Best Chimneys cooktops and hobs in india 2020

Which is the best Chimney, And how the best chimney can influence your life ? Which is the best Hobs / Cooktop ?

Home made food is the best food, keeps you healthy, cooking at home is and can be real fun. Indian food is extraordinary and every homemakers passion, to enable this the right equipment and flame is very important this all begins with a full organised kitchen -

The first thing that is very important is to safeguard your kitchen how are you going to do that ? 

Cooking regularly is not an easy job. It involves a lot of cleaning and washing as your kitchen becomes dirty very quickly, Indian cooking can be extremely oily. The oil droplets released during cooking circulates in the indoor air and settles on appliances making them look old and dirty. It also sticks to walls, ceilings, tiles and cabinets, the problem worsens if you have an open kitchen type of set-up. In that case, the cooking fumes makes its way out of the kitchen to stick on walls and floors in the living room and dining area making everything feel sticky.and over time your kitchen looks old and dull with a grimy look which i'm sure you would want to avoid. 

All of this can be avoided if there is either an exhaust fan, Inline duct exhaust system or a very good Kitchen Chimney with a suction pipe fitted till the exit. a chimney is like an essential appliance in todays kitchens,chimneys are usually installed in modular kitchens - the chimney helps tackle the cooking smoke as long as it is active while cooking the smoke, dirt, oil and odors is expelled out of your kitchen continously this would help safe guard your home from the oily sticky disaster.

Suction Capacity : Chimneys are made by many brands today, many brands offer good suction capacity, make sure you choose the right one a chimney with a low suction can ruin your interiors -

Suction capacity depends on 2 factors 

1. Duct piping : Suction solely depends on the length of the duct pipe as the air has to travel all the way out. duct pipe is measured in feet , the standard length of an aluminium duct pipe is about 4 feet -the pipe is usually flexible upto 10 feet - Suction capacity depends on the length of the pipe that is placed between the chimney and the core cutting exit in your wall - 

Suction Capacity required below 5 Feet duct pipe - 800 to 1000 
Suction Capacity above 5 Feet - 1000 - 1100 
Suction Capacity above 10 Feet - 1100 - 1500

2. Cuisine and cooking time : Required Suction Capacity for Cooking of Veg Food : upto 1000 Suction, Required Suction Capacity for Cooking of Non-veg Food - 1000-1500 Suction.
Types of Chimenys

the most important part in the chimneys are the filters, Chimneys in various brands are built with either mesh filters or baffle filters and the new intrend chimneys would be the filterless chimneys.

1. Mesh Filters Chimney

Mesh Filter Chimneys - Mesh Technology Filter is not very much productive in indian cooking conditions, a mesh filter can be used but maintainence has to be carried out every 6 months, Mesh Filters need a lot of cleaning and maintenance due to the scaling or sticky black oil substance around it - a filter that is not cleaned every 6 months needs cleaning as it hinders suction and over a due course of time performance of the motor could be affected. so most companies shifted to the baffle filter.

2. Baffle Filters Chimney

Baffle Filter Chimneys - A Baffle Filter Chimney is good if you you cook oil-heavy cuisine like Indian food. If your cooking involves ‘tadka’ and ‘chownk’ methods, if you grille and fry your food a lot, the baffle filter in the chimney is good as it is made up of stainless steel,. Baffle filters are made in such a way that they split the smoke, separating the food particles from the cooking inside. The solid and liquid contaminants like spices and oil remain embedded in the filter panel (and can be washed off later) while the gases compounds are let out through ducts into the outside environment 

3. Filterless Chimney

Filterless Chimney - The Latest in trend Chimney has been floating around lately - This chimney carries no filters , the chimney is built with aluminium rotors that suck out all the air along with food particles, most of the filterless chimneys are high suction chimneys with a suction capacity of 1200 above making it powerful enough to throw all the gases out and food particles into an oil collector.

However, a chimney by itself is not enough. You need a nice and convenient stove or hob to go with it. It must match the size of the chimney, meaning its width must be the same or smaller than the width of the chimney hood. This is very important so that when the smoke rises from the wok, it directly enters the canopy of the chimney and does not spread out and escape. If the hood is smaller or narrower than the gas stove, it won’t be able to suck out all the smoke. This will cause stale smoke to remain trapped in the kitchen and your house will always smell of cooking.

I will first talk about chimneys and then hobs. I will list out the best brands and the best models you can get your hands on. I will also talk about what I use in my kitchen and what I personally prefer. Let’s get started.