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Energy costs: How consumers save in the kitchen

2022-09-20T02:57:06.948Z


Energy saving tricks: Verivox expert reveals how electricity can be saved in the kitchen Created: 09/20/2022, 04:49 am By: Stella Henrich Energy prices are rising. No end in sight. But the household appliances keep running. Also in the kitchen. Whether kettle, dishwasher, refrigerator, stove and oven. Not every power guzzler can be switched off just like that. With a few tricks, consumers can s


Energy saving tricks: Verivox expert reveals how electricity can be saved in the kitchen

Created: 09/20/2022, 04:49 am

By: Stella Henrich

Energy prices are rising.

No end in sight.

But the household appliances keep running.

Also in the kitchen.

Whether kettle, dishwasher, refrigerator, stove and oven.

Not every power guzzler can be switched off just like that.

With a few tricks, consumers can still save.

Munich - "Today the kitchen is cold, we're going to the Vienna Woods" - the well-known advertising slogan for a fast-food restaurant that mainly serves chicken products is likely to give some consumers an idea: In the long run, eating out may be cheaper than using the kitchen at home .

Because stove, oven, various kitchen appliances and also the refrigerator, which is permanently connected to the mains, make a big difference.

A look at the electricity meter reveals that these devices are real energy guzzlers.

A crispy grilled chicken fresh off the spit, on the other hand, is available in the gastronomy kitchen for less than ten euros.

The consumer is now definitely beginning to do the math: going out to eat versus preparing it yourself in the kitchen at home.

In the current energy crisis, energy experts like Thorsten Storck are even advising consumers to buy new kitchen appliances now.

However, these would have to have the highest possible efficiency class.

Storck is an expert from the comparison portal Verivox.

He explains to

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that before making a purchase, it is important to know the power consumption of the device you are currently using.

After all, the bill should ultimately be worthwhile for the consumer.

In view of the high electricity prices, energy-efficient devices should now pay for themselves much more quickly than cheaper devices with higher power consumption.”

Thorsten Storck, energy expert at Verivox

Energy-saving tricks: The new device pays for itself after about nine years

In an example calculation for a refrigerator and freezer combination - old versus new device - energy expert Storck comes up with a difference in electricity costs of 54 euros per year.

The purchase will then pay for itself after a little more than nine years for the consumer.

Invoice: After how many years will the new purchase be amortized?

To do this, Storck compares the annual power consumption of the old device with that of the new device.

He multiplies the difference by the current electricity price and thus calculates the annual cost difference.

This is divided by the purchase price of the new device.

The result is the number of years it will take for the investment to pay for itself.

How big such a device should be and what capacity it should have, of course, depends entirely on the buyer himself.

A single person usually has different requirements than a multi-person household.

The cold stays better in a well-stocked refrigerator.

Food acts as a cold accumulator.

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Energy-saving tricks: Don't convert the whole kitchen at once

However, consumers can also save energy in the price crisis without having to convert their entire kitchen at once.

In the case of a refrigerator, according to Verivox, this means:

  • Do not set too cold saves 6 percent energy per degree

  • Defrost the fridge and freezer regularly

  • only open the door briefly

  • Leaving ventilation slits free, blocked, warm exhaust air increases power consumption

  • Do not put hot food in the fridge

  • Fill the fridge well.

    This keeps the cold better, because food acts as a cold accumulator

  • Do not set up the refrigerator next to the stove, heater, dishwasher or in the blazing sun, if possible do not build it in or block it.

    Power consumption drops by around three percent for every degree of ambient temperature

  • Dust the grille on the back of the device

Energy saving tricks: Microwave consumes less electricity than a stove

For some, it might be worth using a microwave to warm up and heat dishes instead of using the stove.

On average, a microwave consumes 600 to 900 watts.

And a short warm-up is worthwhile compared to the oven, which would consume around three times as much energy, Storck

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A cooker with a ceramic hob uses almost four times as much electricity and heating takes longer than in a microwave.

Consumers can also save around eight percent electricity when baking if they do not preheat and around 15 percent if they bake with convection.

Saving energy in the kitchen: More tips from the experts

For cooking on your own stove, Verivox expert Storck has other good tips that help save electricity.

These include: putting a lid on the pot when cooking, not preheating the oven, baking with lust rather than with top and bottom heat, using residual heat when cooking and baking and simply doing without an extractor hood.

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And if you still feel like going out to eat to save energy costs in your own kitchen, we recommend the Munich Oktoberfest.

At the Wiesn, visitors are served some culinary delicacies.

Source: merkur

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