Marine Stainless Steel Galley Equipment

Optima 850 kettles and bratt pans up to 500 litres

At the heavy end of this category sit the MKN Optima 850 boiling kettles and Magnum multifunctional bratt pans. Within this series, capacities run from 60 to 500 litres, electrical power up to 63 kW and widths up to 2000 mm, with net weights topping out at 325 kg. On a main galley deck that weight and footprint drive how modules are grouped over stiffeners and how many portions a cook line can push through per batch.
Optima 850 also concentrates features: most of the hinged lids, drain valves and automatic water filling in this category are on this series, and every tilting vessel listed here sits within it. AISI 316L wetted parts are present on a subset of Optima 850 kettles, so where chloride load is high they are the natural shortlist when corrosion in the vessel is a concern.

Optima 700 and shallow-depth cooking blocks

Where depth is constrained, the Optima 700 series carries work tables, boiling kettles, bratt pans, pasta cookers and a cooking vat in a 700 mm body depth. Published capacities in this series run into three figures and electrical power up to 19.2 kW, with widths up to 1300 mm and net weights up to 195 kg. That makes Optima 700 a better fit along narrow bulkheads, pass galleys or refit projects where an 850 mm block would obstruct traffic or clash with existing coamings.
Optima 700 also carries several units with fully welded seams, drain valves and AISI 316L wetted parts. One Optima 700 unit is listed as GN container compatible and one as washdown protected, so both features are exceptions in this series rather than the rule. For vessels standardised on 400 V supplies, nearly all electrically heated Optima 700 units in this list specify 400 V, with one item published as 380–415 V.

CounterSL, HotLine and thermaline 90 work surfaces

At the smaller end of the range, CounterSL and HotLine units cover low-height and narrow work positions. CounterSL widths start at 200 mm, with net weights from 14 kg, so these pieces suit servery counters, finishing lines and snack points more than a ship’s main production galley. HotLine work tables and small cooking vats sit between 400 and 500 mm wide, again favouring tight runs and infill pieces in mixed suites. Both series offer fully welded seams and drain valves on selected models, with GN container compatibility where pans or vats are expected to double as staging for portioning.
The one Electrolux Professional unit here is a thermaline 90 work top, for integration with a thermaline 90 cooking block. It is a plain work surface in this catalogue, so it belongs in layouts where cutting, plating or light assembly are needed alongside the MKN heated equipment.

Specifying power, capacity and supply for marine use

Across the category, electrical power on published data runs from 7.2 to 63 kW and capacities from 15 to 500 litres. That spread allows the same series to serve anything from a small crew galley to a large passenger vessel main kitchen by stepping through kettle volume and pan length. Widths from 200 to 2000 mm and net weights from 14 to 325 kg frame how these items sit over girders or plinths, and how much access is left for cleaning space in line with shipyard or owner’s standards.
Most electric units declaring a voltage in this range are built for 400 V supplies, with a minority quoting 380–415 V. Only a handful of products publish frequency data and these are 50 Hz, so where a vessel runs 60 Hz the electrical engineer has to match each data plate rather than assume dual-frequency operation. Where steam is available on board, the steam-heated kettles in this category trade a large electrical load for a steam connection.

Work tables and when to move to the Work Tables sub-category

Around a third of the listed products are classed as work tables rather than heated equipment. They sit mainly in the Optima 850, Optima 700, CounterSL and HotLine series and share the same stainless-steel build logic as the kettles and pans, but without electrical or steam connections. They are there to complete a line, provide landing space beside boiling and braising equipment and carry light preparation or plating work.
Where only a neutral surface is needed, the Work Tables sub-category is the better place to look instead: it shows those tables on their own, without the kettles and pans. The stainless-steel galley equipment on this page is primarily about cooking capacity, with work surfaces and tops organised around those heated centres.