Benchtop Equipment

Benchtop equipment is what you add when there is no room for another floor-standing machine: the bain-marie, the display case, the toaster or the induction hob that lives on the counter and plugs into a standard outlet.

The range covers wet and dry bains-marie, heated and refrigerated displays, benchtop cooking, and counter-top beverage equipment. Most of it runs single phase, which is why it is usually the fastest part of a fit-out to specify. Brands include Thermaster, Bonvue, Benchstar, Cook Rite and Electmax.

Bains-marie are the volume seller here. The Thermaster PG150FE-XG wet and dry bain marie takes four 1/1 gastronorm pans, with five-pan and six-pan versions for longer servery runs.

Confirm your bench can carry the weight when full, and that there is an outlet on the right circuit.