What is commercial cookware?
Commercial cookware is a large-scale kitchen cookware for hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and other catering establishments, as well as major institutions, schools and construction site canteens.
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What are the characteristics of commercial cookers?
1. Large capacity: Commercial cookware usually has a large capacity to meet the needs of large-scale catering operations. For example, a large commercial stock pot can make a pot of soup enough for dozens of people to meet the needs of a banquet.
2. Efficiency: Commercial cookers are designed to be efficient in order to improve work efficiency. For example, a commercial steamer can be the same.
3. Durability: Commercial cookware is generally made of durable materials to withstand long periods of intense use. For example, stainless steel is a common commercial cookware material that is corrosion-resistant, heat-resistant and able to withstand frequent cleaning and use.
4. Safety: Commercial cookware focuses on safety to protect employees and food safety.
5. Versatility: Commercial cookware is often multi-functional to meet different cooking needs.
6. Ease of cleaning: Commercial cookware requires frequent cleaning, so ease of cleaning is an important feature. For example, commercial cookware usually has rounded corners and removable parts for easy cleaning and maintenance.
9. Customisation: Commercial cookware can be customised to meet the requirements of specific premises.
Why choose stainless steel for commercial cookware?
Commercial cookware is different from home cookware, restaurants and hotels and other commercial environments than the family kitchen environment to be more complex, higher temperatures, greater humidity, personnel activity is also large. Therefore, restaurants and hotels equipped with commercial cookieware material must not be afraid of water, high temperature, no deformation, corrosion resistance, no mould, fume resistance, easy to clean, no bloating and other capabilities, but also to meet food hygiene standards.
Stainless steel is more familiar and accepted as a metal material, is currently the most commonly used material for commercial cookware, it is not only strong and durable, but also healthy and environmentally friendly, but also very neat and beautiful, directly change the visual environment of the kitchen, no longer dark and damp.
However, there are many kinds of stainless steel, different categories of stainless steel, the difference is also very big, because commercial cookware involves the public food safety issues, so the quality of stainless steel is very critical.
Why should commercial cookware be made of stainless steel, and how should people go about selecting stainless steel commercial cookware?
What is stainless steel? What are the classifications?
Stainless steel is the abbreviation of stainless and acid-resistant steel, which does not simply refer to a kind of stainless steel, but indicates more than one hundred kinds of industrial stainless steel. All steel types that are resistant to weak corrosive media such as air, steam, water or have stainless steel properties can be called stainless steel.
Stainless steel corrosion resistance, is derived from its surface of a stable, dense, solid passivation film, and chromium is the stainless steel surface to form a passivation film of the necessary elements, stainless steel corrosion resistance depends on chromium, high-quality stainless steel passivation film will be very strong, and poor quality stainless steel is extremely susceptible to rust (chromium content does not meet the standard, the production process is unqualified, etc.). There are also some steel types that contain nickel, molybdenum and nitrogen in addition to chromium.
There are many types of stainless steel classification, such as 200 series, 300 series, 400 series, 500 series, 600 series, etc. Among them, 201 and 202 stainless steel are the lowest-end products of stainless steel, and they will be much cheaper and can replace part of 304 stainless steel.
While 304 and 316 stainless steel are the two most common types, 316 stainless steel will be more expensive than 304. 304 stainless steel has good corrosion resistance and heat resistance, widely used in most of the daily environment, such as home construction and food industry. The more advanced 316 stainless steel, with stronger corrosion resistance and more stable performance, is mainly used in chemical and medical fields.
What are the advantages of commercial stainless steel cookware?
What exactly are the advantages of choosing stainless steel in the field of commercial cookware?
. Commercial stainless steel cookware is waterproof and fireproof, high temperature resistant, impermeable, never discolouring and has a shiny new surface;
. Commercial stainless steel cookware is recyclable, absolutely environmentally friendly, non-toxic, odourless, will not produce any radiation, the real 0 formaldehyde;
. The overall construction of commercial stainless steel cookware are smooth, easy to clean and maintain, no hygiene dead ends, will not breed bacteria;
. Commercial stainless steel cookware is very impact resistant, high hardness, very wear-resistant, will not leave marks;
. Compared to other materials, stainless steel is a good choice with high quality and low price, it is acid and alkali resistant, with high surface strength and toughness, and will never crack.
. Commercial stainless steel cookware can meet a variety of aesthetic requirements, presenting a stylish, beautiful and atmospheric appearance, such as polishing, embossing, colouring, plating and so on.
How to choose commercial stainless steel cookware?
Look at the logo. Many commercial stainless steel cookware have steel markings on the surface, such as 304 or 316.
Look at the weight. Stainless steel is a kind of iron alloy, the specific gravity of steel is very high, and chromium and nickel are also added in it, so the weight is slightly heavier. And counterfeit and poor quality stainless steel, the weight will be lighter.
Choose formal. Do not buy cheap goods, or stall goods, to choose reliable stainless steel commercial kitchen equipment brand, it is best to go to the formal place to buy.
Look at the craftsmanship. Quality stainless steel cookware polished bright. Fittings fine, solid connections.
What are the commonly used commercial cookware?
There are saucepans, frying pans, stock pots, steamers and so on, which can meet the cooking needs of different dishes.
Conclusion
Commercial stainless steel cookware not only improves the efficiency of dishes, but also enhances the chef’s cooking level, and also brings aesthetics to the kitchen. Stainless steel cookware has become the first choice of chefs because of its practicality, durability and popularity in restaurants.
