Thermaster Cold Salad & Noodle Bar 4x1/1 GN Pans PG150FA-XG

The Thermaster PG150FA-XG is a refrigerated salad and noodle bar holding 4 x 1/1 GN pans at +1 to +5 °C, with cassette cooling and cross-flow "blown well" airflow. This is a HOLDING unit, not a chiller. The source is explicit: product must be pre-chilled to below 5 °C before it goes in the top section. It will keep cold product cold; it will not bring warm product down, and loading it warm is how a food-safety record goes wrong.

Why operators choose the PG150FA-XG

• Pre-chill below 5 °C before loading — the well holds temperature, it does not pull it down, so the chilling step has to happen upstream in a fridge or blast chiller. Worth designing the prep flow around, because it is the difference between a compliant temperature log and a failed one
• GN pans are NOT included, and pans and dividers must be fitted AT ALL TIMES — that is an operating requirement from the source, not a suggestion. Running the well with an open gap changes the airflow the cabinet depends on
• Tempered glass canopy and clear sliding doors on the serving side — which is why this unit stands 1280 mm high against the flat-topped benches in the same range. The canopy is the difference; measure for it
• LED lighting inside the serving area
• "Blown well" cross-flow fan cooling with a cassette system — the refrigeration deck lifts out as a unit, which turns a compressor failure into a swap rather than a strip-down, and the cross-flow is what keeps the far end of the well as cold as the near end
• Auto defrost on its own control button and automatic condensation evaporation — no drip tray to remember
• 220 mm deep PE chopping board included — in the box
• Digital temperature control and read-out, hinged cabinet doors, and a storage shelf inside the refrigerated cabinet
• Fits GN pans up to 150 mm deep, 600 L gross
• Ambient rating recorded as "38/50" — 38 °C is the ambient ceiling; the second figure is presumably 50% relative humidity but the source does not write it as a quantity, so we are not going to assert it
• 240 V at 663 W / 10 A, on castors, all stainless steel
• 164 kg
• 2 years parts and labour, plus a further 2 years parts only — but the second period is conditional on registering the product within 14 days of invoice. Register it or you have the 2-year term, not the 4-year one
• The PG210FA-XB is the larger bench — 6 pans, 1000 L and 2140 mm wide

Specifications

Venue suitability

A refrigerated prep bench suits sandwich bars, salad counters, noodle bars and any line assembling to order from chilled components — the well holds the toppings and the cabinet underneath holds the back-up. Because it is a holding unit, it belongs downstream of a fridge, not instead of one.

Compare the rest of the Thermaster range, or browse our cold bain maries and salad bar fridges.

Installation & delivery

Plugs into a 240 V outlet at 663 W / 10 A. Dimensions are recorded width x depth x height: 1460 x 790 x 1280 mm, and at 164 kg it is a delivery to plan rather than a lift. It arrives on castors. The ambient ceiling is 38 °C — our record adds a second figure, "50", which is presumably relative humidity, but it is not written as a quantity so we have published only the temperature. Before it goes into service: this is a holding unit. Product must be pre-chilled below 5 °C before it goes in the top, and pans and dividers must be fitted at all times.

Warranty terms are per product — see our warranty information page.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Will it chill food down?

No, and this is the most important thing on the page. It is a holding unit: the source states that product must be pre-chilled to below 5 C before it goes into the top section. It will keep cold food cold through a service, but loading it with warm product will not bring the temperature down and will put your food-safety record at risk. Chill in a fridge or blast chiller first.

Q: Are the pans included?

No - and there is a condition attached. GN pans are sold separately, and the source requires that pans and dividers are fitted at all times. That is not housekeeping: the well is cooled by cross-flow air, and an open gap changes the airflow the cabinet relies on.

Q: Why is it so much taller than the other benches?

The glass. At 1280 mm it stands roughly 435 mm above the flat-topped units in the same range, because it carries a tempered glass canopy and clear sliding doors on the serving side with LED lighting inside. If you want the display, measure for the height; if you do not, the flat-topped models are the ones to look at.

Q: What ambient temperature is it rated to?

38 C. Our record writes it as "38/50" - the second figure is presumably 50% relative humidity, but it is not written as a quantity so we have not asserted it. If your room runs hot and humid, ask us and we will confirm the humidity rating with the supplier.

Q: What warranty does it come with?

Two years parts and labour, and then a further two years parts only - but the second period only exists if you register the product within 14 days of the invoice. We state the condition every time because without it the cover is two years, not four. See our warranty information page for the full terms.