2. SMALLWARES
ο Smallwares are the pots, pans, and other
hand tools used to prepare food
ο The right tools for the job not only makes
work easier but also turns out a better end
product
3. POTS AND PANS
ο People use the words
pot and pans
interchangeably, but
there is a difference
between a pot and a
pan
ο A pot is a cooking
container that is as tall,
taller than it is wide
ο A pan is wider than it is
tall
4. MATERIALS IN COOKWARE
ο The most common cookware materials in
commercial kitchens are copper, stainless
steel and aluminum
ο Conduction is how well pots and pans
transfer heat from the burner or oven to the
food they contain
5. MATERIALS IN COOKWARE
ο Copper
ο Excellent conductor of
heat
ο Expensive and heavy
ο Can react with certain
foods so sometimes
lined with stainless steel
6. MATERIALS IN COOKWARE
ο Aluminum
ο Most widely used in
commercial cookware
ο Gives even heat, not as
a good conductor as
copper
ο Weigh less than copper
7. MATERIALS IN COOKWARE
ο Stainless steel
ο Less expensive
ο Lighter than copper
ο Does not tarnish
ο Creates hot spots and
uneven cooking
ο Not a good heat
conductor
ο Sometimes bottomed
with copper or aluminum
8. TYPES OF POTS AND PANS
ο Stockpot- large, tall
sided pot
ο Saucepot- straight
sided not as tall or wide
as stockpot
ο Saucepan- smaller
than saucepot
ο Rondeau- 6 to 8 inch
side, two handles
ο Double Boiler- used for
indirect heat needs,
two nesting pots
10. HOTEL PANS
ο Rectangular stainless steel pans used to
hold food in steam tables
ο There is a full sized pan and then pans that
are fractions to create a full sized pan
11. SMALLWARES
ο Sheet pans
ο Large shallow pans, made of aluminum 18x24
inches,
ο Commercial ovens, fridges and carts are
designed to hold sheet pans
12. SMALLWARES
ο Bowls
ο Mixing bowls are made of stainless steel
ο For mixing and storage
ο Durable and do not react with foods
13. SMALLWARES
ο Scales ο Balance beam scales
ο Receiving scales ο Popular with bakers and
ο Large capacity scale to pastry chefs
weigh big quantities of ο Capacity to weigh large
products when they are amounts of dry
delivered ingredients
ο Portion scales
ο Used for weighing
smaller objects and
individual ingredients
14. SMALLWARES
ο Laser thermometer
ο Uses a beam of laser to
gauge temperatures of
food
ο Thermocouple
thermometer
ο Instant read
thermometer using a
probe
ο Candy thermometer
ο AKA deep fat
thermometer
ο Measure higher
temperatures up to 400Λ
15. SMALLWARES
ο Mandoline
ο Slices food when pushed onto and across a
sharp metal blade
ο Teeth can be added to change the shape of the
slices
ο Hand guards are necessary
17. STRAINERS
ο Ricer
ο Lever action, used to cut
cooked foods into rice
shaped pieces
ο Food mill
ο Purees soft foods, hand
cranked paddle to move
food through strainer
ο Cheesecloth
ο Cotton gauze like material
ο Used to make bags, food
sits and it drains
18. BLENDERS
ο Bar blenders
ο Two part machine
ο Most common
ο Immersion blenders
ο Stickblender
ο Mixes and purees
19. SMALLWARES
ο Slicer
ο Slices foods thinly and evenly
ο Meat grinder
ο Used to grind meat or other foods into various
textures
ο Fed through a tube past a rotating blade and
through the holes of a die