Why this upright fridge earns its place
The HOST HOST1015UR is a double-door upright fridge built for kitchens that need to bulk-store a wide range of chilled ingredients without running out of shelf space. At 1200 litres gross and 770 litres of net usable capacity, it's sized for busy back-of-house operations — food producers, contract caterers and multi-site kitchens that take deliveries in volume and need one unit to hold the lot. The stainless steel cabinet and double-door format keep the footprint sensible while giving two independently accessed compartments, so staff aren't holding one door open while hunting for stock behind another.
Fan-assisted cooling holds the cabinet at -2°C to +8°C and recovers quickly after the doors have been open during service, which matters with 770 litres of stock moving in and out under pressure. Six adjustable shelves take 2/1 gastronorm pans directly, so the internal layout can be reconfigured around whatever's coming off the van that day. Running costs sit at 675.2 kWh a year at Energy Class C, with an EEI of 36.03% — respectable for a cabinet of this volume — and the front-mounted digital display makes it easy to confirm the set-point and actual temperature without opening the door.
The cabinet runs on R290 refrigerant at 450W input, 230V, and is rated to climate class 4, so it copes with a working kitchen environment rather than needing an air-conditioned back room. Lockable, self-closing doors protect stock security and cut standing losses from doors left ajar, and fixed castors mean the whole 180kg unit can be repositioned for cleaning without needing a pallet truck. It comes with a 12-month parts-only commercial warranty for mainland UK.
