Foodservice Equipment UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Receiving table/area - CORRECT ANSWER -Place in a foodservice operation where employees weigh, inspect,
and check delivered items
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER -The tool used to weigh goods
Utility cart - CORRECT ANSWER -Wheeled equipment used in the receiving area made of durable injection
molding (plastic), molded shelving, or heavy steel and used to carry food cases to storage areas.
Shelving - CORRECT ANSWER -Equipment designed to increase storage space and keep food off the floor.
Operations use stainless steel instead of wood because wood is difficult to keep clean and is not acceptable.
Walk-in refrigerator/freezer - CORRECT ANSWER -is built into the foodservice facility itself. A refrigerator or
freezer into which one can walk
Reach-in refrigerator/freezer - CORRECT ANSWER -can have one, two or three internal compartments. A
refrigerator or freezer into which one can only reach
Refrigerators - CORRECT ANSWER -Equipment used to maintain food temperatures between 32*F and 41*F.
Countertop blender - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to purée, liquefy, and blend food. The __________ consists of a
base that houses the motor and a removable lidded jar with a propeller-like blade in the bottom.
Immersion blender - CORRECT ANSWER -stick-like machine that houses a motor on one end of the machine with
a blade on the other end.
Food chopper - CORRECT ANSWER -A food chopper chops vegetables, meats and other foods using a vertical
rotating blade and a bowl that rotates the food under the blade. This unit is often called a buffalo chopper.
Food processors - CORRECT ANSWER -This is a processing machine that houses the motor separately from the
bowl, blades, and lid. They grind, puree, blend, crush, and kneed foods
Horizontal cutter mixer - CORRECT ANSWER -Cuts, mixes, and blends foods quickly with a high-speed,
horizontal, rotating blade that is housed in a large bowl with a tight cover.
Mandoline - CORRECT ANSWER -This is a manually operated slicer made of stainless steel with adjustable
slicing blades to slice and julienne.
Meat grinder - CORRECT ANSWER -This free-standing machine or an attachment for a standing mixer. Drop
foods in through a feed tube, where they are pulled along by a metal worm, and hen cut by blades as the food is forced out
through the grinder plate.
Meat slicer - CORRECT ANSWER -Most have a slanted, circular blade. Food either passes through the machine
automatically or a cook pushes a hopper that holds the product along a carriage into the blade.
Mixer - CORRECT ANSWER -Come in 5-quart, 20-quart, 60-quart, and 80-quart sizes. Cooks use them to mix
and process a large amounts of food with any number of specialized attachments, including paddles, wire whips, dough
hooks, meat grinders, shredders, slicers, and juicers.
Flat beater paddle - CORRECT ANSWER -used to mix, mash, and cream soft foods
Wire whip - CORRECT ANSWER -used to beat and add air to light foods
Steamer - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to steam foods such as vegetables and grains. It uses low or high steam
pressure. Often consists of a set of stacked pots. The lower pot holds boiling water. The upper pot has a perforated bottom
that allows the steam to enter through and cook the food in the port above.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Receiving table/area - CORRECT ANSWER -Place in a foodservice operation where employees weigh, inspect,
and check delivered items
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER -The tool used to weigh goods
Utility cart - CORRECT ANSWER -Wheeled equipment used in the receiving area made of durable injection
molding (plastic), molded shelving, or heavy steel and used to carry food cases to storage areas.
Shelving - CORRECT ANSWER -Equipment designed to increase storage space and keep food off the floor.
Operations use stainless steel instead of wood because wood is difficult to keep clean and is not acceptable.
Walk-in refrigerator/freezer - CORRECT ANSWER -is built into the foodservice facility itself. A refrigerator or
freezer into which one can walk
Reach-in refrigerator/freezer - CORRECT ANSWER -can have one, two or three internal compartments. A
refrigerator or freezer into which one can only reach
Refrigerators - CORRECT ANSWER -Equipment used to maintain food temperatures between 32*F and 41*F.
Countertop blender - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to purée, liquefy, and blend food. The __________ consists of a
base that houses the motor and a removable lidded jar with a propeller-like blade in the bottom.
Immersion blender - CORRECT ANSWER -stick-like machine that houses a motor on one end of the machine with
a blade on the other end.
Food chopper - CORRECT ANSWER -A food chopper chops vegetables, meats and other foods using a vertical
rotating blade and a bowl that rotates the food under the blade. This unit is often called a buffalo chopper.
Food processors - CORRECT ANSWER -This is a processing machine that houses the motor separately from the
bowl, blades, and lid. They grind, puree, blend, crush, and kneed foods
Horizontal cutter mixer - CORRECT ANSWER -Cuts, mixes, and blends foods quickly with a high-speed,
horizontal, rotating blade that is housed in a large bowl with a tight cover.
Mandoline - CORRECT ANSWER -This is a manually operated slicer made of stainless steel with adjustable
slicing blades to slice and julienne.
Meat grinder - CORRECT ANSWER -This free-standing machine or an attachment for a standing mixer. Drop
foods in through a feed tube, where they are pulled along by a metal worm, and hen cut by blades as the food is forced out
through the grinder plate.
Meat slicer - CORRECT ANSWER -Most have a slanted, circular blade. Food either passes through the machine
automatically or a cook pushes a hopper that holds the product along a carriage into the blade.
Mixer - CORRECT ANSWER -Come in 5-quart, 20-quart, 60-quart, and 80-quart sizes. Cooks use them to mix
and process a large amounts of food with any number of specialized attachments, including paddles, wire whips, dough
hooks, meat grinders, shredders, slicers, and juicers.
Flat beater paddle - CORRECT ANSWER -used to mix, mash, and cream soft foods
Wire whip - CORRECT ANSWER -used to beat and add air to light foods
Steamer - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to steam foods such as vegetables and grains. It uses low or high steam
pressure. Often consists of a set of stacked pots. The lower pot holds boiling water. The upper pot has a perforated bottom
that allows the steam to enter through and cook the food in the port above.
