ProStart Level 1 Chapter 11 – Kitchen Equipment & Culinary Skills Review
5 categories of foodservice equipment - ANS ✔✔receive
store
prepare
hold
serve
Receiving area - ANS ✔✔first stop in the flow of food
3 types of equipment used in receiving - ANS ✔✔Receiving table/area
Scales
Utility carts
How to store dry foods - ANS ✔✔6 inches off the floor on stainless steel shelving
32-41 - ANS ✔✔temperature range that must be maintained in refrigerators
0 or lower - ANS ✔✔temperature range freezers must maintain
6 categories of food-preparation equipment - ANS ✔✔cutters and mixers
steamers
broilers
ranges, griddles, fryers
ovens
proofing cabinets
, Countertop blender - ANS ✔✔purees, liquefies, and/or blends food
Food processor - ANS ✔✔grinds, purees, blends, crushes, and/or kneads food
Immersion blender - ANS ✔✔Also known as a hand blender, stick blender, or burr mixer.
A long, stick-like machine that houses a motor on one end of the machine with a blade on the
other end.
Mandoline - ANS ✔✔A manually operated slicer made of stainless steel with adjustable slicing
blades to slice and julienne.
7 Mixer attachments - ANS ✔✔paddle
wire whips
dough hooks
meat grinders
shredders
slicers
juicers
Flat beater paddle - ANS ✔✔attachment used to mix, mash, and cream soft foods
Wire whip - ANS ✔✔attachment used to beat and add air to light foods, such as egg whites and
cake frosting
Wing whip - ANS ✔✔A heavier version of the wire whip; used in a mixer to whip, cream, and
mash heavier food items.
5 categories of foodservice equipment - ANS ✔✔receive
store
prepare
hold
serve
Receiving area - ANS ✔✔first stop in the flow of food
3 types of equipment used in receiving - ANS ✔✔Receiving table/area
Scales
Utility carts
How to store dry foods - ANS ✔✔6 inches off the floor on stainless steel shelving
32-41 - ANS ✔✔temperature range that must be maintained in refrigerators
0 or lower - ANS ✔✔temperature range freezers must maintain
6 categories of food-preparation equipment - ANS ✔✔cutters and mixers
steamers
broilers
ranges, griddles, fryers
ovens
proofing cabinets
, Countertop blender - ANS ✔✔purees, liquefies, and/or blends food
Food processor - ANS ✔✔grinds, purees, blends, crushes, and/or kneads food
Immersion blender - ANS ✔✔Also known as a hand blender, stick blender, or burr mixer.
A long, stick-like machine that houses a motor on one end of the machine with a blade on the
other end.
Mandoline - ANS ✔✔A manually operated slicer made of stainless steel with adjustable slicing
blades to slice and julienne.
7 Mixer attachments - ANS ✔✔paddle
wire whips
dough hooks
meat grinders
shredders
slicers
juicers
Flat beater paddle - ANS ✔✔attachment used to mix, mash, and cream soft foods
Wire whip - ANS ✔✔attachment used to beat and add air to light foods, such as egg whites and
cake frosting
Wing whip - ANS ✔✔A heavier version of the wire whip; used in a mixer to whip, cream, and
mash heavier food items.
