Grant Instruments, a world-renowned supplier of temperature controlled equipment to the scientific instrumentation and catering markets, has introduced the SV200 stirred heater which can transform a standard cooking vessel into a sophisticated sous vide cooking bath.
The new SV200 universal stirred heater, designed in close collaboration with top sous vide chefs, can be clamped onto any vertical sided cooking vessel (up to 50L) to create a convenient and cost effective sous vide solution. Sous vide cooking has revolutionised many top restaurant kitchens and is now catching on among chefs and gastronomy experts in mainstream restaurants, gastropubs, cooking schools and in contract caterers.
Roy Homent, catering product manager at Grant Instruments, said: “We have listened to our customers and have produced a sleek, cost effective and user-friendly product for commercial kitchens and restaurants where space is at a premium. The SV200 provides the exceptional temperature stability and uniformity that’s required for chefs to produce gourmet quality dishes every time.”
The Grant SV200 product offers exceptional water temperature stability (±0.05°C), and precise temperature control (ambient plus 5 to 100°C) via a simple to use rotor dial. It also features an easy to read LED display, providing a clear view of the set temperature across the kitchen, and a visual alarm and countdown timer.
To ensure safe operation in a busy kitchen environment, the SV200 comes as standard with a low water level automatic trip switch, a fixed over temperature cut-out facility and a stainless steel cage for encasing the submersed elements, which prevents snagging and allows the safe retrieval of the sous vide packs.
Mark Poynton, head chef at Alimentum in Cambridge, said: “The SV200 is a great asset to our kitchen and business and it has enabled us to further enhance our sous vide cooking technique.”
Sous vide, a French word meaning ‘under vacuum’, is a process in which food (e.g. a cut of beef or fillet of salmon) is vacuum packed and then slowly cooked at an accurately controlled temperature. The sous vide method enhances the taste and amplifies the flavour of the food as the juices and nutrients are “locked in” the vacuum-sealed pouch.
As well as the taste and consistency advantages, the sous vide technique also allows for food portions to be prepared in advance – and stored safely for comparatively long periods of time - to meet peaks and troughs in demand. There are also significant space saving benefits from sous vide cooking.
Grant’s high quality range of catering products, including the SV200 universal stirred heater and the Expert and Professional ranges of sous vide cooking baths, are available through a network of distributors, covering a number of countries including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Spain and Sweden.
Grant Instruments has been designing, manufacturing and distributing scientific products for 60 years and has established a worldwide reputation for high quality, reliable and robust equipment designed to satisfy the most demanding applications for research in life sciences, chemical and general laboratories.
For more information about Grant sous vide stirred heaters and baths, please visit www.grantsousvide.com. Sales enquiries should be directed to Roy Homent on +44 (0) 1763 264 723 or via email: sousvide@grantinstruments.com.
A high-resolution photograph of Grant’s SV200 universal stirred heater is available at:
http://www.grantsousvide.com/company/Pages/PressReleases.aspx
About Grant Instruments
Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Limited (www.grantinstruments.com) is a world renowned supplier and manufacturer of scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products. The company has been designing, manufacturing and distributing scientific products for 60 years and has established a worldwide reputation for high quality, reliable and robust systems designed to satisfy the most demanding applications for research in life sciences, chemical and the general laboratory. Headquartered at Shepreth on the outskirts of Cambridge, England, the company has an extensive network of dealers and distributors servicing Europe, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific region.
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