Selecting Ventless Equipment for Your Kitchen: Your Guide to All Things Ventless Pt. 2
By: Joe Louis Ferri, Director of Project Sales, AKA “Ventless Joe”
When setting up your commercial kitchen, one of the most critical decisions you’ll make is choosing the right equipment. Traditional kitchen equipment often requires complex and costly ventilation systems. However, ventless equipment offers a modern solution, allowing you to maximize space, flexibility, and efficiency while minimizing installation costs. In our last blog article, I gave some essential rules for ventless kitchens and highlighted the major benefits of going ventless. Here are some tips to help you select the best ventless equipment for your commercial kitchen.
Understand Your Kitchen’s Needs
Before diving into the specifics of ventless equipment, assessing your kitchen’s needs is essential.
Also, how much room do you have for equipment? Workflow will dictate the degrees of modularity to design in here. Some ventless equipment comes with casters for easy movement and reconfiguration.
Types of Ventless Equipment
Before diving into the specifics of ventless equipment, assessing your kitchen’s needs is essential.
Also, how much room do you have for equipment? Workflow will dictate the degrees of modularity to design in here. Some ventless equipment comes with casters for easy movement and reconfiguration.
– TurboChef Rapid Cook Ovens that provide superior speed and performance. From the Sota, TurboChef’s smallest, most energy-efficient product, to the PLEXOR with a modular design and ability to operate three technologies on a single user interface, there is a rapid-cook oven for every size and budget. Conveyor ovens offer flexibility and consistency with a set temperature and time with every use.
– Blodgett Convection Ovens and Combis are built to be energy efficient. Blodgett offers a Premium Series, Mid-Range Series, and Half-Size series in convection ovens, and the Invoq is a popular ventless choice for an intuitive combi oven for baking, roasting and steaming.
– Wells Canopy-Style Hoods feature a completely self-contained air filtration system. They are available with or without self-contained fire suppression systems. They do not require venting outside, making it possible to cook in non-traditional locations or when traditional Type-1 hoods and ductwork are impractical, restricted, or too expensive.
– EVO E-Vent Hoods allow for ventless operation of many different types of electric cooking appliances such as fryers, griddles, combi ovens, charbroilers, and more. A five-stage filtration system uses washable filters to obliterate grease-laden cooking vapors and eliminate cooking odors.
Pair the E-Vent Hood with a Nieco Electric broiler for a winning combination. Designed for high-capacity locations, the Nieco broiler is perfect for various menu items and offers customers the charbroiled flavor and surface sear marks they desire with technology that combines radiant, reflective, and convective heat to produce consistent results and reduce operating costs.
You heard it here first — our fall event will be “No-Vent November”. We will feature the new EVO hood, so you will have a chance to come get hands-on at the Culinary Experience. More details coming soon!
– All Perfect Fry models are self-venting and use patented HEPA-style air filtration technology. The air is drawn up through the front grill over the oil vat and into the grease filter, removing the larger grease particulate. The remaining grease-laden air travels through the HEPA-style replaceable air filter cartridge.
– Many building designs, including shopping centers, food courts, and air terminals, do not lend themselves to conventional hood installations. Southbend Ventless Convection Ovens allow you to cook anywhere, and the soft heat mixing zone technology mixes hot and cool air to produce tempered air for even baking and cooking.
– Middleby Marshall Conveyor Ovens have an advanced technology air delivery system that bakes up to 30% faster than traditional conveyor ovens. Add to that the internal system for destroying grease odors, low oven profile, and the fact that it is stackable, and this conveyor oven is hard to beat.
As your business grows, your equipment needs may change, so choose equipment that can scale with you. Selecting the right ventless equipment for your commercial kitchen involves careful consideration of your specific needs, local regulations, and the equipment’s efficiency, cost, and brand reputation. By focusing on these key factors, you can ensure that your kitchen has the best tools to deliver high-quality food efficiently and safely.
At Pecinka Ferri, we’re committed to helping you find the perfect ventless solutions for your commercial kitchen. Contact us today to explore our range of top-tier ventless equipment (you can even take a “test-drive” on many of these) while priming your kitchen for modern, culinary excellence!