Used to hold prepared food in a steam table, hot-holding cabinet, or refrigerator. This can sometimes be used for baking, roasting, or poaching, but because it is thin, it generally does not do too well with proteins and vegetables. Hotel pans come in various sizes, with different lengths and depth.
A pan with medium height, straight sides, and a single long handle, used for general cooking, in particular liquid or liquid-based mixtures, on ranges.
A very shallow pan, about one inch deep, used for just about anything, from baking cookies to roasting vegetables. Sheet pans come in various lengths, such as half or quarter sheet pans.
A two-part, spring-loaded baking pan. The bottom piece and ring secure with a spring to hold the bottom in place. Once an item is baked, the chef can release the spring to make it easy to remove the cake from the pan.
A metal pan with a rounded bottom and curved sides. The curved sides make it easy to toss or stir food. Cooks use woks especially for frying and steaming in Asian cooking.