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Why are Stellar products boilerless?
Stellar developed boilerless steaming equipment because traditional steamers have been one of the most maintenance-intense and unreliable items in a professional kitchen, and all because of their boilers. Out of sight and out of mind, the boiler in a conventional steamer requires frequent maintenance, which often is overlooked. When a neglected boiler fails and needs to be replaced, it often costs as much as purchasing a new steamer. Additionally, boiler-based steamers can consume as much as 90 gallons of water an hour. Tested by an independent lab, Stellar's boilerless steamers were found to use less than 2 gallons an hour. Stellar models' electrical and gas consumption is also about half that of boiler-based steamers. As a result, Stellar equipment provides among the fastest returns on investment in the steamer category.
What's makes Stellar's steamers better?
Stellar designs our steamers from the inside out, looking first at optimizing the equipment's functions and efficiency while reducing problems. For example we have turned the properties of aluminum to a huge energy-saving advantage in our cabinet design. Aluminum heats easily and retains heat for a long time. We make our cooking compartment out of cast aluminum, 1/4"-thick, which requires very little energy to get hot and stay hot. That means whenever a unit is opened to remove or reload foods, a Stellar steamer will come back up to cooking temperature very quickly.
What are Stellar's firsts?
In 2001, Stellar was the first category manufacturer to add convection fans and an automatic water-fill function to our boilerless steamers. We did that because operators found previous boilerless steamers to be much slower than traditional models. Operators also told us that they didn't want to stop cooking in order to add water to their boilerless steamers. Now, with Stellar steamers, performance is on par with conventional equipment and water-fill is automatic.
In 2002, Stellar became the first steamer maker to offer a gas-powered boilerless steamer to operators. In 2007, Stellar introduced The Polaris -- the industry's first fully mobile, boilerless, connectionless catering steamer.
What's in Stellar's product line?
Stellar manufactures the broadest line of boilerless steamers: gas- and electric-powered, connected to plumbing or connectionless, countertop sizes (4- and 6-pan) and floor models (8-, 10- and 12-pan), and the industry's only fully mobile, boilerless, connectionless catering steamer.
We have designed these steamers with operators' needs in mind -- They are easy to install, easy to use and to clean, they make foods look and taste great and they save money, energy and water. We offer options that allows operators to purchase the steamers that best suit their particular needs. And Stellar is dedicated to helping customers make the most of new steamers by providing on-site, hands-on training.
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