Electrolux Professional Free-Cooking Top 589890 – thermaline 90, 500 mm Electric Free-cooking Top with Smooth Plate, 1 Side

Six kilowatts on a 500 mm module is a concentrated heat load, and that is what defines the thermaline 90 free-cooking top 589890. The smooth plate runs from 80 to 350 °C, so the same surface carries low holding work and high-temperature searing without changing appliances.

On a ship, that spread of temperature in a 500 x 900 mm footprint gives the designer options where the line is already dense. The unit’s 250 mm body height matches the thermaline 90 top modules, so it drops into an existing 900 mm deep block without disturbing adjacent work. At 75 kg and 440 V/3 ph/50/60 Hz, it belongs on the main galley distribution rather than on a light-duty circuit, and the 11.8 A current draw is a known quantity for the electrical load list.

Temperature control from 80 to 350 °C means this plate can be specified to do more than one job in a marine galley. At the lower end, it can hold pans or gentle finishes where a boiling top would otherwise be used; at the upper end it supports direct cooking on the plate. With 6 kW available across the surface, the plate can recover heat quickly when cold pans are moved on. The one-side operated configuration suits a line where the chef works only from the galley side rather than from both sides of an island.

The external dimensions of 500 x 900 x 250 mm make the module one of the narrower bodies in a thermaline 90 run. That matters on vessels where the cooking line has to fit between structural bulkheads: a single 500 mm free-cooking top can be used to fill a specific gap, or paired with other modules to build a mixed surface. Being a top configuration, it is intended to sit on a base or on a made-to-measure plinth designed around the same series.

Build and control

• IPX5 rated against water ingress
• AISI 304 (1.4301) stainless steel construction
• AISI 316L stainless steel in wetted parts
• Built to DIN 18860-2 with drop-nose worktop
• THERMODUL jointing for a seamless run of units
• Stainless steel internal frame
• Digital control display
• Overheat cut-out
• Standby mode for reduced idle consumption
• Front access to components for service
• Metal knobs with hygienic soft-touch grips

The combination of IPX5 and front access to components means the unit can be cleaned down with hose-assisted methods while service work remains possible from the working side, without pulling the appliance off its foundation. DIN 18860-2 construction and the drop-nose worktop allow the module to align cleanly with other thermaline 90 units, avoiding soil traps between appliances.

This is the right choice where a galley needs a compact, 6 kW flat plate that can flex between different cooking duties in a 500 mm slot. It is a less suitable option where the requirement is for multi-zone frying or a larger cooking surface; in those cases the designer should look at wider bodies within the same thermaline 90 line. Ordered under Electrolux Professional product number 589890.