If you are planning to start a new bakery there are a few basic types of equipment that are considered must-haves to use in a bakery. Investing in high-quality baking equipment and utensils will give you a hassle-free cooking experience. If you are baking delicious pastries, different types of artesian loaves of bread, beautifully baked and designed cakes, pizza, sandwiches, or quick snacks and desserts, having the right kitchen equipment and bakeware will help improve your productivity and of course, your bakery’s sale.
Here we have a list of ovens used in commercial baking and utensils that are compatible with each oven.
DECK OVEN
A deck oven is one of the most versatile bakery ovens found in professional pantry kitchens. It is ideal for baking baguettes, pizza, bread, pie, and sourdough breads. The deck of the oven is usually made of stone or ceramic. Multiple decks allow you to bake a large number of bakery products in a short amount of time. This oven operates in two modes- c0onduction heat and radiant heat. Conduction heat – the heat travels directly from the deck or stone to the dough. Radiant heat- the heat produced by the hot air chamber and penetrates through the dough and heat it thoroughly.
Basic Bakeware essentials.
- Baguette tray
Baguettes are nothing but long thin loaves of bread famous in French. They are hard and crunchy on the outside chewy and white on the insides. Generally, deck ovens bake a lot of baked goods at the same time therefore an aluminum baguette tray with two to three slots is a great accessory for deck ovens. SunBrand baguette tray is finely designed to suit the conduction mode heating of the deck oven.
- Pizza tray
Pizza is everybody’s favorite now no matter the age. A non-stick pizza pan makes the pizza baking process simple and hassle-free. Therefore you can bake a large quantity of pizza in your deck oven. SunBrand pizza tray has deep sides and reinforced non-stick coating for easy release of food. It finely works on radiant mode heating and heats up evenly to form a fine pizza crust.
- Bread pan
Bread pan/ Loaf pan is mainly used to bake any kind of bread. A bread pan with a shutter lid is a great option to hold the batter in shape when baking. SunBrand bread box comes in 4 compartments so that you can bake more than one loave at a time in this big oven.
CONVEYOR OVEN
A conveyor oven is best suited to bake food without any chef’s supervision. It is ideal for baking a large amount of baked food in a small quantity of time. The food that needs to be baked is placed on the conveyer belt and the food moves into a heating chamber where the food gets heated by the hot air. Therefore it cooks the food quickly and the baking process is constant throughout the process hence every baked food bakes equally.
The opening of the conveyor oven is narrow hence it is restricted to baked quite a lot of baked items. The items that bake taller such as cake, puffs, bread, and any other baked good that can raise while baking breaks down and dry under the baking chamber.
Basic bakeware essentials
- Pizza tray
A conveyor oven is very commonly used in shops that bake frozen pizzas. SunBrand non-stick pizza tray is ideal for baking frozen pizzas in a conveyor oven. This pizza tray can withstand the hot sir blown in the baking chamber.
- Cookie Sheet
Cookies can be baked with ease in a conveyor oven. They don’t raise of growing taker while baking like the other baked items. So they can be baked evenly and quickly in the baking chamber. The hot air in the baking chamber allows all the cookies to bake evenly and be chewy at the same time. SunBrand aluminum cookie sheet is very ideal for baking cookies under hot air and can withstand heat.
RACK OVEN
The rack oven is otherwise referred to as a revolving oven as it works similar to a ferry wheel. It is a versatile, very effective, and dependable bakery appliance that is generally used in baking bagels, pizzas, bread, and pastries. The rack oven has several shelves made up of stone or metal to hold the baked food. These shelves are connected to a horizontal shaft which revolves when the external motor spins the shaft. The continuous and uniform revolving of the shelves results in evenly baked bakery products. This oven required extra floor space but helps you with a large number of items at the same time without compromising on the quality of the food.
Basic bakeware essentials
- Pizza tray
A non-sick pizza tray is a very handy baking utensil that every commercial baker must-have. It makes the baking process very easy also, it is easy to clean and maintain. Make sure not to use any sharp objects to remove the pizza. This might damage the non-stick coating on the pizza tray.
2. Cake pan
A round cake pan or square cake pan is the basic necessity for every baker. Aluminum cake moulds are the ideal cake tins used by every professional baker. These moulds yield a completely baked brown cake as it heats up evenly. SunBrand cake mould is a reinforced design that never rusts or reacts with food.
3. Loaf pan/bread pan
SunBrand aluminum bread box that comes with shutter lid holds the batter in shape when rise.
This makes your bread baking process hassle-free. For home bakers, it is all in one utility bread pan as you can bake, store and serve in the same loaf pan.
CONVECTION OVEN
The convection oven uses a fan to circulate hot air around the baking chamber. This hot air cooks the food rapidly which means 25% faster than the other type of commercial ovens. This rapid cooking also has a disadvantage of its own. For instance, baked food items such as bread or cake need some extra time to rise. These baked items cook faster on the outside but the inside, they don’t rise properly and have an uneven texture. Therefore it yields better results when baking low-sided dishes such as roasting and baking cookies.
Roasting and Baking tray
Roasting and baking trays are ideal for all your baking needs. Must-have equipment in a commercial bakery. These trays are ideal for baking pies, tarts, roast meat, potatoes, and even lasagna. SunBrand aluminum baking and roasting tray heat up evenly ensuring a completely bake goods all the time. All you need is a mild dishwasher and a sponge to clean them.
Cookie tray/ Sponge tray
Sponge cakes and cookies are the basic bakery products sold generally in every bakery. Cookie trays have raised edges only on to sides of the tray to ensure easy removal of cookies. Whereas sponge trays are raised to all four sides. The aluminum sponge tray and cookie tray are ideal for baking as they conduct heat evenly ensuring even baking even in the corners of the tray.
STANDARD OVEN
The standard oven has very few moving parts hence very easy to operate. They are very cheap compared to the above-mentioned ovens. They are ideal for small baking operations that are to do occasionally. A variety of pastries such as cakes, cookies, bread, and bagels. The basic bakeware essential for a standard oven is again cake moulds both round and square, cookie sheet, and bread box.
Each bakery will require a different type of Microwave oven depending on what you bake every day. It does not end here, you need different types of bakeware for each type of oven. SunBrand being in the niche since 1939 makes aluminum bakeware that is finely crafted with modern machinery. They are made of high-quality aluminum therefore robust and last a lifetime when properly cared and maintained. From anodized bakeware to perforated bakeware we have it all.
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