Empire's deck ovens offer many benefits over traditional revolving and traveling tray ovens. Like brick ovens, they bake so well because of their ability to retain heat. Even when the chamber is loaded with bread and the steam is applied, the oven has sufficient heat to maintain the desired temperature.
Our vapor tube ovens are designed to utilize this same principle. The secret is in the advanced vapor tube technology that facilitates heat distribution and retention. Vapor tubes deliver heat evenly throughout the product zone, with no fans or moving parts necessary to distribute the heat. This provides consistent quality from front-to-back, side-to-side and deck-to-deck with no damper or airflow adjustments. In addition each deck has it's own self-contained steam generator, so there is no need for a steam boiler. You'll save on fuel, space and maintenance.
Until now, quality hearth baking was only available on deck ovens suitable for large wholesale production. However, utilizing the same design criteria as the legendary LF and LFK ovens, the MiniTube gives you brick oven baking in as little as 50 x 53 inches. When floor space is limited and you want a genuine stone-hearth, artisan quality oven, Empire's compact MiniTube is the perfect choice.
The MiniStar Easy Pizza steam tube oven is highly fuel efficient and perfect for those locations short on space. It is ideal for the traditional-style baking of pizza and breads. Each deck has an independent steam generator and refractory brick baking surface. Available in 2 or 3 deck models in both gas and electric.
Our LFK DeckOven is the perfect blend of brick oven baking and flexibility. It bakes so well because the burner chamber and firebox are made of oven brick so it can retain its heat throughout the baking process... providing even, radiant heat to your bread, just like a brick oven. Individual steam generators, located in the fire chamber are capable of producing consistent steam for your entire production. Available in 2 and 3 door models, the LFK can fit into almost any space with a capacity of 20 to 60 pans. Our manual, semi-automatic, and automatic loaders/unloaders require minimal skills and train-in, making the LFK series easy to operate. The Kompact-LFK...brick oven baking with maximum flexibility
Our Ultimate-LF Oven bakes so well because of its ability to retain tremendous amounts of heat. The burner chamber and firebox are made of oven brick, and the vapor tubes that distribute the heat are encased in poured cement walls and roof. When the burner shuts down, the oven continues to provide even, radiant heat to your bread -- just like a brick oven. Individual steam generators, located in the fire chamber are capable of producing consistent steam for your entire production. Together, these features provide incredible fuel savings.
The Ultimate-LF... brick oven baking with all the economy and conveniences of modern technology.