[Sca-cooks] renting convection ovens?

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
>You can *rent* a convection oven? How big is such a thing...

As i said, it held four half-sheet pans... exactly. A sheet pan is a 
standard commercial cooking pan - it's rectangular and flat with low 
raised edges. A half-sheet pan is, well, half the size of a sheet 
pan. Adamantius probably know the exact size. A sheet pan will not 
fit into a standard home oven, but a half sheet pan will.

I'd guess that the monster was not quite as big as a home oven, 
divorced from the rest of the stove. It was awkward to carry (i 
couldn't cuz i'm small and my arms couldn't go around it), but it 
wasn't horribly heavy.

>...and how do you transport it?

It would probably fit into the trunk of a 1950s to early 1970s 
American car, but would not fit into the trunk of a Japanese or 
Korean compact car. I used to have a mid-sized station wagon and it 
fit fine in the cargo space in the back, but a compact station wagon 
would probably have to have the back seat folded down. I now own a 
"mini-van" so there was plenty of room for the oven, four large 
rectangular chafing dishes, all the food, all the serving dishes, 
various utensils, four half sheet pans, a cutting board, some other 
stuff, and a case of Martinelli's (carbonated apple juice in what 
look like wine bottles - a nice festive non-alcoholic substitute for 
champagne) (all without taking the seats out, since i have no garage 
in which to put them), plus my consort as an assistant in the front 
seat.

>Or does the rental place deliver it to the site?

Not the place i contacted. But i suppose a place that rents tables 
and chairs and outdoor tents and all the tableware might have.

>I assume these are strictly electric

Is there any other kind of convection oven? I don't know... Were you 
hoping for propane?

>and plug into standard 110V AC wall plugs?

Sure, as long as it's a grounded outlet.
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