I've got one of them too. Induction hob? Apart from the unreadable manual it's been absolutely superb. I went Smeg-tastic and got the matching kekkle and toaster too. Not the fridge though, thought that was mentally expensive and not practical.
There was a whole thread in January about this problem. All sorts of suggestions. Sack trolleys, planks of wood, growing a pair. Did you butter them up somehow?
I have an induction hob with built in extractor just like the Bora one. Not having an ugly overhead extractor unit is great, but it isn't as effective as an overhead when using high sided pots and pans.
there's a ritual to filling the kettle and boiling it, and I love a ritual. I hate those taps, they break easily, everyone I know who has them stopped using them.
I just have a very subtle extractor fan in the ceiling rather than having the full cooker hood and seems to do fine. Also just have a skylight for the warmer months.
Trouble with Quooker and similar is that you lose a load of cupboard space to all the workings.
Is Bora a brand? We have an induction hob that sits in the island but I've never heard of Bora. We have a boiling water tap and it is a godsend to me. Its not a quooker and has not broken in 4? years. If you drink a lot of tea it saves a LOT of time.
Yes Bora is a brand but bigger brands like Siemens have induction hobs with built in extractors too. Bora were the first to do it and in my opinion the best.
I have no issues with my Quooker. Almost everyone has one nowadays. Mine dispenses enough boiling water to fill a large pot to cook pasta.
Soz about the hob/non-hob language brain fart. In my head a hob is a standalone unit with cooking on top and ovens on the bottom.
Not sure a 1000 quid appliance is 'privilege'. Cant even get a decent telly for less than 3k nowadays... (do I get Wang on this thread if I say telly three times? In that case TELLY!)
Quookers are those taps with the evil glowing red eye that spit steam and boiling water? fook that FFS. I’ve got a kettle, obviously, like every fcker else. Literally never getting a quooker until they stop making kettles.
It’s an interesting question tho because I can’t think of any application for which I’d use water from either a kettle or a quooker for which I’d care whether the water was technically boiling rather than just really fvcking hot
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How did you get it down the stairs?
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I've got one of them too. Induction hob? Apart from the unreadable manual it's been absolutely superb. I went Smeg-tastic and got the matching kekkle and toaster too. Not the fridge though, thought that was mentally expensive and not practical.
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yeah the induction. it’s insanely quick.
the men who delivered it carried it down the stairs on a trolley, riskers. what is the cause of your interest in this?
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Insanely quick (at 9 it boils way quicker than a kettle) but also totally wipe-down. I'll never go back to gas it's fab.
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agreed so far
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There was a whole thread in January about this problem. All sorts of suggestions. Sack trolleys, planks of wood, growing a pair. Did you butter them up somehow?
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they just used a trolley m88 it’s no biggie
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Anyone would think that the ladder house had never existed...
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Laz cooks his smeg. In his Smeg cooker.
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We have a Smeg range (cucina I think).
Over the years the cleaner has rubbed off parts of the stickers so you just have to guess what temperature the second oven is at...
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Who has a kettle nowadays? Get a Quooker.
Also: who still has a hob? Get a Bora and as many ovens/microwaves/steam ovens as you wish.
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I just bought an AEG.. I had two specs that I needed, self cleaning and a grill
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What's a Bora?
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only the cool kids know Jelly
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I have a friend with a Quooker. Breaks all the time, costs a fortune. Literally a product to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
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I would expect virtually everyone has a hob. It's fairly essential non?
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I have a hob. And a kettle. Can you use a qooker to transport water outside to fill the windscreen reservoir of your car?
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You have no other vessel that could carry some water? I love my Quooker
Bora is an induction hob that you build into the kitchen counter. You get separate oven(s).
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I have an induction hob with built in extractor just like the Bora one. Not having an ugly overhead extractor unit is great, but it isn't as effective as an overhead when using high sided pots and pans.
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there's a ritual to filling the kettle and boiling it, and I love a ritual. I hate those taps, they break easily, everyone I know who has them stopped using them.
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Right.
So a hob then.....
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"who still has a hob? Get a Bora"
"Bora is an induction hob"
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I just have a very subtle extractor fan in the ceiling rather than having the full cooker hood and seems to do fine. Also just have a skylight for the warmer months.
