“The Anvil Proving Cabinet is a good entry level commercial sized cabinet.
It is well constructed with good quality SS panelling. It has only one control, which is the combined ON/OFF switch plus temperature control thermostat. It has graduations marked 1 through 6, but without estimates of temperature. The scant instructions advise to use a setting between 1.5 and 2 which works just fine.
The Anvil Proving Cabinet lacks any form of temperature or humidity measurements or readings, and does not have an inbuilt timer, so getting familiar with operation over different dough types takes a bit of experimentation, particularly given that the glass doors rapidly coat in condensation while warming up, so it is not possible to view the extent of rise of the dough.
Even an accessory thermometer sitting inside the cabinet is useless as it too "fogs up" and is thus difficult to read. Higher end Proving cabinets have both temperature plus humidity displayed on the outside of the cabinet, but naturally those features come at an increased cost.
Users are well advised to use a towel or similar under the front of the cabinet to catch the condensate that runs off the inside of the glass doors when the cabinet is opened during operation. The condensate "catcher tray" at the lower front edge of the doors performs well while the doors are closed, however as soon as the doors are opened, the condensate is "disturbed" and runs profusely onto the floor infront of the cabinet while trays are put in or taken out. This could create a slip hazard if left unmanaged.
The only detracting "quality issue" of concern is that the SS machine screws that hold the handles to the upper edge of the glass doors do not have nyloc nuts to prevent them falling off, - as they cannot (must not) be tensioned for fear of breaking the unframed glass doors. Purchasers will need to procure and fit these themselves.”
