Efficient Equipment
01.10.11
It’s often said that appliances assign the kitchen, both for their stunning visual impact and for the functional benefits they return to the space. And the range of products available today can be a inventor’s dream – there is likely an appliance unmistakeably suited to any look and capability a client is after. The trick is to be acquainted with what’s new and necessary, and what might be superfluous or a passing fad.
While preferred features vacillate by appliance type, value, efficiency and functionality always top the inventory, according to manufacturers recently surveyed by KBDN.
Practicality is of prime account, according to Zach Elkin, director of brand marketing for Thermador at BSH Abode Appliances Corp., in Huntington Beach, CA. He notes, “The days of importance and excess are behind us, so we’re seeing more people buying appliances they in point of fact use to cook.”
“People want to buy appliances that are quick-witted for the home and that fit their lifestyles,” agrees Blake Woodall, v.p. of Vent-A-Hood in Richardson, TX.
Source: Kitchen and Bath Design News
Bartlesville firefighters respond to Sonic grease fire
21.09.11
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - A grease fire Wednesday gloaming at Bartlesville's east side Sonic Drive-In resulted in no structural bill or injuries, according to Bartlesville fire officials.
“It looked about 100 times worse than it in reality ended up being,” Bartlesville Fire Chief Bob told 2Intelligence.
He said shortly after 8 p.m. firefighters were dispatched to Sonic located at the Nowata Entr and Washington Boulevard intersection due to a fire.
Firefighters arriving on uncomfortable three minutes later saw heavy black smoke and flames pouring out of the roof through the larder hood vent.
Hasbrook said workers in the kitchen had been cleaning out a profound fat fryer when the grease caught fire sending flames into the hood vent, lighting grease that had built up in the vent. The chief on duty seeing the flames tried using a fire extinguisher, but it was not until a system built in the hood kicked on that the larder fire was brought under control.
Firefighters then arriving on scene put out the leftover fire in the hood vent and kitchen after PSO had cut power to the building. They left after spending two hours knocking down the flames and doing deplete b empty-up operations.
Source: kjrh.com