A bagel oven is a device used to bake or reheat bagels. Commercial ovens have a flat surface and a kettle for boiling water, while small appliances are used for toasting.
A bagel oven is a device used to bake bagels, either by cooking the raw dough into a finished bagel or by reheating one that has already been cooked. Commercial ovens are typically quite large and are intended to allow one baker to make hundreds of bagels in a short period of time. These ovens also often include a large pot or kettle, which allows a baker to more easily boil the bagels before baking them. A bagel oven can also be a small enough appliance that should allow you to easily toast bagels that have been baked before eating.
While commercial and standard home ovens can be used to make bagels, a bagel oven often makes the process easier in one way or another. Commercial ovens designed to bake these bread rings are typically made with a flat surface upon which individual bagels or trays can be placed while baking. These can include conveyor belts that move in and out of the oven, much like a pizza oven, for quick and easy cooking. Commercial models can typically reach much higher temperatures than home ovens, allowing a baker to use a bagel oven to bake batches of bread more quickly.
A kettle or large pot of water may also be included in a bagel oven. These kettles typically have deep bottoms and may include a powerful heat source, allowing the water inside them to boil fairly quickly. Bagels are traditionally boiled briefly before being baked in a bagel oven. Including both a kettle for boiling water and a large, powerful oven for baking, this type of device allows a baker to quickly make bagels the traditional way; several people can even work together for even more efficient cooking.
A bagel oven can also refer to a small appliance, usually one that fits on a countertop, that is used to toast bagels. These ovens typically do not achieve or maintain heats high enough for the initial baking of bread, but are instead used to reheat and toast breads that have already been baked. A bagel oven is often designed like a toaster oven, which is quite small and uses the surrounding heating to toast the bread quickly and evenly. Some standard toasters may also be designed with bagels in mind, including larger slots at the top so the width of a bagel can fit more easily inside them.
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