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Hi Jokergerm;
I am tired of hearing some oven sellers talk about how much less electricity their oven uses. The cost you should be worried about is the gas.(natural or propane) How much does the blower and conveyor motor use in a a year? $50? $100? My gas bill is $12,000 a year. My air conditioning costs another $10,000 per year. I sure am happy that my XLT 3270 is saving me $50 a year on my electric bill. Middleby Marshall 360’s use less energy than XLT ovens. Let me say that again… MM 360’s use less energy than XLT ovens. They use less gas. The exhaust goes up a flue pipe and your store will require much less air conditioning. Which oven cooks better? Opinions are like a**holes. Everyone has one. I have seen some of the best pizzas coming out of MM360’s. Bofi XLT ovens also cook great pizza. I currently use an XLT 3270 and am delighted with the bake. Customer service is great. The only drawback is how hot the store is and how much heat comes out both ends of the oven.jokergerm:
Hi Jokergerm;
Assuming you are going into or are in the pizza business. When someone buys the older model ovens (PS 360Q is 25 year technology no matter if produced fairly recently) they will pay for new ovens over a period of time.
The above is, because the newer ovens burn gas at 98% efficiency as opposed to 80 % for the older models.
Newer model have modulating gas valves which combined with the new burners improve gas burning efficiencies by up to 30%.
The older ovens use about twice the electricity to run the fans etc than the new models.
New models can be cleaned in a matter of minutes the PS-360q is a monster to clean, it is a matter of hours.
Because the 360 types are so difficult to clean they are usually not cleaned often enough, trash collects in the bottom of the oven and the operator ends up baking pizzas in a virtual garbage can.
The new style ovens usually have a two year parts and service warranty. Parts for the newer models now on the market are about 1/3 the cost of parts for the older models.
Used ovens on the market are usually cast offs from the major chains who have found them to expensive to operate.
The newer models produce better pizzas at lower temperatures and shorter bake times. Check recent posts by Tom The Dough Doc
George Mills
XLT 3255-TS Middleby PS555
Voltage: 120 VAC Voltage: 208-240 VAC
Amperage: 6.0 Amperage: 12.0
Volts x Amps = Watts Volts x Amps = Watts
120 x 6.0 = 720 208 x 12.0 = 2496 Watt hours / yearHi Perfect:
Just checking . . . are these comparable machines? I lose track of the conveyor model numbers. Want to make sure I am reading about apples vs apples instead of turnips.
I have double stack XLT in one store (18 months old) and doulble stack MM in my another store (3 years old). My energy bills are similar in both shops so I can’t really say that one is more efficient than the other as one shop is MUCH larger and has electric water heater and the other is much smaller shop with gas water heater.