Given the popularity of buffets and self-service food establishments today, it’s no surprise that plenty of locations can frequently utilize food wells as part of their regular services. Establishments that can benefit from food wells include:
Other places you’re likely to spot hot or cold food wells include fast-casual restaurants, hotels, sit-down restaurants with salad bars, grocery stores, and delis.
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You’ll find that cold food wells come in more styles than other variations.
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Typical soup wells utilize standard electric heating elements to perform their function, as the wattage can range up to, and beyond, 800 watts. The higher wattage you have, the better your warmer will be able to heat various product quickly and efficiently.
It's important to note that standard warmers are not built to bring chilled food back up to safe temperatures. Instead, their primary purpose is to hold prepared, already-warm food at the desired temperature.
You might see some warmers branded as rethermalizers, which might beg the question, “What’s the difference?”
Rethermalizers are designed to bring chilled, prepared food to desirable, safe temperatures, which other warmers do not accomplish as well. Rethermalizers will also hold your product at a stable temperature, effectively making them a useful, multifaceted product.
Induction cooking has taken a stronger hold in kitchen environments, as it concentrates on heating an object directly via electromagnetic currents. This technology has made its way to soup wells!
When your menu changes daily and you don’t have space to implement different types of food wells, dual temperature models provide adequate flexibility. You’ll keep your equipment inventory in check while limiting spending costs.
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