In professional catering, the steel plancha is renowned for its cooking qualities.
The professional steel plancha heats up to temperature quickly.
Steel is widely used in cooking. This alloy transfers heat extremely well from the heat source to the food being cooked. With a plate just a few millimetres thick, the professional steel plancha reaches temperature in just 10 minutes. The steel plate is generally mounted on a frame and surrounded by stainless steel raised edges to limit any splashing. This professional-quality plancha is available in electric or gas versions. The electric model is fitted with coiled heating elements. The gas professional steel plancha is generally equipped with Piezo ignition and burners with a safety thermocouple. It usually runs on butane/propane gas. Particularly responsive to temperature variations, gas allows a faster temperature rise than the electric model.
With sufficient thickness, the steel griddle plate is renowned for its cooking quality.
Thanks to the good thermal conductivity of steel, the steel plancha allows fast cooking. The heating elements (electric model) or burners (gas model) covering the entire cooking surface ensure highly even cooking across the steel plate. With a sufficient thickness of 10 mm or more, the steel griddle plate delivers healthy and varied cooking with just a drizzle of oil: from king prawns to fine cuts of meat, not forgetting vegetables and fish.
The professional enamel plancha brings an extra touch of quality and convenience.
The professional enamel plancha improves contact cooking.
Today, the plancha is enjoying a touch of modernity with enamel! Roller Grill, a brand of cooking equipment manufactured in France, offers a range of enamelled professional planchas. The enamelling of the steel plates makes the cooking surface perfectly smooth. The smoother the plate, the better the contact cooking: the points of contact with the food are multiplied and the heat transfer to the product being cooked is improved. Enamel withstands very high temperatures. The professional enamel plancha can therefore be used at maximum power for large cuts of meat or ultra-fast searing with no added fat.
The enamelled steel plate is easy to clean.
A layer of enamel on a steel plate protects it and increases its durability. Roller Grill enamelled planchas are coated with a solid enamel that is highly resistant to abrasion. You can use metal utensils or even cut food directly on the cooking surface without damaging the plate. This enamelled steel plate is also easy to clean with a spatula. The most stubborn cooking residues come away by creating a thermal shock (or “deglazing”) with cold water on a hot plate that is sufficiently thick (at least 10 mm).
In conclusion, with an enamelled steel plancha of sufficient thickness, you benefit on the one hand from the fast temperature rise provided by the steel, and on the other hand from the cooking quality and easy maintenance offered by the enamel.