Hi Rfm,

One of the KC makers did suggest Teka for both hood and hob) but I was a bit skeptic about it as I have not heard much about that brand. Good to hear a positive comments right from the person who does a lot of cooking. I prefer home cooked meals too but will be more of a light cooking and not heavy-asian-type of cooking, So, I reckon 60 cm is good enough for me. Which brand did you go for the hood? - Teka as well? How much did you purchase the hood for?

Yes, hood is also Teka but I bought separately at Teka warehouse sale. 1200m3/hr for only RM700. I don't have any idea what the retail price was. I really didn't have much choice for the hob then, saw something that I like in a KC showroom. The staff helped me to order something similar after choosing from a catalogue. Interested also on the 60cm hood that can be nicely hidden in the cabinet but suction was too low.

My hob looks almost like this.

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Wow! You are lucky to get that price, for sure! Thanks for highlighting about your choice of brand. I am happy that my choices are increasing, which means I can do more research and make a well-informed decision. Would you mind posting a picture displaying your hood and hob? Thanks in advance.

Teka is a German company. If you're looking for an upscale option, try Kuppersbusch (also owned by Teka).

Thanks - not really looking for an upscale option. So long it covers all or almost the factors I listed in my post, I am happy . Have to find out the price and features of Teka to see if it fits into my budget & taste.

Need advice. For condo dwellers, do they normally allow drilling hole through wall for kitchen ducting ?

Teka is not bad. Usually European make models have fairly good performance.

Electrolux is not an asian brand but from sweden. Ariston is from Italy if I'm not mistaken and I have used Ariston vitroceramic hob for almost 7 years. Only one time had the fuse blown.

Japan and Korea brand are also good for certain appliances, e.g; washing machine, TV just to name. For cooking hobs and hoods, I have no experience with using Japan brand like Rinnai etc because I have never used cooking hood and usually use electric hob.

To be honest, if you are doing light cooking.. there is no need for a cooking hood because wok hei style has alot of oil splatters, smoke which requires a cooking hood to suck in the smell etc I guess. But you are probably not doing wok hei cooking I assume?

This post has been edited by S'aimer: Oct 16 2014, 12:17 PM

What does wok hei mean?

Alright - just googled and understood what you meant roughly. No, I wont'. Mine will be more towards fusion of Indian and Western.

Wok hei is a chinese style of cooking using a wok, you can see this in hawker centres where the uncles/aunties fry with a seasoned wok and lots of smoke coming out.

A cooking hood will be suitable for this kind I believe, to suck in the fumes, smells and etc.

If it's indian food. means the smell will be strong as indian food is richly aromatic I guess. I'm not sure if still need cooking hood or not if you have enough ventilation, i.e.; windows at your kitchen


This post has been edited by S'aimer: Oct 16 2014, 12:35 PM

Good stove for Chinese cooking is when you fry vegetables it cook fast yet maintain the crispyness of the texture. This need good stove with strong fire power. When stove does not deliver the heat to the wok, you get soggy vegetable.

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Wow! You are lucky to get that price, for sure! Thanks for highlighting about your choice of brand. I am happy that my choices are increasing, which means I can do more research and make a well-informed decision. Would you mind posting a picture displaying your hood and hob? Thanks in advance.




There are some quick Teka introduction info just to share with you, also the 60cm hood which you looking for.

Teka Introduction


Teka Hood


Main Advantages of Teka





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I thought condos didn't allow ducted range hoods, only recirculating?

It's not my choice of brand actually, as I got no choice at all . But I'm very happy with the purchase. The hob is still doing a lot of cooking for the family even after 9 years. At the warehouse sale, I actually grabbed a fridge too, also because I have no choice too. Was looking for 60cm wide fridge, with freezer at the bottom. All that I saw either too big or too small. But I'm not very happy with it as the freezer tend to get frost, but it's working fine. Only one time I had to change the panel board and the compressor.

I have actually dismantled the hob when I moved from my condo to another house. It's no longer together with the hood . Sorry got no picture of that.

I have a window in the kitchen with smaller glass panels at the top. I removed one panel, asked the guy who did my grille to design so that I could fit in the ducting. I fixed an exhaust fan and connect it to the ducting. I switch on the fan together with my hood and it works well for me. But the look is ugly. Planned to finally conceal with plaster ceiling but I never did

who say cannot? any reason? mine is condo too will be getting a hood with duct. gonna duct it out through a smaller glass window panel at one corner.

Collecting ideas now. Care to share pic ?

I can't remember where I read about Malaysian condos specifically (perhaps it was on the previous kitchen hood/hob thread that's been deleted). Different condos would have different rules about this. Have you asked your condo management?

Hi all,

I sort of done shortlisting for my hood. Almost at the final stage of shortlisting for hobs - After an exhaustive search, I finally found that Fisher & Paykel has 2 models of 60 cm gas hobs which I really liked (saw them in their main website ; https://www.fisherpaykel.com/nz/kitchen/coo...ps/CG603DNGGB1/ and https://www.fisherpaykel.com/nz/kitchen/coo...s/CG603DNGGB1/) .... One with 4 burners and the other one has 3.

However these models are not listed in their Asia site. F & P Asia site only carries this model: https://www.fisherpaykel.com/asia/kitchen/c...ps/CG604DWFCX1/

Do you think I can request the model that I like?

Would love to hear from anyone here who have used F & P - quality, price, where to purchase, etc.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by Career26: Oct 19 2014, 08:19 PM

I've used their 411L fridge for almost 7 years and not even once have broken down. Still running to date as far as I know.

To my knowledge F&P is a good brand, from NZ but as to their gas hobs, sorry, never use gas hobs before.

I see that not many people are familiar with F&P brand in Malaysia but in Singapore, it's a recognizable brand. Why don't you drop the F&P Asia an email to enquire about the model you are interested. See what they say? Most of the time, there is a chance that they carry certain models that are not even in listed on their Asia site because sometimes some sites don't list the full range of products they carry.