am I nuts?
I swear I saw some sorta all in one unit advertised in one of my trade mags …
can’t find the ad to tell what I was really looking at.
I coulda swore I saw a single unit …
single gas burner ….
which also had a drain assemble in there somehow ….
which the idea was to put your pot filler faucet above there … to make for an all in one “pot filling station” …
can’t find the ad …. can’t google/yahoo anything …
and now that I think about it … can’t figure out how it’d work!
but … I do have a place I’d like to put one if they exist.
tracing my time line backwards … thinking it was around T-Giving that I think I saw the ad.
Sound familiar?
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
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How about this one?
http://www.fryerworld.com/frymaster-8sms.html
But it might be a little bigger than what you had in mind.
yeah ....
that's a tad bigger than the one in the ad!
what I think I was ... was .... a single gad burner ... maybe 8 inch diameter ...
and for some reason ... I'm thinking there was a drain in the middle of the burner.
and the more I think about it ....
the more I'm leaning towards ... I'm just nuts!
but now I'm curious as to what I saw.
either FHB ... or JLC ... or Remodeling .... or one of the kitchen and design mags ...
or ...
or ...
I do remember it was touted as being something new on the market.
just took up as much counter space as the single burner would need.
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
jeff. Sat in on a seminar with James Krengel at JLC. His daughter now owns the business, but if you run this question by them, I'm thinking they might know the answer. I would assume they would be as forthcoming with the info as was James.
http://www.kitchensbykrengel.com/Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
BIL put in a "Pasta sink"
Pot shaped bowl with drain and heating element.
No carrying pots.
no lifting strainers of heavy pasta or lobsters.
I told him he should put olive oil in the soap dispenser!!
...(obligatory elipsis)
Mr T
I can't afford to be affordable anymore
Are you talking about Kohler's system? http://www.us.kohler.com/onlinecatalog/product_similar.jsp?&module=Pro+Cook+Sinks%
They have several models listed under professional sinks.
jeff.. i went to CJD's link... and i think it's what you're looking for
http://www.us.kohler.com/onlinecatalog/detail.jsp?frm=null&module=Pro+Cook+Sinks%2CPro+Task+Sinks&item=240402&prod_num=3309-1Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
I think this relates to a Q raised in a thread from awhile back.
Guy says he did one of these high end and trendy pot filler faucets above the big pro gas range, in client's new trophy kitchen.
Inspector comes in and goes, like, you can't have a big faucet like that, right above the stove, without a drain underneath.
Guy says, how do I plumb a drain into a gas range?
This is what JBuck is hallucinating about. He's sure he saw a cooktop or range with an integral drain, so as to deal with these potfiller faucets.
I'm clueless, but waiting for anticipation, for the answer.
gene... go back to that link i made... click on it..
when you get there.. scroll down and watch the video..
cool item !....
it is a pot filler, a single burner , and there is a drain in the bottom of the boiler... adn in the sinkMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
is this for that "old" kitchen you want to do ?
is this something you really want to buy, or is it just something you saw and can't remember where you saw it ?
was it an electric burner ? (heehee)
most importantly, why would anyone want such a thing ?
carpenter in transition
most importantly, why would anyone want such a thing ?
Couple of reasons, just off the top of my head.
First off, the foodies like using a gallon of water for boiling pasta. If there's more than a pound of pasta, they'll want more gallons of water. That's a peice to have to carry to the stove from the sink. So, those who have seen pot fillers in commercial kitchens, are keen to have one for themselves.
Small chilluns in house & pot filler spigot with no drain (the far-too typical install I've seen). Come home to kitchen with new water feature, and even with only one kiddo hear "Not Me" (silly evil rascal that he is) get blamed.
Now, which reason is more valid remains debatable. The fact that anybody finally "caught up" to being smart enough to make a gas burner (electric way too slow for pasta) with a drain is marvel enough for me. (In a commercial kitchen, a s dripping or not off pot filler would drip into the drip basin under the burners until that overflowed, which would then hit the floor and go into the floor drain--just not a lot of floor drains in residential kitchens.)Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
Cap
Pot filler - great idea.
I am a cook (bit of a hack), but someday the new home will have one of these.
You have now given me a reason to put a drain in the floor under the stove.
Another great idea. If only the inspector will allow it.
I don't think I want my yungins playing with the pot filler faucet over the hot stove. I will begin the beatings now to be sure they don't touch.
As far as the stove having a built-in special drain that I can pour liquids down ?
I've been carrying the pots over to the sink for 28 years, I think I can handle another 28.
carpenter in transition
am I nuts?
Well, maybe. But I've seen the thing you're thinking about. I think the one I saw was made by Gaggenau, but I can't find a link to it now. As I recall, it was really pricey, and took up about the space of two burners. It was defintaly a built-in with its own plumbing. There was also a version available to use as a deepfryer.