Pros
- Main cooking zone is super-fast
- Simple heat controls
- Looks fantastic
Cons
- Additional features difficult to use
The Miele KM7201FR is a well-designed, easy to clean and incredibly powerful induction hob that will suit most households.
Although the majority of induction hob designs are glass, the KM7201FR is instead bordered by a stainless steel surround. Not only do we love the style of this but more importantly, it protects the side of the hob from chipping.
Thanks to its TwinBooster mode, the Miele KM7201FR is capable of pushing a huge amount of power to each of its four cooking zones to deliver impressively fast heat-up times that similar induction hobs simply can’t reach.
The four zones consist of two mid-sized areas for pans between 14cm and 19cm in size, a smaller one for 10cm to 16cm pans and a larger zone for 16cm to 22cm pans.
To start cooking, you can either manually select a zone with the controls or use auto-detect, which picks up the presence of a pan on the hob and moves control over to that cooking zone.
There are even clever hidden features that make a huge difference including Power Boost and TwinBooster modes which are enabled by tapping the number nine setting twice and thrice respectively, which in turn increases the amount of power used by the zones.
Press the gap between the ‘0’ and ‘1’ controls for Keep Warm mode which, as the name suggests, keeps dishes gently warmed. Finally, press and hold any power level and the hob will switch to maximum power to heat a pan and then return to the original established mode after a set amount of time.
We’d have appreciated it if these extra modes had dedicated control buttons however as it’s far too easy to forget that they exist.
We found the Miele KM7201FR to be especially powerful, able to heat a 1.5-litre of water from 20ºC to 90ºC with a total 3650W of power in just over two minutes, which is faster than a kettle could manage.
If you’re looking for a powerful hob with tons of extra functions then this is a great choice, just be wary that you don’t forget about all of those hidden features.
Reviewer: David Ludlow
Full review: Miele KM7201FR
