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Electric cooking equipment stands carry the benchtop end of the cooking line: fryers, griddles, induction tops, pasta cookers and toasters. The practical difference from a gas base is the lead. An electric equipment stand has to put the appliance where its cable can reach a power point without crossing a hot surface or a walkway.

That makes the position of the stand as important as its size. Decide where the power point is before you decide where the stand goes, because moving a GPO after a fit-out is a bigger job than moving a stand.

The appliances are listed under electric cooking equipment, benchtop appliances and induction cooking. The other bases are under stainless steel kitchen stands.

Building out an electric cooking line in stages is common, and Silverchef Rent-Try-Buy makes it easier to start with the pieces you need now.

These are the top FAQs for Electric Cooking Equipment Stands

Where should the power point be relative to the stand?

Behind or beside the appliance, off the floor, and not where a cable has to run across the cooking surface or the path staff walk.

Work this out with your electrician at the layout stage. Our appliance installation page covers what we can arrange, and the appliance's own plug and lead details are on its product page.

Is an open stand better than an enclosed base for electric appliances?

Usually, because an enclosed cabinet under an appliance traps heat. An open frame with an undershelf also lets you see the lead and check it has not been pinched.

Induction units are the ones to watch. Check the clearance the manufacturer asks for on the induction cooktops product pages before boxing anything in.

Can I put a lighter benchtop appliance on a smaller stand?

Yes, and you should. A toaster, a rice cooker or a small induction top does not need the frame built for a heavy fryer, and oversizing the stand just takes floor space you will want later.

Match the stand to the footprint and weight on the appliance page. The benchtop rice cookers and toaster ovens ranges are examples where a compact base is the right answer.

Do electric fryers need anything special from a stand?

A stable top and a sensible height, because the risk is hot oil. The frying surface wants to be low enough that a cook can see into the pot and lift a basket out without reaching up, and the stand must not rock when the basket is dropped.

Filtering and disposing of the oil is the other half of the job. See commercial electric deep fryers for the units and fryer filter machines for the clean-down side.

What can be stored on the undershelf?

Pans, stainless containers and anything you want within arm's reach of the cook. Keep paper, cardboard and cleaning chemicals somewhere else, and keep the shelf clear enough that you can still see the appliance lead.

Sturdy containers suit it best. The commercial cookware and gastronorms and containers ranges cover what most kitchens keep down there.

Should the stand be on castors so I can clean behind it?

It helps, as long as the lead is long enough to allow the movement and the castors have brakes that actually hold. Pulling a stand forward to clean behind it is far better than never cleaning behind it.

Unplug before you move it, every time. If the appliance is heavy enough that moving it is a two-person job, fixed feet and a planned clean-down are the safer arrangement.

How do I match a stand to the rest of the cooking line?

By top height first, so the working surfaces line up, then by depth so nothing overhangs into the walkway. A line where every appliance sits at a different height is tiring to work on and awkward to clean.

Send us the appliance list and we will work the heights out with you. If part of the line is gas, the gas cooking equipment stands range covers that side and we will match the two together.