"This unit combines a convection oven with a
steamer. This item cooks can work with convective steam, with convective dry hot air, or with a combination of both. These are very efficient, flexible units, but they are relatively expensive.
"A bag made of canvas, plastic, or nylon, used to pipe out frostings, creams, and puréed foods. Different pastry tips create a variety of decorations.
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"A pierced, metal, cone-shaped strainer. Used to strain soups, stocks, and other liquids to remove all solid ingredients.
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This item is a cylindrical stainless-steel pot meant to sit in a steam table. These may or may not be held in a hot-water bath, depending upon the type of steam table. Inserts come in many sizes, ranging from one quart to 36 quarts. A bain-marie, when set properly, holds food at 135°F (57°C). Never use it to cook or reheat food.
This equipment cooks food not with heat, but with microwaves of energy that cause a food’s molecules to move rapidly and create heat inside the food. In restaurant and foodservice kitchens, cooks use microwaves mainly to thaw and reheat foods.
This item has a fan that circulates heated air around the food as it cooks. This shortens cooking times and uses energy efficiently. Reduce recipe temperatures designed for conventional ovens by 25 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (4 to 10 degrees Celsius), because the circulating air is so much more efficient.
A cylinder used to roll over pastry to flatten or shape it; this rolling pin is simply a straight cylinder.
Cuts a thick layer from vegetables and fruits more efficiently than a paring knife.
This type of oven has a heat source is located on the floor of the oven. Heat rises into the cavity, or open space in the oven, which contains racks for the food to sit on as it cooks. These ovens are usually located below a range-top burner. Conventional ovens are inexpensive and easy to integrate with other pieces of cooking equipment.
A flexible piece of rubber or plastic. Used to combine ingredients in a bowl and then scrape them out again, to cut and separate dough, and to scrape extra dough and flour from wooden worktables.
A grate-style gas burner supplies direct heat by way of an open flame to the item being cooked. The heat can be easily controlled.
This piece of equipment cook food in oil at temperatures between 300°F and 400°F (149°C and 204°C). Some computerized fryers lower and raise the food baskets automatically.
"Made of mesh-like material or metal with holes in it. Strainers come in different sizes and are often shaped
like a bowl. Strainers strain pasta, vegetables, and other larger food items cooked in liquid.
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