Trouble with Quooker and similar is that you lose a load of cupboard space to all the workings.
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A quooker doesn’t get the water to boiling in the same way as a kettle (or at all) so no good for hot beverages.
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My quooker dispenses water at 100o C - i.e. boiling water.
The water in your kettle comes off the boil as soon as it switches off so what goes into your cup is water that is below 100o C.
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Is Bora a brand? We have an induction hob that sits in the island but I've never heard of Bora. We have a boiling water tap and it is a godsend to me. Its not a quooker and has not broken in 4? years. If you drink a lot of tea it saves a LOT of time.
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Yes Bora is a brand but bigger brands like Siemens have induction hobs with built in extractors too. Bora were the first to do it and in my opinion the best.
I have no issues with my Quooker. Almost everyone has one nowadays. Mine dispenses enough boiling water to fill a large pot to cook pasta.
Soz about the hob/non-hob language brain fart. In my head a hob is a standalone unit with cooking on top and ovens on the bottom.
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Is Bora the one where the surface and controls of the hob match the rest of the Island? so you can't see it's there until it's switched on?
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Oh, no it's not it's a bog standard hob FFs.
This is a cool hob.
https://tpbtech.uk/project/project-2/
Bora is Boring.
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I'm not sure it's the one but you have to turn it on to control the thing, yes. Seems rather safer that way, no?
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(Ignore the plastic kettle in project 4)
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‘Almost everyone has a quooker’
#checkyourprivilege
In this case it’s funny because privilege is in fact rubbish!
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My kettle broke. I emailed Cuisinart and the posted a new one. Had it within working days. I installed it (plugged it in) myself.
I get the sense a qooker is trickier when shizzle goes sideways
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Not sure a 1000 quid appliance is 'privilege'. Cant even get a decent telly for less than 3k nowadays... (do I get Wang on this thread if I say telly three times? In that case TELLY!)
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Yeah spending 50 times more than a typical person would definitely isn't privelige no sir not at all
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A £1,000 appliance which replaces a £10 appliance which is perfectly functional isn't privileged?
Were you that protester who chopped up the painting wearing a Mulberry bag?
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Surely the bare minimum standard for a RoF kettle is some sort of £200 Dualit job from John Lewis????
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I wish I had a Mulberry bag. Don't tend to spend that much on a handbag :)
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Quookers are those taps with the evil glowing red eye that spit steam and boiling water? fook that FFS. I’ve got a kettle, obviously, like every fcker else. Literally never getting a quooker until they stop making kettles.
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“My quooker dispenses water at 100o C - i.e. boiling water.
The water in your kettle comes off the boil as soon as it switches off so what goes into your cup is water that is below 100o C.”
Who gives a shite?
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Chuffy does!
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It’s an interesting question tho because I can’t think of any application for which I’d use water from either a kettle or a quooker for which I’d care whether the water was technically boiling rather than just really fvcking hot
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Tea isn’t supposed to be made with 100 degree water
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Maybe you could if you didn't spaff your cash on useless kitchen appliances?
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I have no issues with my Quooker. Almost everyone has one nowadays. Mine dispenses enough boiling water to fill a large pot to cook pasta.
Genuinely, no-one I know has one.
By the looks of it, seems to take up a lot of space underneath the sink, and you need to get in a plumber to install one properly by the sound of it.
Cant even get a decent telly for less than 3k nowadays..
This is just sooooo wrong, I don't know where to start.
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They still saw you coming
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Slagging people off for privilege here is a joke. We mostly have good jobs and are paid v well. And there's risky who pretends to both.
I don't care what anyone spends on a star trek tap. Personally, prefer to avoid spending more on something that is less good. Kettles ftw
I have this: https://www.cuisinart.co.uk/signature-collection-traditional-kettle-CTK17U.html#start=1
3 year warranty, and they have a painless complaint process - send a photo (the window cracks after 2.5 years) and then you get a naice new one.
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Does anyone have one of those see through kettles? I was thinking of getting one. I’d quite like a transparent dishwasher.
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Depends on the tea
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The value lidl ones you buy royalty
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