The Basic Components of Compact Modular Kitchen Units: Your Starting Guide
Cooking has become a social event. And even with the smallest of spaces, you’ll want to create a cooking area that’s functional, compact, and inviting. Keep it in mind when you shop for modular kitchen units. To get you started, let’s look at the basic components required, whether you need solutions for a studio apartment, bachelor flat, or self-catering holiday accommodation.
Cooking appliances
Whether you opt for a microwave oven, one- or two-plate countertop stove, an oven with two plates or a complete stove and oven, you need something to warm, cook and prepare meals. With combination kitchen units, you can have the stove, microwave, and sink in one area to save space.
An example is the Maxi stove, sink, fridge, and microwave oven. It’s one of the all-in-one space-saving solutions for people on the go who have small cooking spaces. Of course, this option also works well in self-catering cottages or guest flats. With people not likely to bake and roast when on holiday or when they’re visiting, there’s less need for an oven. In this case, the microwave acts as an oven too. It’s neatly fitted into the space that would have been taken up by the conventional oven. On top is a two-plate stove, also built-in, giving you a full stove unit that takes up less space.
The unit also includes a stainless-steel top area that can be used as the dry board area of the sink or a workspace to prepare food. The single drop-in sink comes with a swivel goose-neck spout and on-deck design. The spout can be moved out of the way to fit large bowls.
Underneath is a hinged two-door cupboard with fixed bottom shelving and adjustable upper shelving. The fridge fits in between the sink cupboard and the microwave section. With the microwave not giving off the amount of heat that a built-in oven does, you don’t have to worry about heat surrounding the fridge.
It comes fitted with a 120L Defy fridge, giving you ample cold food storage space. The Samsung 23L, 800-watt microwave is also sizeable. Have a look at the maxi stove, sink, fridge and microwave oven.
Wash space
The area is rather useless if the dishes pile up with nowhere to get washed. As such, sinks are important components in modular kitchen units. If you have a separate fridge and stove, and only need a sink to complete the picture, consider the double bowl sink to allow for a wash and rinse space in one. With two bowls, you can use the one for vegetable rinsing and the other to rinse the detergent residue from dishes without having to wash, drain and then rinse in the same sink bowl.
These sink and cupboard units offer ample storage space with three cupboards underneath the stainless-steel sink and dry board area. In addition, it includes a drawer for utensils. Also fitted with a swivel goose-neck spout that serves both sink bowls, the unit type saves space while giving you a work area, dry space, and double sink in one.
Storage
Unless it’s a kitchenette that doesn’t allow room for adding more cupboards, you’ll want a grocery cupboard, shelving for the cups or spices, drawer for holding utensils and a cupboard in which to store appliances and dinnerware. Depending on the available space, you can add more modular kitchen units to meet your storage requirements.
Have a look at examples of kitchen storage units here.
Cooling
Keeping fresh produce cool is essential to preserving its freshness, saving money, ensuring food safety, and improving hygiene in the kitchen environment. If you don’t have enough space for a large fridge, consider purchasing a combination solution that includes a fridge. The stove, fridge and sink mini and maxi solutions work well for this purpose. These include the sink, dry board area, cupboard, fridge, and stovetop with two cooking plates. The maxi unit features two additional cupboards along with the single sink unit.
Armed with a knowledge of the basic components required, view our range of products, which include several modular kitchen units and order your desired kitchen unit today to be delivered to your home.
