Tools, Utensils, Equipment for

Quantity Food Production

What is Quantity food
production?
 Quantity food preparation refers to the
production of larger-than-normal volumes of
food for a large group of people. In addition to
catering events, it's often used in healthcare
and residential living facilities to cater to clients.

 The aim and objective of such bulk food

production is to supply hygienic and safe food
to the masses.
 QUANTITY FOOD PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT

A. Equipment required for

mass/volume feeding
B. Commercial Food Production
Equipment
C. Maintenance Equipment in
Commercial Kitchen
D. Special Equipment in
Commercial Kitchen
A. Equipment required for mass/volume feeding

Volume feeding equipment’s /Industrial kitchen appliances

/Bulk kitchen Equipment's

 are normally used in big kitchens such as in hospitals and railway

caterings. The quantity of food cooked is huge in these kitchens. Since
industrial kitchen appliances cater to quantity, they are preferred. Just
like the normal kitchen, industrial kitchen has the same stuff with a few
accessories more. But the difference is that the domestic appliances are
just enough for a small number, but an industrial kitchen appliance
caters to a large number.
Freezers or refrigerators
Freezers or refrigerators
An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,
An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime, even
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked in large,
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store ingredients as
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is required for soft drinks.
required for soft drinks.
Freezers
Stovesor refrigerators
A stove is an industrial kitchen appliance used for cooking. Usually high-end
An industrial
stoves are kitchen
used requires hugekitchen
in industrial freezersappliances.
to store food. Sometime,
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Coffee & Espresso Makers

These appliances help to cater to the huge demand for coffee. Coffee
makers are used to brew coffee without having to actually boil water in a
separate container.
Freezers or refrigerators
Dishwashers
The dishwashers must be huge and capable of withstanding the huge volumes of
An industrial
utensils and kitchen
cutleryrequires
cleanedhuge
eachfreezers
day. to store food. Sometime,
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Fryers
Fryers are required to make deep fried snacks. They must be energy efficient.
Use of automated frying systems as a part of industrial kitchen appliance is
highly beneficial.
Grills,
FreezersBroilers & Griddles
or refrigerators
These form an integral part of industrial kitchen appliances. They are used to cook
food quickly kitchen
An industrial such asrequires
pieceshuge
of meat.
freezers to store food. Sometime,
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Storage
Food has to be stored in appropriate containers. Food boxes are available.
Also, steam tables are required to hold pans and sliced onions, tomatoes and
cheese.
Professional cutlery, utensils
Freezers or refrigerators
These include knives that are required for slicing and carving and blenders. Kitchen
utensils havekitchen
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huge freezers use.
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utensils
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quantity cooked kitchen appliance.
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.
Freezers Ranges
Ovens, or refrigerators
& Toasters
These are primarily used to bake and make pizzas. Depending on the use choose
An industrial
the kitchen requires
various models huge freezers
of microwave ovens. to store food.ovens
Microwave Sometime,
used as an industrial
even walk
kitchen in freezers
appliance are required
have to keep food.
a comprehensive The of
range quantity
cookingcooked
programs. There are
in large, therefore
various huge
other ovens freezers
that or refrigerators
helping in baking and areroasting.
essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.
Freezers
Sinks or refrigerators
& Faucets
Huge stainless steel sinks are required. Depending on the need these sinks have to be
An industrial
chosen. Heavy kitchen requires
duty faucets huge
are alsofreezers to store food.
part of industrial Sometime,
kitchen appliances. There are a few
even walk
models in have
that freezers
the are required
facility to keep food.
of dispensing liquidThe quantity cooked
soap.
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Slicers & Dicers

These are usually used in food preparation. One such use is to cut vegetables and fruits
for salads. Industrial kitchen appliances require huge space and investment. Depending
on the space and the budget, one can invest in these essential industrial kitchen
appliances.
Freezers or refrigerators
B. Commercial Food Production Equipment
An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,
Here are some
even walk basicare
in freezers food production
required to keepequipment:
food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
Burners
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required
They arefor softfor
used drinks.
cooking, boiling, and steaming. They often operate on Liquid
Petroleum Gas (LPG). Now induction burners and hot plates are available, which
operate on electricity. They come with open top, mesh top, or flat top.

