September 18, 2012

Blast Chillers: An Overview

While refrigeration equipment holds food at cold temperatures, blast chillers take hot temperatures out of food.

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How to Know When to Replace Blast Chillers

With blast chillers, the proper temperatures can mean the difference between maintaining food quality during cooling and potentially creating an unsafe environment that breeds bacteria.

Blast Chiller Applications

Blast chillers can prepare food for extended storage periods, helping to cut down on waste.

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Maintaining Blast Chillers

The maintenance requirements of blast chillers are similar to other refrigeration equipment.

Spec Check: Blast Chillers

Blast chillers are well-suited for operations with limited production space, since product can be made ahead of time and reheated as needed.

Nor-Lake Blast Chiller Line Nor-Lake’s Blast Chillers are self contained refrigeration cabinets with systems designed to rapidly and uniformly decrease the temperature of hot foods to under 40°F in 90 minutes, minimizing the microbial activity in the food product thus improving food safety.

Energy Efficiency and Blast Chillers

There is no Energy Star rating for blast chillers, which are designed to run hard for a short period of time. But that does not mean operators can’t make a few energy-efficient choices.