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What a typical pizza takeaway uses and pays across the UK, from published benchmarks.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
Independent pizza takeaways, pizzerias and delivery led pizza brands. Deck and conveyor ovens are the defining load. They come up to 300 degrees or more, hold that temperature for the entire trading session, and a busy shop will run two or three of them side by side. Pizza is the most electricity heavy takeaway format in the UK: sector data puts electric deck oven shops at roughly 6,000 to 10,000 kWh of electricity a month against only 1,000 to 2,500 kWh of gas. Add a dough room, prep fridges and long delivery hours and the bill stacks up quickly. Figures below are estimates at 25p per kWh electricity, 7p per kWh gas and about £365 a year standing charges.
Deck ovens at 300 degrees or more from early evening until close
Ovens holding temperature through quiet spells because they take 40 minutes to come back up
Dough retarders and topping wells running as constant refrigeration load
Friday and Saturday nights carrying most of the week's energy in two sessions
Typical equipment loads across hospitality and food venues, with annual kWh and cost bands from published benchmarks.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial deep fryers (x2, electric) | 12,000–26,000 kWh | £3,000–£6,500 |
| Extraction canopy and make-up air | 5,000–14,000 kWh | £1,250–£3,500 |
| Walk-in fridge and freezer | 9,000–19,000 kWh | £2,250–£4,750 |
| Commercial ovens and ranges (gas) | 25,000–90,000 kWh | £1,750–£6,300 |
| Dishwasher and glass washer | 3,500–9,000 kWh | £875–£2,250 |
| Lighting, HVAC and hot water | 8,000–22,000 kWh | £2,000–£5,500 |
Switch ovens on to a staged schedule tied to your actual first order time, not to opening time
Keep the oven door discipline tight, every unnecessary open costs recovery heat and recovery fuel
Drop one deck out during quiet weeknights rather than holding every deck at full temperature
Set the dough retarder to the temperature the recipe needs and no lower, each degree costs money all year
Interlock the canopy with the oven line so extraction steps down when the ovens are idling
Illustrative example
Around 60 covers a day with a full commercial kitchen
Ovens, extraction and walk-in refrigeration run through every service, and cold storage never switches off.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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