K-Pot chafing dish offers no burn heating, ideal for 'family' service
BGL Rieber’s multipurpose K-Pot chafing dish provides multiple heating and serving options, saves energy and improves sustainability and health and safety for the caterer, compared with conventional chafing equipment.

The new K-Pot uses precise Ceran heating to offer 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 smelly gel heaters (which only 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, offering the prospect of fresher food, served to order.

K-Pot offers significant health and safety advantages – there is no risk of fire, as with gels – and risk assessment is much easier. One client stated they could save over £5000 a year on gels alone (using 20 K-Pot units).

Another factor in his consideration, is that the carbon footprint will be improved because no carbon monoxide is generated using K-Pot, which also saves significant amounts of oil, used to generate ethanol, methanol or diethylene glycol gels. There is also a saving in road miles as transporting the heavy gels (mostly from China) is eliminated.

ENERGY EFFICIENT

Available in 1/1 GN and 2/3 GN formats, the energy consumed by K-Pot is simply that required to keep food hot; heat is transferred directly to the food via a highly efficient Ceran hot plate.

K-Pot effectively replaces hot food serveries while offering much more flexibility and mobility. It is eminently suitable for ‘family service’ which is becoming increasingly popular in schools.

Designed to work only with the highly efficient Rieber Thermoplate (triple layer) pans, energy consumption is tailored to the cooking pan and the food. Users simply select the regen or holding option ie., programme 1 for fully loaded 1/1 GN pans. The programme operates for a set time and then signals that the food is up to temperature.

Programmes are tailored to the regeneration or heating of chilled foods. K-Pot features six regeneration programmes, three warming programmes plus optional variable power levels, which make it possible to tailor individual cooking requirements for different densities of food.

Using thermoplates as standard ensures the heat source is tailored to the cooking pot and the food, offering precise cooking using the minimum of energy.

A polished stainless steel buffet lid completes the unit.

With a list price of under £1100, K-Pot includes either 1/1, 2/3 GN or 3 x 1/3 GN Rieber Thermoplate (triple layer) pans and polished stainless steel buffet lid.

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