Kitchens are tough places to work. They’re fast-paced, full of heat from ovens, hobs and grills. Then, on top of it all, every time the dishwasher is opened, a cloud of steam escapes into the room. It makes a hot job even hotter and in tight kitchens with poor ventilation, it can be a real problem.

That’s exactly the challenge we faced when Barcare Supreme recently supplied a Classeq hood-type pass-through dishwasher at a Childcare Centre in Nantwich. The kitchen there was compact, with low ceilings, little ventilation and the last thing staff needed was more hot steam filling the space.

This is where the Steam Recovery Unit really plays its part. Instead of letting that burst of steam pour into the kitchen. The machine captures it, condenses it and cleverly reuses the heat to warm up the incoming cold water. It’s a simple idea, but the benefits are huge — less wasted energy, lower running costs and a much cooler, more comfortable working environment.

Barcare Supreme’s Managing Director, Andy Wainwright, explains: “Over the years I’ve seen many kitchens where staff use fans to blow steam away or resort to costly extraction canopies. Classeq’s Steam Recovery option offers a simple and affordable alternative, as well as putting wasted energy back to use.”

Of course, the CP500SR is more than just its steam recovery. Built in Stafford, it’s a powerful commercial dishwasher designed for busy professional kitchens. As a pass-through dishwasher, it’s built to keep up with the fast flow of plates and pans in pubs, restaurants, schools, care homes and hospitals. As this case shows, even children’s nurseries. It’s WRAS approved, meaning it complies with the UK water supply regulations and has powerful heating elements for rapid heat-up and recovery times. It has an easy-to-use digital control panel that staff can master quickly.

At Barcare Supreme, we’re proud to be supplying and installing these machines because they make sense — for energy bills, for sustainability and most importantly, for the people working in the kitchen every day.

So if your kitchen is already hot enough, why make it any hotter than it needs to be? The Classeq CP500SR range with Steam Recovery could be the answer.