WP MATADOR Deck Oven

Our WP MATADOR Deck Oven – truly multi talented

Confidence and reliability

Every WP MATADOR Deck oven has been built to meet one clearly defined requirement: To deliver extremely consistent and reproducible baking results – over many decades, of course! The total number of benefits leaves no doubt as to what this deck oven is really about – a truly multi talented MATADOR. For us as the manufacturer, it is the name of the product. Beyond this, it is also a term for quality. Bakers from all over the world share this view. They say MATADOR and mean QUALITY. (Instead of oil or gas, an electric heater cartridge can be added prior to leaving our factory…or it can be retrofitted to your existing WP MATADOR Deck Oven.

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For decades, our WP MATADOR Deck Ovens have set the standard for consistent and reliable baking results. Each oven is designed for optimal heat transfer and even heat distribution so that bakers can produce the same high-quality results on every bake. Such consistency is vital in the baking business, where even slight deviations can dramatically affect the final product. The durability of MATADOR ovens also ensures this reliability over time and for years to come, giving bakeries the ultimate return on investment.

A World of Quality: Why Bakers the World Over Trust MATADOR

Our WP MATADOR Deck Oven has become renowned worldwide for quality — and for good reason. Ovens like these are depended on by bakers from all parts of the world to provide the results on which  their businesses rely. This level of confidence speaks volumes about the better engineering and more stringent quality control behind every single MATADOR oven.

Our WP MATADOR Deck Oven: The Versatility of a Multi-Talented Marvel

The WP MATADOR Deck Oven offers a variety of stand-out features, however, its versatility is one of the most distinguished. Providing general-purpose capabilities, the different decks meet your baking needs. Be it baking bread, rolls, or specialty products, everything is possible, in no time at all, in a MATADOR oven. For bakers that means that you don’t need separate ovens for each product. The MATADOR simplifies operations and saves valuable space in the industrial bakery kitchen.

Improving Flexibility: Adding Electric Heaters to our WP MATADOR Deck Oven

Building on their cross-functional capabilities, our WP MATADOR Deck Oven delivers another level of flexibility with the option of retrofitting with an electric heater cartridge. This option can be included at the time the oven is produced or retrofitted to a MATADOR oven already in use. As a result, bakers can transition away from gas or oil and toward environmentally friendly electric heating on an even more modern basis. This not only prolongs the life of the oven but also gives an eco-friendly alternative that can help bakers achieve their sustainability targets.

Our WP MATADOR Deck Oven: the gold standard in industrial baking equipment

Our WP MATADOR deck ovens meet this clearly defined requirement: Extremely uniform baking results repeatable at any time – and of course over a period of many decades. Their reliability, worldwide recognition, versatility and retrofitting capabilities all make them the gold standard in industrial baking equipment as well as commercial baking equipment and artisanal baking equipment. There is no doubt about what these deck ovens actually are – TRUE MULTITALENTS in every sense of the word.

Special details about perfect technology

…that you can only find with this unique MATADOR series:

An unbeatable pro. An excellent vapor guide, ZYKLOTHERM® the proven heating system, the special baking stones and intelligent WP NAVIGO 3 control system of the WP MATADOR Deck Oven are important for low power consumption and highest baking quality.

Excellent vapor guide with ideal steam!

Batch-on-batch baking? This goes without saying with our MATADOR. Its innovative vapor piping system with vapor distri- bution system, positive-pressure system and relief flaps on both sides ensures rich steam and even distribution. In concrete terms: a relative humidity of 75 % is achieved in less than one minute. Ideal for excellent shine, juicy crump and crunchy crust.

Top temperature consistency thanks to WP ENERGY BLOCK.

Reduction of surface losses. This is where the fundamental key to economic baking lies. The highly effective three-sided insulation makes a significant contribution to it. Its 30 cm strong high-tech thermal layer ensures reduced surface loss by almost 11%.

The system – Best baking products thanks to ZYKLOTHERM®!

ZYKLOTHERM® is the heating system of our WP MATADOR Deck Oven. We have employed and continually optimized it since the very beginning.

