Cooktops

Ikea SMAKLIG review

Ikea SMAKLIG

CHOICE Expert Rating

75%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Each zone has its own control settings.
  • Excellent result for melting chocolate, using melt function.
  • Fairly easy to navigate controls with larger fingers.
  • 1 flexi zone that can accommodates rectangular/oval cooking pans.
  • Cooking zone dimensions are obvious.
  • No edge. Touch controls easy to wipe over and clean.
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Only OK result for turn down test.
  • Small cooking zone is very close to the controls. Cookware can encroach onto controls.
  • Labelling is only fairly easy to comprehend, it is small with some written labelling and symbols.
  • ON / OFF control is not very obvious.
  • Accommodates only 3 cooking zones at the same time.
  • Saucepan/pan larger than 21cm in diameter may not be efficient.
  • May not have even heat distribution when using flexi zone.
  • Pan slides easily on glass surface when stirring.

Type

Frame or frameless
Frameless
Control type
Touch

Recommended products

Recommended

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
75%
Cooking performance score
78%
Ease of use score
71%
Low heat setting score
95%
High heat setting score
75%
Turn down score
65%
Boil time
3 min 56 sec

Related products

Availability
Tested model

Sustainability

Reliability score
Not available
Satisfaction score
Not available
Country of origin
Italy
Shop Ethical rating
D
Warranty (years)
5

Specifications

Number of cooking zones
4
Cooktop width (cm)
59
Element layout
Simmer right front Medium left front and Left rear Large right rear BridgeZone left side
Usable pan diameters (cm)
1 x 10-15 / 1 x 15-21 / 2 x 12-20 / Bridge zone 20-37.5
Dimensions (cm, W x D)
59 x 51
Installation dimensions (cm, W x D)
56 x 49
Website
ikea.com/au/en/

Cost

Price
$799.00
Yearly running cost
$56.00

Features

Pause or stop/go setting
Keep warm setting
Power boost setting
Auto heat up setting

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