Light Wave Ovens
Though relatively new to the foodservice industry, lightware cooking technology is rapidly gaining acceptance as an efficient alternative to both conveyor and deck ovens.
The concept uses a combination of intense visible light and infrared energy to complete the cooking process. Visible light is used to penetrate the food generating intense internal heat as the infrared heat provides surface cooking and browning. Cook times are controlled by a programmable computer software.
Although marketed primarily as a pizza oven, any food that is cooked in a conventional oven can be cooked with lightwaves. Pizzas are typically cooked in 40 to 50 seconds while meat products such as chicken breasts of steaks are cooked 90 to 120 seconds. Because cooking is very rapid, energy use is minimized. As with conveyor ovens, shallow oven heights do not allow large products such as roasts to be cooked. Units consume only about 2 1/2 feet of floor space.
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