Hatco FR-9 Food Rethermalizer/Bain Marie Heater

 

The Hatco FR is designed to be used with a Bain-Marie or food reconstitutor, to heat or hold foods at safe temperatures between 140°F and 190°F (60°-88°C). 

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FOOD RETHERMALIZING REQUIREMENT 

NSF Standard 4 has added performance requirements for food rethermalizing. The requirements mirror the requirements for food rethermalizing in the FDA Food Code. The basic requirement is that food reaches a temperature of 165°F (74°C) in a time period of two hours or less. Appliances that are manufactured for the purpose of rethermalizing food will need to meet these performance requirements in order to be listed to NSF Standard 4. Hatco sells a heating unit specifically made to be used for food rethermalizing, however, the heating unit is designed to be incorporated into a hot water bath rethermalizer. Hatco does not supply the vessel that contains the water, nor the system which determines how food is placed and held in the vessel. The Hatco FR unit simply attaches to the bottom of the vessel and supplies hot water to the vessel. Hatco does supply sizing recommendations to enable the appliance manufacturer to correctly size the FR unit to the vessel. However, there are variables in the way that the vessel is manufactured that affect its ability to pass the NSF performance requirements. The Hatco FR unit is listed with NSF for construction only. Due to the fact that the FR is only a portion of a larger system, it is impossible to do performance testing until the FR unit is incorporated onto the water vessel. The result is that it is the responsibility of the vessel manufacturer to have the entire rethermalizing appliance tested and listed in accordance with NSF Standard 4. Simply hanging an NSF listed FR unit on the appliance does not transfer NSF listing to the entire appliance.