Commercial kitchens, compared to their smaller-scale residential counterparts, lend to cooking for the masses and fulfilling delivery orders at high volume. While a commercial kitchen's specific equipment varies from place to place, generally, commercial kitchens contain: Conveyor or commercial-grade ovens.

There are five commonly used in most commercial kitchens: assembly line, island, zone-style, galley and open kitchen. Each one has unique benefits depending on the style of restaurant you want to open, the type of food you are cooking and the amount of space your building allows for kitchen space.

A commercial kitchen is a kitchen in a house, restaurant, hotel, bar, or any other hospitality type business that's main focus is to prepare food for customers.