What is a Salamander Broiler?
Whether it is the perfectly melted cheddar cheese on a hamburger or the browned cheese topping on a bowl of french onion soup, a specialized piece of kitchen equipment called a salamander broiler is probably responsible for it. Professional chefs use a salamander broiler for a number of reasons, from broiling fish to melting cheese to caramelizing sugar. Sometimes, a commercial kitchen will use a long salamander broiler as a ‘pass through’ between the kitchen and servers. This means the chef will prepare the dish on his side of the salamander broiler and place it inside. A trained server or assistant cook will remove it from the other side when it is ready to present to customers.
