Thread Number: 70490  /  Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
I found the Cadillac of convection ovens.
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Post# 934119   4/23/2017 at 19:02 (2,552 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        

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My friends and former employers needed a new gas convection oven to replace their old single deck Hobart which had failing controls and ignition. I did some looking around and found this AMAZING TOL double Blodgett. Over $18000 new I found this unit out of an elementary school that had VERY LOW mileage at a used equipment house in Nordeast Minneapolis/ST. Anthony village. They sold it to me for $3500. This oven will cook 5 sheet trays of thick cut bacon on low fire/fan in 25% less time than the old one did at full power. A 40# batch of pulled chicken is done in the Blodgett in 4 hours on low heat/fan VS high fan/full heat in the old Hobart. Keep in mind this is a double oven so in reality oven capacity has been much more than doubled. I always wanted to play with one of these super premium ovens. I might "help out" on some of my days off just to test it's capability. Enjoy the eye candy guys.
WK78


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Post# 934122 , Reply# 1   4/23/2017 at 19:30 (2,552 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )        

I replaced a blower motor on one of those about a year or two ago. Pretty serious piece of equipment

Post# 934125 , Reply# 2   4/23/2017 at 19:36 (2,552 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

That (or something very similar) was in the kitchen of a cooking program I worked in last year. The chef loved it!

Post# 934126 , Reply# 3   4/23/2017 at 19:39 (2,552 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL)        

We had this unit in a kitchen at a hotel I managed.    They turned out some serious quantities of banquet food.   I remember the executive chef saying this oven was an absolute necessity in his kitchen.  


Post# 934128 , Reply# 4   4/23/2017 at 19:47 (2,552 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        
Lorainfuriture,warmsecondrinse &Michaelman2

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Yes this is a VERY serious piece of equipment. It is the oven equivalent to a Hobart dishmachine. I am not surprised the chef loved his Blodgett ovens, IMPO they are the best. I am not surprised that these units are used for large scale banquets. They are the most productive convection ovens IMPO.
WK78


Post# 934130 , Reply# 5   4/23/2017 at 19:56 (2,552 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL)        

whirleykenmore78,  you nailed it.   The property had a very large dish washing area.   I remember it was a Hobart system and very large.   We could be feeding over 5,000 people at one time and they had to really turn out some large quantities of food.   Also it was quality food, not the typical banquet "rubber chicken" crap.   This chef was a master in the kitchen.   

 

Your post brought back many memories.    In fact, I think there were a bank of these ovens in that very large kitchen.    I remember touring a kitchen on a cruise ship several years ago and these ovens were also in those huge kitchen(s).

 

They are HEAVY and really hold up to a good deal of use.

 

 


Post# 934150 , Reply# 6   4/23/2017 at 21:01 (2,552 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        
Hobart Flight Dishmachines and Blodgett Conv. ovens

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We had a MASSIVE 35 foot long Hobart flight dishmachine and several stacked Blodgetts @ the Minneapolis airport hotel I worked at. The ovens ran from 04:00 to 21:00 365 days a year. The dishmachine from 07:00 to 01:00 365 days a year. Quality equipment makes such a difference.
WK78


Post# 934218 , Reply# 7   4/24/2017 at 08:58 (2,551 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)        
Has anyone

ever seen a Roscan commercial oven?
Convection, steam, and even steam cleans itself.


Post# 934527 , Reply# 8   4/25/2017 at 17:20 (2,550 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)        
Blodgett...

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best of the best and built in downtown Burlington VT a few miles from our home, their factory is right on the waterfront of Lake Champlain!

Post# 934618 , Reply# 9   4/26/2017 at 06:25 (2,550 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        

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I've used Blodgett since the late 1960's.

Built like tanks and can really handle abuse.

Whether it is a deck oven or convection they always have built a quality piece of equipment which is always worth the extra money.


Post# 934726 , Reply# 10   4/26/2017 at 17:02 (2,549 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida)        

I remember seeing those in the schools around here, each one usually had at least one of these Blodgett convection ovens.


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