K-Pot Wins Food and Bar Display category of Equipment and Supplies Excellence Awards 2010
Exerpt from Caterer & Hotelkeeper website, Friday 26 February 2010
Equipment and Supplies Excellence Awards 2010 - the winners
With customers becoming ever more demanding, food service businesses need their operations to run as smoothly and efficiently as possible, both front and back of house. Although often at the least-glamorous end of any operation, the equipment upon which they rely is crucial to their success, from the refrigeration storing fresh produce and grills, ranges and ovens for cooking it, to the plates on which it is served and the dishwasher that gets rid of its every trace.
Just as chefs push the boundaries of culinary artistry, so manufacturers of professional equipment and other supplies push technological boundaries and the Caterer and Hotelkeeper Equipment & Supplies Excellence Awards were set up to recognise their innovation and enterprise.
After assessing all the entries for evidence of fresh thinking, significant advances in design and innovative application of technology, our panel of judges selected 12 category winners.
1. Food & Bar Display
Winner: K-Pot - BGL Rieber
The K-Pot uses precise Ceran heating for a chafing dish that will regenerate as well as cook, hot hold and griddle. Cold-holding variants are also available, which use frozen pellets to ensure a stable cool temperature.
Unlike conventional chafers, which use gel heaters that heat the food in two spots, K-Pot ensures food will not burn or boil dry by evenly heating the whole of the pan. In cooking mode, food can also be finished at the point of service.
Users simply select the regen or holding option. The program operates for a set time and then signals the food is up to temperature. Programs are tailored to the regeneration or heating of chilled foods. Optional variable power levels make it possible to tailor individual cooking requirements.
K-Pot includes either 1/1, 2/3 GN or 3 x 1/3 GN Rieber Thermoplate pans and a polished stainless steel buffet lid.
Our judges thought the unit looked good and could see it used in a staff restaurant or a satellite site. From a safety point-of-view, they liked the fact that no gels were required.
For more details on other Excellence award winners, click here: Excellence Award Winners
For more details on K-Pot, click here: K-Pot brochure