Understand Commercial Food Service Equipment

What is an advantage to using a wooden peel when baking pizza?

• It shortens the cooking time.

• It allows easy cutting of the pizza.

• It creates better flavor in the pizza.

• It moves the pizza in and out of the oven easily.

What has a broad and blunt blade that is useful for cooking omelets and pancakes, and is helpful for spreading icing or dough?

• decorating knife

• Granton slicer

• slicing knife

• spatula

Which mixing agitator is used because of its folding and stretching action?

• pastry blade

• dough hook

• flat beater

• wire whip

What cooking equipment offers multiple cooking methods and is great for baking, steaming, poaching, or braising?

• mixer

• steamer

• pressure steamer

• combination oven

What type of knife is used for slicing and cutting raw fruits and vegetables, chopping small quantities of materials, and dicing and mincing recipe ingredients?

• slicer knife

• bread knife

• chef’s knife

• paring knife

Eva is preparing a salad and wants to cut carrots into very thin sticks. Which cut should Eva use?

• brunoise

• frite

• julienne

• mince

Which practice is the safest when using a knife?

• prying off jar lids with a knife

• refraining from turning food with a knife

• placing a knife in soapy water to be washed

• carrying a knife pointed toward where one is going

What is a pierced, metal, cone-shaped strainer used to strain liquids to remove all solid ingredients?

• china cap

• B. skimmer

• funnel

• sieve

A chiffonade cut is most similar in shape to a:

• A. barrel. B. . C. . D.

• ribbon

• french fry

• matchstick.

When cooking vegetable tempura, what temperature should the oil be in the deep fryer?

• 100–150ºF

• 250–300ºF

• 350–375ºF D.

• 400–425ºF