31 Jul, 2016
Buying Guide | Commercial Convection Oven
Commercial Convection Oven is one of the most efficient restaurant equipment that is suitable for all food service industry including bakery, coffee shop and catering facilities. These ovens have a fan that actively circulates hot air around food in the oven cavity to create a uniform and consistent temperature. This design means far quicker cooking times than in standard radiant ovens.
Convection Ovens come either single or double; Gas Convection Oven or Electric Convection Oven to best suit your kitchen needs.
Types of Convection Oven
Countertop Convection Oven
Countertop Convection Ovens are often used for small bakery, coffee shop and concession facilities. They come in different sizes of quarter, half-size and full-size countertop convection ovens and capacities of 2 to 4 trays with or without humidity options. They’re easy to install, and can hold anything from small sheet pans to full-size sheet pans.
Electric Convection Oven
Electric Convection Ovens are available in both half–size, and full-size models. Electric convection ovens can be made in single or 3 phases with different electric configuration suiting your electrical requirement. These ovens have a fan that actively circulates hot air around food in the oven cavity to create a uniform and consistent temperature. The majority of our convection ovens are electric which generally reduces the initial capital outlay and simplifies installation tremendously.
- Standard depth baking compartment – accepts five 18” x 26” standard full-size baking pans in left-to-right positions.
- Bakery depth baking compartment- accepts five 18” x 26” standard full-size baking pans in left-to-right or front-to-back positions.
Gas Convection Oven
Gas Convection Ovens are available in both half–size, and full-size models. In terms of utilities, gas models will still need supply of electric to service the fan, though that requirement is not uncommon with many commercial gas appliances and most modern kitchens are provisioned accordingly. Installation of a gas convection oven may also require some clearance around it.
- Standard depth baking compartment – accepts five 18” x 26” standard full-size baking pans in left-to-right positions.
- Bakery depth baking compartment- accepts five 18” x 26” standard full-size baking pans in left-to-right or front-to-back positions.
Convection Oven Advantages
- Bakery: Bakers and pastry chefs accomplish faster bake times for pastries and bread with reduction of up to 25% of baking time and increase temperature of 30% while improving the quality of the baking products.
- Catering: Caterers utilize the commercial convection oven’s ability to turn out large amounts of baked or roasted food in short periods of time.
- Restaurants: You can cook everything in a convection oven that you can cook in a standard oven; mainly, cooked products in a convection oven are tastier, crispier and juicier. Also you may always re-thermalize refrigerated products or keep your food products warm until plating.
- Available in a variety of sizes, commercial convection ovens can fit in spaces large and small to meet your commercial kitchen requirements.
- Some models offer “cook and hold” functionality, which lets you set the thermostat lower than in a traditional oven, for slow cooking of roasts.
Purchasing Convection Ovens Tips
- Choose the right convection oven base on your menu and cooking concept. Roasting, baking, cook and hold and rethermalizing require a right choice of convection ovens.
- Base on the choice of convection oven you need to keep in mind that even if you choose a gas model, you’ll still need an electrical connection to run the fan. All gas models generally require 1″ or more of clearance around all sides of the pans for proper airflow in the cooking chamber.
- Do you require a proper ventilation and fire suppression? It’s always a good idea to check your local codes and also carefully review the installation requirements of the models you are interested in purchasing.
Common Commercial Convection Oven
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