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Sheet Pans, according to restaurant professionals

Only claims about sheet pans made by people we have grounds to call restaurant professionals. The unrestricted sheet pans evidence is on the sheet pans page.

restaurant professionals is a community we read.

3 people on record as restaurant professionals make 10 quoted claims about sheet pans across 3 sources. Membership is recorded with its own evidence — for a person by the trait they are on record holding, for a community by the source it was said in — and authority is scoped to sheet pans rather than to fame.

What do restaurant professionals say about sheet pans in general?

Not a recommendation for a specific product: technique, materials and what to look for in sheet pans. Citable on its own terms. There are 10 of them; the 9 with the strongest evidence are below.

11:33 supports Ian Fujimoto
But if you go to literally any kitchen supply store and buy standardized sheet trays, they're always going to fit. Half [music] sheets, quarter sheets, eighth sheets, perfectly nestled together.

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Cites size and capacity

11:02 objects Ian Fujimoto
You see, the problem with these types of pans is that there's no standard size to them at [music] all whatsoever. Like this is supposed to be, I would assume, a half sheet tray, but it doesn't fit or match up with my other half sheet trays. See? And this one is supposed to be a fourth sheet tray, but does it fit with…

reliability Owns it Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites size and capacity (against)

10:32 objects Ian Fujimoto
But when it comes to purchasing [music and singing] these things, it is so very very important that you do not go off and buy fancy coated ones that are from some brand that are really expensive. Don't do [music] it. It's not worth it. They are literally never worth it.

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Cites price (against)

2:30 supports Joshua Weissman Chef
baking trays and wire racks are the multi-purpose king of any kitchen you can roast tons of things on them you use them for baking cookies the wire racks can be used to drizzle chocolate over stuff or to ice doughnuts or whatever so that it falls beneath and it's easy to clean up you know there's just there's just so…

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11:02 objects Ian Fujimoto
When you buy sheet trays like this, you're spending money on something that you're going to have to throw away eventually because the coatings get all nasty and they don't fit.

durability Owns it Top 10 Most Needed Kitchen Tools

Cites coating durability (against)

9:32 supports Ian Fujimoto
As I said earlier, I don't bake, but I do own a lot of baking sheets and wire [music] racks because they are so much more than just a tool for baking. You can use them to roast meats and veggies [music] in your oven.

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Cites speed and efficiency, versatility

Cook an entire pack of bacon without setting off your fire alarm
They're also incredible at helping you stay organized. Something that I used to do, which I I don't do anymore, but I I wish I still [music] did, was I would organize whatever I was cooking on a sheet tray.
And you can even get these smaller eighthsized sheet pans to plate food on.