Best soup crocks, kettles, and warmers for your commercial kitchen

Best soup crocks, kettles, and warmers for your commercial kitchen

It’s that time of year again. The temperature is dropping and your chef will be working hard to crank out scrumptious comfort foods to warm your bones. In this blog, we’ll discuss the steps in preparing and serving the soups, stews, chowders, and bisques that your customers will crave. Break out your soup crocks and get ready for some tasty treats!

Soup cookers and warmers

Soup warmers are known by many names: soup kettles, soup cookers, and soup urns. Regardless of the name, this trusty kitchen workhorse will safely cook your creation without taking up the precious space on your stove. There are two types of soup warmers, countertop models and floor models. Countertop soup warmers work well for buffets and salad bars where keeping your soup warm for quick service is your goal, but if you’re only serving from your kitchen a floor model might be a better choice.

Benefits of a cooker-and-warmer combo

Busy restaurants that serve multiple products will enjoy the benefits of owning combination units.  

These handy units allow different soup products to be cooked or reheated at different rates. They’re designed so each pot has its own power switch and thermostat. This way the soup on one side can be hot and ready to serve, while the soup on other side could be warming. If you’re offering many different soups, a combination unit is the perfect choice for your business.    

Rethermalizers

For reheating frozen soup there is no better product than a rethermalizer. Rethermalizers are similar to soup warmers with one outstanding characteristic. They are specifically designed to heat frozen food through the danger zone eliminating dangerous bacteria as quickly as possible. Two of our favorite rethermalizers are Vollrath models. The 72018 and 7470140 models offer outstanding performance at a great price and are “must haves” for any commercial kitchen.

Soup crocks and bowls

Picking the right bowl depends on the type of product you’re serving and the type of restaurant you operate. If you’re serving broth in a fine dining establishment, you might select an elegant bowl that complements your ambiance, but that may not be the right fit for a burger joint. A casual restaurant that serves hearty stews or chowders might select a soup crock. Handled soup crocks are also a very popular item for serving everything from baked beans to onion soup and almost everything in between.

Hearty soup ideas

Here’s one of our favorite recipes from our friends at www.bbcgoodfood.com. This yummy recipe is for Cider & Onion Soup with Cheese & Apple Toasts and combines a hint of apple flavoring with an onion soup. See the full recipe here.

Planning your collection of soups, stews, chowders, and bisques for your winter menu is exciting. During the winter months, outdoor activities are limited and you have the opportunity to dazzle your customers with your tasty recipes. Whatever you’re planning to serve, you can rely on etundra.com to supply the soup warmers and kettles that you’ll need. Bon Appétit!