Cooking Ranges
Cooking range is the most versatile equipment operating on either LPG or electricity.
The name implies, it can perform a range of functions such as cooking, frying,
boiling, grilling, and baking. It comes in two basic versions ;

• Restaurant range − Less expensive, good for less food volume, and is stand
alone.

• Heavy duty range − Expensive, suits a large volume of food production, and can
be banked with other ranges using a battery.

(Cooking ranges come with multiple burners usually 4 to 8, depending upon the
volume of food to be handled.)
Freezers or refrigerators

An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,

even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Restaurant Range Heavy Duty

Range

Basic Burners
Freezers or refrigerators
Ovens
They are used
An industrial for cooking,
kitchen requires baking, roasting,
huge freezers andfood.
to store browning.
Sometime,They operate either on
LPG or electricity.
even walk in freezersThere are various
are required oven
to keep models
food. such as
The quantity Rack with the option of
cooked
rotating or steadyhuge
in large, therefore racks, Deck,orand
freezers Tunnel depicting
refrigerators their
are essential to shape
store and working style.
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
• Rack oven − It contains a set of stacked racks often placed equidistant, one
required for soft drinks.
above the other in a tall stainless steel frame. This oven is good to produce large
volume of food items such as breads, cookies, and croissants.

• Deck oven − It contains racks or rotisseries that can cook various meats such as
chicken, duck, lamb, etc. simultaneously and evenly. They also come in baking
deck and pizza deck variants. The number of decks are generally up to four.

• Tunnel oven − It comes in direct heat and indirect heat variants. It is suitable for
high temperature baking.

(There are myriad number of ovens available in the market, which vary according to
the energy they consume, the manner of heating food, sizes, and shapes.)
Freezers or refrigerators

An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,

even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Rack Oven Deck Oven

Tunnel Oven
Freezers or refrigerators
Griddles
An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
• They
in large, are flat
therefore plates
huge made
freezers orof iron, stainless
refrigerators steel, ortoaluminum,
are essential store which transfer
heat to
ingredients as the
wellfood. Griddles
as food. are pronemaking
A cold beverage to heat loss when
equipment is the plate is partially
unused.
required for soft drinks.

• They are mainly used for preparing breakfast items such as omelets,
scrambled eggs, patties, sandwiches, burgers, and pancakes. Normally, the
residual grease needs to be wiped out occasionally from the surface to
prevent tempering. In case of steel griddles, caramelization occurs if the
surface is not kept clean. Teflon surface griddles are more durable and
efficient.
Freezersand
Pans or refrigerators
Cooking Spoons
An industrial
There are a kitchen requires
wide range huge freezers
of pans, to spoons
pots, and store food.
usedSometime,
for cooking.
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
•in large,
Panstherefore huge freezers
− Depending upon theortype
refrigerators are essential
of cooking, the cooktoselects
store a pan. The pans
ingredients
serve theaspurpose
well as food. A cold beverage
of shallow makingand
frying, boiling, equipment is
stir frying.
required for soft drinks.
• Pots − The pots are used for cooking and preparing stocks. They are generally
accompanied with lids. The steamer is used to prepare steamed food such as
rice, momos, and idlis (fluffy rice dumplings). There are two variants − shallow
and deep.

