HAND TOOLS - Whip

Loops of stainless-steel wire fastened to a handle.
Whips with a few stiff wires are used for mixing and blending, and whips with many flexible wires are used for whipping foams, such as whipped cream and egg foams. Also called whisk.

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HAND TOOLS - Turntable

A round, flat disk that swivels freely on a pedestal base. Used for holding cakes for decorating.

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HAND TOOLS - Brushes

Pastry brushes are used to brush items with egg wash, glaze, and so on. Larger bench brushes are used to brush flour from tabletops and from the surface of dough. Oven brushes are used to clean excess flour from deck ovens.

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OVENS

Ovens are, of course, the workhorses of the bakery and pastry shop and are essential for producing breads,cakes,cookies,pastries,and other baked items. Ovens are enclosed spaces in which food is heated, usually by hot air (except in the case of microwave ovens, which are not especially useful in a bakeshop). Several kinds of ovens are used in baking.
Steam is important in the baking of many kinds of breads, and i will discuss them later. Ovens used in bakeshops, including deck ovens, rack ovens, and mechanical ovens, may have steam injected into them during part of t baking cycle.

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