The reasons why so many people choose to cook using induction cooktops and burners are pretty simple.
This cooking equipment provides professional and amateur chefs with advantages such as speed, maximum temperature control, safety and the ability to save on the electrical bill.
Induction cooking has become widely popular and the market has a rich offer when it comes to such products.
They have proved their performance and efficiency time and time again, which is why this industry has expanded in a surprising way.
Nowadays, airline companies build their own induction cooktops, in order to ensure the quality of the food they serve.
Lufthansa is one of those airline companies and the induction cooking equipment they built is very interesting. In this article, we will highlight the most interesting facts about their inductive cooking platform.
How and what do you eat during a flight?
When traveling by airplane, you don’t always expect the food to be the best, especially if you buy a ticket for the economy class.
When travelling in the business class, it is a completely different story. However, lately, everything has changed in Lufthansa inflight kitchens.
Lufthansa Technik has built a sophisticated cooking platform that weighs 13.5 kg and measures only 285 x 540 x 217 mm, which makes it ideal for the small space that chefs have available during the flight.
This platform is basically a heating unit that integrates a powerful hood that is able to absorb all the fume and odour.
It is equipped with a smart pot that can contain the pans or pots and protect them during the entire journey, preventing the food from being wasted during turbulences.
This induction cooker has been designed by engineers that had the passenger’s safety and health in mind. The platform is energy efficient, includes an electromagnet that is hidden under the glass surface and allows chefs to prepare the food in record time.
Except for the heating element, everything else remains cool, so that the danger of getting burned accidentally is minimized.
The unit is equipped with a touch control panel and safety sensors that shut the burner off automatically if no pot is being detected, if the pan isn’t induction compatible or if there are any high-low voltage fluctuations.
The fact that this product allows users to cook without having to be concerned about the smell is a big plus for airplane kitchens.
This means that passengers will travel safely and comfortable even though someone is cooking using heat sources in the plane kitchen.
Lufthansa also provides a set of cooking appliances that are especially designed for these kinds of units and they called them Inductive Apps.
They are induction compatible and easy to manoeuvre.
The great thing about this induction cooking platform is that it limits the temperature to 230 degrees, which is one of the safety systems integrated by Lufthansa engineers.
When the question regarding the airplanes that can use it arises, the answer is provided by Lufthansa itself. Almost any modern airplane can use it, including aircrafts such as B787 and A350 and the installation shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes.
Why is it so important to have an inflight cooker?
Due to safety concerns, there are a lot of restrictions when it comes to cooking inside a plane. First class eaters and not only, have high demands and expect the best results when it comes to the dished they are being served.
However, it is not always easy to deliver excellent results when all you have at your disposal is a microwave, a steam oven or a convection oven.
Some airlines even order food from catering companies and simply heat it in the plane. That means that the food isn’t necessarily fresh and that its quality can arise suspicions.
Therefore, those who will travel with Lufthansa and other airlines that will adopt this cooking platform can rest assured that their food will be freshly cooked, delicious and healthy.