeled kitchen. I try to practice safe methods, but accidents can still happen.

Cathy
rhome410
17 years ago
Cotehele's separate bakery and now your separate produce processing area...I'm jealous! But will remember this for when hubby builds his shop, which will be right next to my garden. Great idea and nice solution to your concerns.
rosie
17 years ago
That's going to be a terrific canning kitchen. And you get to walk away from the midproject mess and leave the heat out there too.
arleneb
17 years ago
Cathy, You'll love it!! I did something similar in my last house . . . when we tore down the old house and rebuilt, my electric coil-top range was only 3 years old . . . I didn't really like it because the oven door got so hot. But I hated to sell it for next-to-nothing.

We had walled off an area of the garage closest to the inside of the house for gardening activities. One wall was all shelves and fluorescent lights for seedstarting. On the opposite wall we put the old laundry room SS counter-sink combo, a potting area, and nearest the outside window, my "old" range. I LOVED IT!! I used it not only for canning, but also whenever I did smelly stir fry, when we had a summer crowd and cooked multiple pots of sweet corn, and for a second holiday oven.

I predict you'll find many more uses for your canning kitchen! Congratulations on your creative idea!!

Arlene
lee676
17 years ago
Looks kind of like my kitchen, only more elegant....
desertsteph
17 years ago
"Looks kind of like my kitchen"

shoot, I didn't even flinch at that 'kitchen in garage' setup. looks much better than my kitchen here...much more spacious!

as a former canner I think that'll be a great place to process the food stuff! great to keep it out of regular kitchen. that's why I used to starting canning about 8 pm - which meant i was up and processing into the wee hours.