Groen GPT-40 40 Gallon Steam Jacketed Kettle - Stationary, Pedestal Base, Direct Steam

With 40 gallons and no moving assembly, the GPT-40 is about as simple as a jacketed vessel gets. The vessel sits on its base at one rim height and stays there. There is no heat source of its own; the plant boiler supplies the steam and the kettle is only the vessel.

Because the heating medium is steam in a jacket, the wall sits at the steam temperature and no hotter. The stated operating band is 5 to 25 PSI. The vessel does not tilt, so the batch is worked and emptied where it cooked and nothing in the mounting moves during a shift.

The cooking interior is 316 stainless with a 304 jacket around it. Lining is 316 stainless, which is the grade to specify where brine and acid are in the vessel daily. Groen lists the kettle to NSF and ASME. Cleaning is a wash and a rinse rather than a strip-down.

Features

• 40 Gallons capacity — stock, soup or sauce in one cook.
• Non-tilting — fewer moving parts, lower cost.
• 316 stainless construction — better chloride resistance than 304.
• 5 to 25 PSI operating range — simmer through to hard boil.
• Direct-steam supply — lowest running cost with a boiler.
• NSF listing — the cleanability code jurisdictions adopt.
• Stainless pedestal base — one sealed floor contact.

Specifications