Having worked in big professional kitchens, I love the can openers you get there. If you’re opening the sort of really large can where the contents weigh in at over a gallon, you need a seriously large can-opener to do it with. There mount onto the end of the worktable, and consist of a blade attached to a large vertical thickness of metal which slots freely into a socket. Just allow the vertical bar to drop so that the blade penetrates the lid, and a handle will fold over and engage a gear, allowing the operator to turn the handle and remove the lid. The weight of the industrial canopener is its secret: it traps the can between the workbase below and the blade above and means it can only move in a direction dictated by the user. (Best seen rather than explained!) I’d love one of those for my own kitchen as they do any size of tin, within limits, and last a lifetime.
Having worked in big professional kitchens, I love the can openers you get there. If you’re opening the sort of really large can where the contents weigh in at over a gallon, you need a seriously large can-opener to do it with. There mount onto the end of the worktable, and consist of a blade attached to a large vertical thickness of metal which slots freely into a socket. Just allow the vertical bar to drop so that the blade penetrates the lid, and a handle will fold over and engage a gear, allowing the operator to turn the handle and remove the lid. The weight of the industrial canopener is its secret: it traps the can between the workbase below and the blade above and means it can only move in a direction dictated by the user. (Best seen rather than explained!) I’d love one of those for my own kitchen as they do any size of tin, within limits, and last a lifetime.