Its energy-saving principle: The heating gases enter at the front, in the most sensitive area of the oven. From there they take the shortest route through the heating channels. The result of this heat transfer is a uniform baking process, perfect browning, crisp crusts and full flavor development – even with batch-on-batch baking, of course.

MATADOR STONE: The stone – All around lining for perfect baking quality!

The functional principle of the MATADOR allows for baking comparable to a wood-fired oven by means of radiant heat and dropping baking temperature curve. Due to the comparatively slightly increased temperature at the beginning, the radiant heat suffices for the entire baking process. The products form a greater volume yet maintain a tender flaky crust and long-lasting freshness.

Increased baking quality thanks to selective optimisation: Low energy costs are a very important factor in order to operate economically successful. However: the main focus is clearly on the baking quality to be achieved. It is the combination of traditional baking and innovative technology that guarantees bread of extraordinary quality and exquisite taste to you as the baker. On the basis of this insight we have developed the SSC principle: Stone + System + Control.

WP NAVIGO 3 oven control – Think tank with explicit cost saving function!

Traditional baking in our WP MATADOR Deck Oven can be continuously perfected using the latest control technology. This means in practice: our WP NAVIGO 3 control system in the current MATADOR Generation provides optimum conditions for baking results beyond comparison. In particular in combination with the previously described ZYKLOTHERM® technology as well as the highly effective all around stone lining.

MATADOR = Quality

With this deck oven you are perfectly equipped for decades.

MATADOR. A concept of quality. Bakers all over the world agree. They mention MATADOR and QUALITY in the same breath. And there are very compelling arguments for that:

Long life span

Classic deck oven
in stainless steel design

Saving effect

Highly effective 30 cm strong high-tech insulation. Unique ZYKLOTHERM® heating system for perfect heat transfer.

Consistent production planning

Digital production management with WP BAKERY CONTROL

High Product quality

Outstanding, exemplary temperature flexibility, Excellent vapor guide with rich steam, High-quality special baking stones as standard. Ergonomic control via extra large display.

Automation

Direct and also time-delayed integration of our OBER fully automatic loading system.

Proven baking quality

Due to the extremely long utilization period, the investment in a new MATADOR is similar to an intergenerational contract – from grandfather to grandson

What makes our WP MATADOR Deck Oven a legend?

Oven technology in perfection for over 70 years:

As manufacturers of deck ovens we have the knowledge required to equip bakeries of any layout exactly so that they can work efficiently and economically successful. The personal strengths of each baker determine just how profitable and productive the business will actually be.

What’s important: WP BAKERYGROUP is the only full-range provider worldwide. Not only the ovens are designed, manufactured and installed, but also the entire coordinated periphery. The label “Made in Germany” renders every MATADOR a technically sophisticated and outstanding product in terms of quality.

1938 — Zyklotherm heating is introduced into baking oven design. It involves a central gas or oil-fired heater that produces hot air as the heat conduction medium, which is then controllably directed via channels around the baking or drying chamber. This enables precise temperature regulation. It also reduces operating costs.

1953 — The first MATADOR oven is delivered. The MATADOR remains the most successful deck baking oven on the market to this day.

Alternatives to natural gas as an energy source:

Conversion to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, propane/butane): This requires the mixing unit on the burner to be replaced, the piping to be changed and the burner to be readjusted.

Conversion to liquefied natural gas (LNG): For this purpose, a liquid gas tank must be installed and connected to the burners.

Conversion to oil burner: WP ovens can be operated with both gas and oil burners. Thus, conversion to oil burners is also always possible, but the burner must be replaced and an oil tank and piping must be installed.

Conversion to electrical heating: WP offers electrical cartridge heaters that are geometrically adapted to the burners and can thus be inserted into the combustion chamber to replace a burner.

Additionally, a suitably dimensioned cable must be installed. Since the required power is significant, it is essential to check whether the building connection is capable of providing this power. A factor of 3 should be calculated for energy costs compared to oil or gas.

Are you looking for advice on your options? Reach out to us today.

Visit our Ovens page to see our other energy-efficient commercial and industrial ovens or give us a call at 203-929-6530 today.

Industrial bakery ovens by WP. Werner & Pfleiderer Bakery Technologies. The future of baking begins now.