Pizza is a delicacy with a very long history, dating back to the ancient Roman period. In the Middle Ages, bakers in Naples, Italy, added tomatoes, cheese, herbs and meat to the dough, making the pizza taste more diverse and more similar to today’s pizza.
In the 18th century, an Italian pastry chef made a special “Pizza Margherita” to celebrate the visit of Queen Margherita of Italy. This pizza, with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil, makes full use of the colors of the ingredients and designs the pizza in the colors of the Italian flag, making the pizza nutritious and delicious, and profound.
Later, in the late 19th century, with the rise of the American Gold Rush, pizza was introduced to the United States with Italian immigrants, and New York and Chicago developed thin-crust pizza and deep-dish pizza.
The Development of Commercial Pizza Ovens
Years later, pizza became a global delicacy, and the number of pizza chain brands grew rapidly. Well-known pizza chains such as Pizza Hut, Dominos have expanded around the world, making pizza a popular delicacy and even influencing the food culture of the East.
The original way of making pizza at home can no longer meet the consumption needs of a large number of urban residents, so clever food equipment inventors invented commercial ovens – an oven that can quickly bake a large number of pizzas with huge output. But at the same time, the pizza cooked in this oven can make pizzas of different flavors and styles to meet people’s increasingly picky taste buds.
About the characteristics of commercial ovens
As a large oven type designed for commercial kitchens, the main purpose of commercial pizza ovens is to mass produce pizzas, and it can bake other bread products when necessary.
In order to quickly bake a large number of pizzas, commercial pizza ovens are much larger than home ovens, but they are not a waste of space at all. They can bake multiple pizzas more efficiently and quickly.
Due to the continuous development of modern baking technology, with more precise temperature control and more efficient heater components, most commercial pizza ovens can reach temperatures of 400°C (750°F) or higher, which can achieve fast baking and make the pizza have a crispy taste, golden appearance, and look very appetizing.
Scenarios where commercial pizza ovens are needed
1.Pizza chains: There are many pizza chains in many countries. The demand for orders during peak hours is very high, and sometimes the order volume is very small. Therefore, commercial pizza ovens are essential equipment for pizza chains.
2. Restaurants: Some restaurants offer pizza on their menus. In order to ensure the best consumer experience, some restaurants need to use commercial pizza ovens to bake quickly, reduce the waiting time of guests, and let them eat freshly baked pizza.
3. Catering service companies: Such companies need to provide catering services for large events, conferences or school institutions, and often have a very large demand for pizza, which ordinary pizza ovens cannot meet.
4.Food processing plants: Food processing plants have a very large demand for orders, and often need to bake a large number of pizzas, bread, biscuits, etc. in batches at one time. Then commercial pizza ovens can meet their needs and can well control the unit cost of each pizza to ensure the normal operation of the factory. At the same time, the pizzas produced by commercial pizza ovens are of stable quality, easy to maintain, and can also make food more hygienic.
The best commercial oven type
Deck oven
Deck ovens have a layered design and a multi-layer metal base, which can evenly spread heat, allowing the bottom of the pizza to be evenly heated, giving the pizza a crispy taste. Moreover, the deck oven can maintain a constant high temperature, so that the taste and crispness of the pizza reach the ideal state.
Deck oven recommendation: Nicko’s Sweden style deck oven
Nicko Swedish style deck oven has four major advantages: it uses imported IC chip control board, which makes baking temperature control more accurate; the control board integrates pulse ignition automatic detection system, when ignition fails, flameout occurs unexpectedly, or the system is out of gas, the valve will automatically close within 0.3 seconds and alarm; the oven cavity uses imported thickened aluminum plate, which is not easy to deform and bakes more evenly.
Conveyor Pizza Oven
In addition to the deck oven, the conveyor pizza oven is also a professional equipment suitable for commercial pizza baking. It can continuously transmit and bake pizza through the design of a conveyor belt and an oven, and the production speed is very fast. And because of the conveyor belt design, the pizza can be heated evenly throughout the baking process, so that the quality of the pizza remains stable, which is suitable for use in food factories and chain stores.
In addition, in order to ensure the stable quality of the pizza, the conveyor pizza oven is equipped with precise temperature control, which can make each batch of pizza highly consistent in appearance and taste. At the same time, it also has speed control, which can adjust the transmission speed.
In addition, this type of oven is often highly automated, which can reduce manual operations, improve production efficiency, and save labor costs. It is particularly suitable for large pizza chains and food factories.
Conveyor Pizza Oven Recommendation: Nicko Commercial Convection Gas Deck Conveyor Pizza Oven
Nicko Commercial Convection Electric/Gas Deck Conveyor Pizza Oven has multiple baking trays and can bake multiple pizzas at the same time. The oven is equipped with a conveyor belt, which can continuously bake pizzas and automatically remove them from the oven, and the conveyor belt speed can be adjusted. In addition, the oven is equipped with multiple controllers and an adjustable temperature control system, which can be adjusted according to different pizza recipes, and has temperature protection, automatic shutdown and other safety measures.
How to choose a cost-effective commercial pizza oven?
1. Gas oven VS electric oven?
Purchase an electric oven or a gas oven? As we all know, gas ovens heat up faster, but electric ovens are easier to control temperature and are simpler to clean and maintain.
Next, after you determine the type of oven, choose the size of the oven according to the scale of your business. The oven cannot exceed your production scale, otherwise it will also cause a waste of resources.
In addition, with the development of science and technology, commercial pizza ovens are becoming more and more intelligent, and some important oven functions should be available, such as temperature control, timer, multi-layer rack design, etc. If you purchase outdated equipment, you may be eliminated in future competition.
2. Consider the comprehensive cost
When purchasing large equipment, don’t just consider the price of the equipment, but also the long-term operating costs. Therefore, the warranty period and service support provided by the manufacturer should also be included in your consideration to reduce future troubles. To reduce energy costs, choose an oven of the right size, fast heating and good heat preservation, which consumes less energy.
3. Refer to other users’ reviews
Before purchasing a specific commercial pizza oven, it is recommended that you understand the industry experience of the oven manufacturer, or read user reviews and product test reports to understand the quality of the oven from other perspectives.
4. Consider long-term equipment needs
Since the market is constantly changing, and your business scale may continue to grow.
In order to reduce unnecessary repeated purchases and waste of resources, you can understand whether you need other functions, such as defrosting functions, or whether you want to purchase supporting equipment. At the same time, it is recommended that you consider the possibility of business growth, and the oven you choose should take into account the expansion of future needs.
