Groen DHS-40A 40 Gallon Steam Jacketed Kettle - Manual Tilt, Enclosed Base, Natural Gas

Mounted on the floor rather than on a bench, the DHS-40A puts 40 gallons over a transport pan. The heat is natural gas, raised on board, and that puts a fuel run and a flue path into the installation drawing. It is bought where the batch is made in quantity rather than to order.

The heat path runs from steam to wall to food, and the wall never exceeds the temperature of the steam behind it. Gas input is 150,000 BTU/hr firing rate; 115,500 BTU/hr into product and the jacket is rated to 30 PSI maximum. A worm-and-gear crank does the tilting, and because the gear is self-locking the vessel stays exactly where the operator stops it.

The kettle is built in 316 stainless, welded up as one piece, so there is no lap joint inside to hold a residue. Interior polishing runs to 180 emery grit, so there is little for product to cling to. Type 316 stainless lines the vessel, which is the grade to specify where brine and acid are in the vessel daily. Three control packages are available: Classic, Advanced and Cook2Temp. Groen lists the kettle to CSA, NSF and ASME.

The site needs natural gas at the burner and extraction over the kettle. A 115 V control feed is the whole electrical requirement. The space in front of the kettle is where the vessel travels as it empties, so it stays clear. The trunnion side has to stay reachable, because that is where the gear is.

Features

• Stainless tubular legs — clear floor underneath for cleaning.
• Solid one-piece welded construction — no joint through the surface.
• Rated 30 PSI maximum — the jacket limit is published.
• Rated at 150,000 BTU/hr — input enough to hold a boil.
• Rated at 40 Gallons — chili, beans and braising liquor at volume.
• Gas burner — heat comes on fast, backs off fast.
• Cook2Temp core probe offered — cook to temperature, not to a clock.
• Crank tilt — incremental pouring, not a single dump.
• CSA certified — the gas listing accepted across the border.

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