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Originally Posted by john70t
Many modern kitchens have dual/split zones for two people to work, or a cooking zone with a bar-spectator-sitting area.
Not mine.
I planned my small work space for one captain at the helm, one cook in the kitchen, the one with the cahones, that's me, get the heck out of my way, no passing, sit down and leave me alone while I make the food. Hey watchitt yous people I'm a working ov'er heahh!
There are repeat actions that can make a kitchen much more efficient:
1)- Remove food from fridge and set on counter, on or near prep counter.
2)- Remove food from storage pantry/s and set on counter, on or near prep counter.
3)- Prep counter needs nearby spices/knives/chopping board/blender/utensils/bowls to mix before stove.
-It also needs nearby trash. Either a drop-through hole or pull out with foot. Something easy to keep hands sanitary and cabinet knobs clean.
-It needs to be adequate sized for having many ingredients ready to cook at once.
-If there's enough room, there can be two prep counters. Such as an island w/sink. The work flowchart and access to same food/tools can get complicated when designing for two chefs.
-Everything near stove should ideally be within a direct step or two.
4)- Prep count needs to be located near the stove.
You don't want to carry drippy stuff across the room.
5)- Offload or cool down area after stuff comes out of oven/stove.
A clean empty space unaffected by prep.
Plan extra space around cabinet for refrigerators.
None of them are the same dimensions ten years from now when time to replace. Gaps can be covered with decorative molding or thin custom pull-out shelves.
I would get some big cardboard boxes and create your desired layout.
Then pretend to cook in it moving around fast like you would normally do.
Does the flow make sense?
Is everything available?
Is there enough versatile space to add more utensils/features later on?
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This is sound advice add in different levels of work space I have a Jenn-Air 48" pro and matching hood that I bought 1/2 off when a store was going out of biz. I also looked at
Bertazzoni | To cook beautifully but my wife wouldn't let me get funky with the kitchen. The one thing that I like about the Bertazzoni is that it doesn't have a computer controlling it. I do fear the electronics going out in the Jenn-Air