• Spoons − The spoons help to check the thickness of liquids, tenderness of

solids, stir, and turn the food in the pots and pans. Various spoons used during
cooking are skimmer, turner, masher, ladle, fork-spoon, and utility spoon.
Kettles
• The kettles are used for cooking, warming, and storing food. They are two
layered pots- one inside the other with a gap in between for steam. They are
usually jacketed, agitator tilting for better view and food handling. The kettles
also have a product discharge valve that provides an efficient transfer of kettle
product to a service area without damaging delicate food items.
Freezers or refrigerators

An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,

even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Pan Pot Spoons

Non electric and

Electric Kettle
Vegetable Cutters/Choppers
Freezers or refrigerators
• The cutters or choppers are used in cutting, dicing, shredding, and slicing
Anvegetables in various
industrial kitchen shapes
requires hugeand sizes.
freezers to They are also
store food. used to cut bread into small
Sometime,
pieces
even walkfor puddings
in freezers areorrequired
soups.toThe handheld
keep food. Thecutters arecooked
quantity used for cutting fruits,
in salads, etc. for huge
large, therefore presentation.
freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
•required
Cuttersforare
softmade of either plastic or stainless steel. Some cutters come with single
drinks.
or multiple wheels with zig-zag or plain edge. Some cutters have round small bowl-
like shape to cut round pieces of fruits.
Mixers
The overhead motor vertical mixer is most commonly used in commercial food
production units. Mixers are used for mixing and blending. There are broadly two types
of mixers − table mounted and floor mounted. Mixers have the following standard
accessories ;

• Flat beater − Mashing and beating foods of medium consistency such as boiled
potatoes.

• Wire whipper − whipping cream, eggs, frosts and other light foods that contain air. It
works on high speed.

• Dough arm − It handles heavy and bulky ingredients such as bread dough at low
speed.
Freezers or refrigerators

An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,

even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Flat Beater Wire Whipper

Dough Arm
Freezers or refrigerators
Cookers and Steamers
Commercial cookers and steamers largely operate on electricity. The cooks use
An industrial
these kitchenrice,
for cooking requires huge
lentils, andfreezers to store food. Sometime,
vegetables.
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large,
The therefore
steamers arehuge
usedfreezers or refrigerators
for preparing steamed arefood
essential
suchtoasstore
Idli (a type of fluffy rice
ingredients as
dumpling), well as and
momos, food.dhokla.
A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.
Fryer
Some food items are prepared by immersing them in heated oil in a fryer. There are
two basic versions of a fryer − Electric fryer and Gas fryer. The frying time and oil
temperature varies directly with the food type and the size of the fryer. It consists of
a fryer basket and heating element and a thermostat controls a fryer.

The fryers are used to fry potato chips, Pooris (fried Indian bread),
doughnuts, begels, onion rings, shrimp, fish, chicken, okra, and zucchini.

Electric Fryer Gas Fryer

Freezers or refrigerators
Juicer
Juicers extract
An industrial juices
kitchen and pulps
requires hugefrom fruits
freezers to and
storevegetables. It operates on electricity
food. Sometime,
and
evenspeeds up the juice
walk in freezers production
are required process.
to keep Thequantity
food. The fruits are added in the juicer from
cooked
the top. therefore
in large, It separateshugethe juice and
freezers left over peels
or refrigerators and unused
are essential fibers from the fruits.
to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
There
requiredareforthree types of juicers :
soft drinks.

• Centrifugal − It works by crushing fruits. It is quick and yields plain juice.

• Masticating − It works longer to yield juice of specified texture and consistency.

• Twin-gear − It uses various gears and membranes to yield best quality juice of
almost any fruit, carrot, tomato, or leafy vegetables. It also helps to prevent
oxidation of the juice.

Centrifugal Masticating Twin-gear

Freezers or refrigerators
C. Maintenance Equipment in Commercial Kitchen
Dish Washerkitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,
An industrial
It canwalk
even wash multipleare
in freezers dishes andto
required bowls
keep simultaneously.
food. The quantityIt cooked
is an automatic machine
but needs
in large, humanhuge
therefore interaction
freezersfor
or loading usedare
refrigerators dishes into to
essential dish racks and unloading
store
clean dishes
ingredients asafter wash
well as food.cycle.
A coldIt beverage
eliminates a great
making effort required
equipment is for traditional dish
washing. There
required for are two basic types of dishwasher;
soft drinks.

