If you have a 5 burner hob how often do you use all 5?

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If you have a hob with 5 rings/burners how often, and in what circs do you use all 5 at once?

I’m not much of a cook so never. Both ovens get used a couple of times a year.

We had one in our last house, and despite being very keen cooks, almost never used all the burners. We also had a second oven (rangemaster), but only used that once. We could have managed without too. I’ve done Christmas dinner for years with a single, bog standard oven and hob.

We have four now and rarely use more than three, though it’s useful to be able to make space by swapping between them.

I rarely use all 5 and actually with my hob unless they’re all tiny saucepans, five don’t fit on. I guess it makes sense if you want the big one in the middle for a wok burner though? I don’t use the wok support thing that came with ours and rarely use the big central burner - I probably should have got a large four burner hob.

OTOH I regularly wish for more oven space...

Four burners that is, not four ovens... we have one oven.

Yeah - I'm coming to the conclusion that more counter space is more useful. Thanks 😊

And one of the burners is a double flame one that we often use with a wok ring, as we cook a lot of Asian food.

It’s actually an excellent hob - the burners are spaced unevenly to give maximum room for pans within the normal 60cm width.

I have six burners. I use the big one (meant to be for a wok, I use it for the kettle) and the tiny one (for a very gentle simmer for rice etc) a lot, and the others less often. I have a couple of recipes which use all of them, but it’s not that often.

Mostly, I like having the huge and tiny hobs, and needed to have more than the standard four jobs to get those.

I have five burners and regularly use them so much so that I wonder how I coped with only four before. I am a cook though and like experimenting in the kitchen.

I only use the big one off I am using my big pot to make soup or for making jam. However I use both the ovens a lot and wouldn't like to be without them so the extra width works for me.

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Mostly, I like having the huge and tiny hobs, and needed to have more than the standard four jobs to get those.

Yes this is the important thing, and I managed to find a 60cm four burner hob that had both of these, but I have to admit there wasn’t a lot of choice.

If not off!

I couldn't manage without 5 for Sunday roast.

I have an induction hob with two rings and a bridge effect on the left. I use that for large pans or as two rings. They all get used a lot.

I only ever use 1 hob for the frying pan. I just steam everything else. Haven’t used the wok hob in years. Only use the 2nd oven at Christmas. Getting a smaller oven when we move

Never all at the same time but the space means I can use 4 comfortably and I like the different sizes.

I have a five burner hob currently and rarely used more than 2 - mostly because the fifth burner is in the middle of a standard sized hob, which makes it difficult to used the others at the same time.

In my previous house I had a range master, with a 5 burner hob, but the fifth burner was arranged properly to the side of the standard 4, which made it much easier to use.

rarely all at the same time as the pans don't fit, but I regularly use the large central one - wok, making soup, etc. Love it.

Quite often, but we have a large ring on the right, meant for a wok, but I use for large saucepans, and then a griddle over the two rings on the left. That just leaves a small and medium one in the middle.
We don't use 2 ovens very often though.

I don’t use 5 rings but I do have a 90cm wide hob with only 4 rings. Far more useful as I can use all 4 rings at the same time without the saucepans interfering with each other.

We cook a meat-veg-starch meal every day, typically for 5-6 people, and rarely need more than 1 hob, never mind all 4 hobs we have. Ovens we have 2 ovens, but almost never use more than one.

I have a range oven with 6 burners and 2 ovens. Very rarely do I use more than 3 burners at once and cook from scratch most days. Love the double oven though.

Never really, but the centre burner is a wok burner. If I'm using that I might have another one on the go for noodles/rice but that's about it. I can easily use 4 when I'm doing a roast though, and that can take up all the available space anyway.

Very regularly, minimum once a week. We are cooks.

Have a range with 7 burners one being a wok burner. Probably use 3 of the burners regularly. Two ovens which do get used often for Sunday roasts!

Ours is also a 6 burner range