Pizza Pan Washer | Round, Perforated, Square & Detroit-Style
The JD-3 cleans pizza pans up to 16-inch diameter — perforated, solid, square, and Detroit-style. Handles burned-on cheese and oil residue. From $4,400 FOB.
Pizza Pans in JD-3 chamber
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The Cleaning Challenge
Pizza pans accumulate the toughest residue in a commercial kitchen: burned-on mozzarella (a protein-fat composite that bonds to metal), cornmeal flour (granular residue that sticks to oily surfaces), tomato sauce caramelization, and olive oil polymerization. Perforated pizza pans add a special difficulty — residue collects in the perforations and is impossible to scrub out fully by hand.
How the JD-3 Handles It
The JD-3 attacks pizza-pan residue with high-temperature wash water and dual-arm spray pressure. The 65°C wash tank temperature is well above the melting point of mozzarella and provolone cheese fats, so the residue softens and releases during the wash phase. For perforated pans, the high-pressure spray penetrates the perforations directly — something hand-washing fundamentally cannot do well. Round pizza pans up to 16-inch diameter (40 cm) fit flat in the rack. Pans up to 18-inch fit diagonally. Square Detroit-style pans (typically 10×14") fit easily.
Recommended Settings
For pizza pans: - Cycle: standard 2-minute for typical residue; extended cycle for cheese-heavy residue - Wash tank: 65°C - Final rinse: 82°C+ - Detergent: alkaline commercial detergent (pH 12+), specifically rated for grease removal - Pre-scrape: yes — scrape obvious cheese residue with a metal pan scraper before loading - Cornmeal: rinse pans briefly before loading to remove gross cornmeal residue (otherwise it clogs the filter) - Cast iron pizza pans: hand-wash these — commercial dishwasher cycles will strip the seasoning