Ordinary Griddles; Perfected

Garland’s Master Production Griddle is like a fine sports car. It will get you there no matter what, but its higher purpose is best served when running wide open. Drive the Master as hard and fast as you dare.

Premium Standard Features:

• Garland’s workhorse Master Griddle is intended for high volume, high output applications, and features fully electronic ignition and temperature control.
• A 1-inch thick polished steel griddle plate with embedded thermocouples ensures both uniformity and fast recovery.
• Each thermostat controls a U-shaped burner rated at 30,000 BTU/hr. (One control/burner per 12" of griddle width.)
• Grease control is simple and effective with a rear trough and deep, front loading drawers that are sloped and baffled for safe handling.
• Operation is intuitive with lighted indicators for power, ignition, and thermostat cycle.

Lighting Up the Test Track

In the Standard Test for the Performance of Griddles administered by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Garland’s Master Griddle scored some impressive, best-ever results:

The Garland gas griddle performed well under the rigorous conditions of the ASTM test method, particularly with respect to the cooking tests. The griddle exhibited competitive cooking energy efficiency under heavy-load conditions (40.7%), while displaying one of the highest production capacities (46.2 lbs/hr), for a 3-foot griddle tested to date at the Food Service Technology Center.

During heavy-load testing, researchers noticed the immediate recovery of the griddle cooking surface. Since the griddle was showing a recovered surface temperature after the removal of heavy loads, researchers attempted an extra-heavy-load test by adding six more patties. The griddle comfortably cooked a 30-patty load, resulting in improved performance (44.7% energy efficiency vs. 40.7%). These extra-heavy-load tests resulted in a 17% increase in production capacity (56.2 lb/h vs. 46.2), rivaling that of many larger griddles.

Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between the griddle's average energy consumption rate and the production rate. This graph can be used as a tool to estimate the daily energy consumption and average production rate in a real-world operation. For an operation cooking an average of 20 pounds of product per hour, average energy consumption rate for this griddle would be 33,340 BTU's / hour.

Figure 1: Griddle cooking energy consumption profile

Not only was the Garland gas griddle a high-production unit, but it also displayed exceptional temperature uniformity, maintaining the temperature to within +/-17°F of set-point everywhere on the cooking surface (Figure 2). In fact, this is one of the most uniform griddles ever tested at the Food Service Technology Center. The griddle's quick, 13.3 minute preheat means that an operator won't have to wait long for it to be ready for morning cooking.

Figure 2: Temperature map of the cooking surface