• Door-type − It is large machine. It can clean from 50 to 125 dish racks depending
upon the size of the machine.

• Under-counter − It is smaller and can fit under the kitchen platform.

(Both dishwashers give sparkling clean dishes.)

Freezers or refrigerators
Glass Washer
AnItindustrial
washes kitchen
and dries almost
requires 2000
huge glasses
freezers per hour.
to store food.There
Sometime,are two types of glass
washers
even walk in−freezers
rotary and pass-through.
are required to keepThey
food. are
Themostly
quantityused at bars for washing
cooked
in glasses of various
large, therefore hugeshapes
freezersmeant for various
or refrigerators arebeverages.
essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
required for soft drinks.

Dish Warmer
It can dry as many as 1800 dishes an hour and eliminates the possibility of
contamination caused by conventional drying methods. It conducts speedy
washing of dishes. It also keeps the micro organic particles depositing at bay for
long time.
Freezers or refrigerators
D. Special Equipment in Commercial Kitchen

An industrial
Nut cracker kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,
Iteven walktoincrack
is used freezers
theare required
shells to keep
of hard nutsfood.
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as quantity
almonds, cooked
walnuts, hazelnuts, pine
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nuts, and freezers or
pistachio. refrigerators
Some machinesareare
essential to store of shelling
also capable
ingredients as
watermelon well
and as food. seeds,
pumpkin A cold beverage making
and peeling equipment
peanuts, is nuts and almonds.
cashew
required for soft drinks.

Shredders
A shredder cuts the fruits and vegetables into string-like fine pieces, which are useful
in salads and vegetarian cookery.
Kitchen Knives
Freezers or refrigerators
Knives are used across various small volume dicing, cutting, slicing, carving, and
An industrial
filleting. Therekitchen requires
are various huge used
knives freezers
fortodifferent
store food. Sometime,
cutting and carving purposes :
even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
• inParing
large, therefore
knife − It ishuge
usedfreezers
for fine or refrigerators
cutting are essential
work, removing to store
onion skins, and cutting small fruits.
• ingredients
Utility knifeas− well
It is used in general
as food. purpose cutting
A cold beverage making and scraping. is
equipment
• required
Steak knife − It drinks.
for soft is used for cutting steaks.
• Santoku knife − Originated in Japan, this knife is used for cutting, dicing, and mincing.
• Chef’s General knife − It is a multi-purpose knife used on multiple commodities such as
vegetables, fruits, meat, and poultry.
• Serrated knife (Bread Knife) − It has a long thin blade with serrated edge that provides sawing-
like motion. It is used to slice certain foods with firm skins or outer layers such as bread,
tomatoes, and capsicums.
• Boning/Filleting knives − They come with a narrow, sharp, and flexible blade and a protruding
heel near the handle. They can run along the bones of flat fish or ribs smoothly.
• Carving knife − This knife comes with a long, thin and sharp blade to ensure neat and accurate
cutting.
• Slicing knife − It has a long sharp blade that tapers at the end and helps slicing fruits and
vegetables finely.
• Turning knife − It is an essential component to present the food in a unique way. This knife has a
small curved blade that is used to carve the vegetables into the shape of a container.
• Cleaver − It is a butchers’ knife. It is very strong and sharp to cut through large pieces of meat
such as pork and beef.
Freezers or refrigerators

An industrial kitchen requires huge freezers to store food. Sometime,

even walk in freezers are required to keep food. The quantity cooked
in large, therefore huge freezers or refrigerators are essential to store
ingredients as well as food. A cold beverage making equipment is
Pairing Steak Santoku
required for soft drinks. Utility

Chef’s General Serrated Boning/Filleting Carving

Slicing Turning Cleaver

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