Commercial Microwave Ovens

Commercial Microwave Ovens Equipment For Catering

Microwaves enable caterers to speed up and simplify a lot of the cooking procedures in the catering kitchen. These commercial microwave ovens can be used for defrosting, cooking and warming up dishes in any kitchen area. They can be used for cooking and food prep in restaurants, canteens and pub diners and so have bcome essential pieces of equipment for catering.

Microwaves can either be manual, where you use a dial to set the time and settings required for each dish. A programmable commercial microwave oven will have pre-sets so you can cook or defrost dishes with the touch of a button. This makes it easy for any member of staff to prepare and cook dishes no matter what their cooking ability or skills. This frees up the chef to create more complicated dishes and ensures staff time is optimised.

Commercial microwave ovens have different wattage ratings dependent on the model you buy. A minimum would be 900 watts although this is mainly for non commercial kitchens or staff rooms. The wattage maximum is about 1900 watts and would be more suitable for catering kitchens. Roughly speaking the higher the wattage the quicker the microwave will complete the cooking tasks and so for busy outlets a higher wattage may be better. Microwaves are compact pieces of equipment for catering, so take up little space in the kitchen area, but they offer a versatile piece of cooking equipment for day to day cooking tasks. Equipment for catering is built to cope with the rigours of any professional catering or food service outlet.

Combi ovens are microwaves with the benefit of either grills or fan ovens to increase the repertoire of dishes that can be cooked and finished in one oven. These combi ovens combine equipment for catering that is able to cook food quickly but also to bake it off to give a pleasant cooked appearance.

Kitchen appliances such as combi ovens have increased in popularity and are used in many different food outlets. They can cook products like pies and pastries quickly and are therefore ideal for takeaway outlets and garage forecourt food service points not just kitchens.

Combi ovens are great for smaller outlets, where there may not be the space or requirement for large ovens. The ovens will cook quickly and evenly giving professional results.