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Our oval aluminum challah pan family covers five sizes from the 9.5 fl oz Mini to the 94.5 fl oz Extra Large, giving braided breads—challah, brioche, babka, and sweet yeast braids—the oval mold their shape demands. Every size shares the same full-curl rim and even-baking aluminum construction, so a bakery can run gift-size minis and hotel-size braids on one supplier and one presentation style.
| Item # | Description | Capacity | Top Out | Top In | Bottom | Depth | Case Pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO1608 | Oval Challah Pan, Mini | 9.5 fl oz | 6 7/16" × 3 1/32" (164 × 77mm) | 6" × 2 19/32" (152 × 66mm) | 4 21/32" × 1 31/32" (118 × 50mm) | 1 7/8" (48mm) | 500 |
| WO2210 | Oval Challah Pan, Shallow | 25.2 fl oz | 8 21/32" × 4 1/4" (220 × 108mm) | 8 3/16" × 3 25/32" (208 × 96mm) | 6 21/32" × 2 23/32" (169 × 69mm) | 2 17/32" (64mm) | 500 |
| WO2713 | Oval Challah Pan, Medium | 45.2 fl oz | 10 21/32" × 5 1/4" (271 × 133mm) | 10 3/16" × 4 3/4" (259 × 121mm) | 8 11/16" × 3 11/16" (221 × 94mm) | 2 19/32" (66mm) | 500 |
| WO3318 | Oval Challah Pan, Large | 73.0 fl oz | 12 29/32" × 6 13/32" (328 × 163mm) | 12 7/16" × 5 15/16" (316 × 151mm) | 10 13/16" × 4 17/32" (275 × 115mm) | 2 7/8" (73mm) | 200 |
| WO3617 | Oval Challah Pan, Extra Large | 94.5 fl oz | 14" × 6 27/32" (356 × 174mm) | 13 9/16" × 6 3/8" (344 × 162mm) | 11 7/16" × 4 15/16" (291 × 125mm) | 3 3/16" (81mm) | 200 |
Braided breads are defined by their shape: a three- or six-strand challah, a babka twist, a brioche tressée all need a mold that follows the braid rather than forcing it into a rectangle. This oval family supplies that mold across five sizes, so a bakery can cover every occasion the bread serves—from a single-serving mini on a holiday gift tray to an extra-large braid for a hotel buffet—without changing suppliers, presentation, or packaging method.
A braid proofed in a rectangular pan spreads into the corners and bakes up lopsided, with dense ends and a stretched middle. The oval wall supports the braid along its full curve, so the loaf proofs upward and outward evenly and keeps the plaited definition that customers pay for. The rounded profile also slices better: no corner crusts, just uniform oval slices end to end.
Challah and brioche are enriched doughs—eggs, oil, sugar—which brown fast on the outside while the center of a thick braid is still raw. Aluminum's high thermal conductivity pulls heat into the pan quickly and evenly, so the crust colors at the same rate the center sets. The result across all five sizes is the deep golden finish and fully baked interior that separates a professional braid from a home attempt.
The five capacities map cleanly to the market. The 9.5 fl oz Mini and 25.2 fl oz Shallow sizes serve gift trays, holiday assortments, and single-household sales. The 45.2 fl oz Medium is the weekly retail standard for Sabbath and weekend bakery programs. The 73.0 fl oz Large and 94.5 fl oz Extra Large cover deli counters, hotel buffets, and celebration orders where one braid feeds a table.
All five pans share the full-curl rim, so lids, film, and gift wrapping work identically across the range, and the same tapered release lets the baked braid turn out for glazing or stay in the pan for sale. Case packs run 500 on the three smaller sizes and 200 on the two large formats, and mixed-size orders ship together for distributors building a complete challah category.
