Upgrading Your Kettle To A Catering Urn

Electric kettles are only effective and efficient if it would only be used at best, 10 times per day. In the office, it's a completely different story. With traffic of about 40 people all needing hot water, an electric kettle might just not make the cut. Here's where the catering urn comes in. A heating appliance like the Swan Catering Urn works by heating the water until it boils and a keep hot facility would retain the heat. When the temperature of the water dips below 90 degrees Celsius the heater would kick in again and boil the water. This article would help you decide if you already need upgrading your kettle to a catering urn.

Capacity

An electric kettle usually only has a capacity of a quarter of a liter. That could only make only 3 cups of tea at best. The entry-level variant of the Swan Catering Urn has a capacity of 8 liters, that would make more than 10 times as much tea than your regular electric kettle.

Truly Instant Hot Water

When turned on, a catering urn would heat up and boil the water initially. Then, a keep hot facility would maintain the temperature so that when it's ready to be used again, hot water is available instantly. An electric kettle, on the other hand, doesn't have a keep hot function, which would make the water cool down easily and would require you to boil it again.

Safety

Electric kettles are fitted as standard with thermal fuse, which would cut off the flow of electricity if it overheats. A catering urn is designed to take safety a step further by being fitted with boil-dry protection and locking filler lid. Boil dry protection stops the heater when it detects that there’s no water in the reservoir. And when most electric kettles do not come with locking filler lids, catering urns must come with it.

Ease Of Maintenance

Most of the time, electric kettles are made out of plastic material, which water impurities easily stick to. This would require constant cleaning of the inside of the kettle. Most catering urns, like the Swan Catering Urn, do have a dripping tap and drip tray, so the excess liquid won't drip anywhere that would require constant wiping. It also has a concealed element, which is isolated and can be easily removed for cleaning. The inside of most catering tray requires little to no maintenance because they use stainless steel material.

Product Feature Specifications

Swan Catering Urns

• Available in 5 capacities, 8, 10, 16, 20, and 26 liters
• Stainless Steel Construction
• Automatic Thermostat and Simmerstat Controls
• Steam Vented Lid
• Concealed Element
• Drip Tray
• Keep Hot Function

If you are looking to make improvements to your office pantry, the hot water equipment is one of the most often used.Unlike most upgrades, switching from the electric kettle to a catering urn is a huge leap. This would improve the user-friendliness and ease of access to the pantry for your employees.