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Dedicated to the advancement of the food service industry, the Food Service Technology Center (FSTC) has focused on the development of standard test methods for commercial food service equipment since 1987.

The test methods, approved and ratified by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), allow benchmarking of equipment so that users can make informed comparisons among available equipment choices.

Two food products are used to determine cooking- energy efficiency and production capability.

Below is a comparison of frozen peas test data for eleven leading countertop steamers.

  

 

 

Frozen Peas Test Results

 

Rank Manufacturer # of Pans Cook Time Lbs Cooked Water gal/hr Production Rate
1st AccuTemp D-173 6 15.1 min 48 lbs <1 190.4 lbs/hr
2nd Vulcan Hart VPX-52 5 17.6 min 40 lbs <1 137 lbs/hr
3rd Groen Vortex4 6 30.5 min 48 lbs <1 94.5 lbs/hr
4th Groen HY-3E5 3 15 min 22.5 lbs 26.6 gal/hr 90.1 lbs/hr
5th Cleveland Ultra 36 3 16.2 min 24 lbs 40 gal/hr 89 lbs/hr
6th Vulcan Hart VPX-37 3 18.9 min 24 lbs <1 76 lbs/hr
7th Stellar Capella8 4 25.7 min 32 lbs <1 74.9 lbs/hr
8th Southbend EZ-39 3 21.4 min 24 lbs <1 67.2 lbs/hr
9th Market Forge ET-5E10 5 35.8 min 40 lbs <1 67 lbs/hr
10th Market Forge ET-3E11 3 23.8 min 24 lbs <1 61 lbs/hr

 

 

Rank Manufacturer # of Pans Cook Time Lbs Cooked Water gal/hr Energy Efficiency
1st AccuTemp D-173 6 15.1 min 48 lbs <1 95.0%
2nd Groen Vortex4 6 30.5 min 48 lbs <1 91.5%
3rd Market Forge ET-3E11 3 23.8 min 24 lbs <1 90.1%
4th Market Forge ET-5E10 5 35.8 min 40 lbs <1 89.5%
5th Vulcan Hart VPX-37 3 18.9 min 24 lbs <1 88.4%
6th Vulcan Hart VPX-52 5 17.6 min 40 lbs <1 87.2%
7th Southbend EZ-39 3 21.4 min 24 lbs <1 86.7%
8th Stellar Capella8 4 25.7 min 32 lbs <1 83.1%
9th Groen HY-3E5 3 15 min 22.5 lbs 26.6 gal/hr 82.4%
10th Cleveland Ultra 36 3 16.2 min 24 lbs 40 gal/hr 81.5%

 

Tests were performed by Pacific Gas & Electric's Food Service Technology Center (FSTC)

          located in San Ramon, CA

 

               1 FSTC Report 5011.04.10    2 FSTC Report 5011.01.02   3 FSTC Report 5011.03.02   4 FSTC Report 5011.03.23    5 FSTC Report 5011.95.23    

               6 FSTC Report 5011.00.84    7 FSTC Report 5011.01.01   8 FSTC Report 5011.01.94   9 FSTC Report 5011.99.83  10 FSTC Report 5011.01.98

             11 FSTC Report 5011.01.99