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You see it a lot these days, an induction hob with one or more flex zones. That means that you can connect two or more zones to each other. You even have an induction hob that is one big zone, so flex everywhere. What are the pros and cons of flex zones?

MAKUS Marble induction hob with grill plate on the flex zone

Benefits of a flex zone
The great thing about linking two zones to one larger flexzone is that it creates a larger cooking surface. This is particularly useful if you want to use a large pan and heat the entire base. For example, think of an elongated grill plate, a roasting pan or an asparagus pan. Read more about suitable induction pans here. If the induction hob does not have a flexzone and two cooking zones cannot be linked together, it will not be possible to heat the entire base of the pan. You can of course use two zones at the same time, but this will be slower.

Disadvantages of a flex zone
A disadvantage of a flexzone is that it heats a pan slightly less efficiently than a round loose zone. Under the flexzone are octave-shaped coils, which lie against each other like a kind of tetteris blocks. The consequence is that there is a little space between where no direct heating takes place. In practice you don't notice it that much, because it doesn't make that much difference. Another disadvantage of one or more flexzones is that they are often more expensive induction plates.

MAKUS Honeycomb induction hob . Photo: at RhijnArt Keukens

Do you use it in practice?
In practice, the flexzone is not used by everyone. Those who do use the flexzone occasionally indicate that they find it especially useful for the larger pans, as previously indicated. The use of two flexzones at the same time (both left and right) is not very common in practice.

The choice of MAKUS 80cm and 60cm: partly flex
At MAKUS we have chosen one flexzone, because we want to create the optimal cooking experience. I regularly use the flexzone for my elongated grill pan. It's great to be able to grill those courgettes lengthwise! Two flexzones don't make much sense, they are hardly used in practice and are also less energy-efficient. MAKUS goes for the best of both worlds: partly flex, partly separate zones.

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