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Cooking equipment that is a cabinet with one or more compartments that hold food pans or baking trays and uses direct steam to cook or bake food. Steamers use an electric or gas-powered boiler or heating elements to produce steam or use direct steam produced from an outside source. Pressure steamers have well-sealed cabinets that undergo a rise in pressure when they are filled with steam and can cook at temperatures between 230 degrees F and 240 degrees F. Pressureless steamers operate at atmospheric pressure, cooking food at 212 degrees F as the steam circulates in the cooking chamber; sometimes these units have a fan to force convection of the steam. Steamers can be countertop, wall-mounted, or floor models. They can have various controls such as an on/off switch, timer, boiler temperature, and/or power modes.
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