This specification covers food cookers and food reheaters which use steam as the heat source. These units are also known as steamers, steam ovens, and steam cookers which utilize steam generated by gas, electric heat, or steam coil sources, or a combination thereof, in commercial and institutional food service establishments. This specification can be used for zero- pressure steam cookers, pressure steamers, and combination pressure/pressureless steamers and does not cover steam cooking equipment used by food processors who normally package the food that they cook. Steam cookers covered by this specification are classified by type, grade, class, size, style: Types IA, IB, II, and III; Grades A, B, and C; Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; and Sizes a, b, and c. Materials used shall be free from defects, which would affect the performance or maintainability of individual components, or of the overall assembly. Steam cooker shall be delivered assembled and ready for connection to steam, water, or gas piping, and electrical supply, as applicable.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers food cookers and food reheaters which use steam as the heat source. These units are also known as steamers, steam ovens, and steam cookers which utilize steam generated by gas, electric heat, or steam coil sources, or a combination thereof, in commercial and institutional food service establishments. This specification can be used for sub-zero-pressure steamers, pressure steamers, combination pressure/pressureless steamers, boilerless steamers, and connectionless steamers, and does not cover steam cooking equipment used by food processors who normally package the food that they cook.

1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are provided for information only.

1.3 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

A36/A36M Specification for Carbon Structural Steel

A167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip

A176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chromium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip

A240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications

A268/A268M Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service

A269 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service

A276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes

A478 Specification for Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Weaving and Knitting Wire

A568/A568M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon, Structural, and High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled, General Requirements for

A635/A635M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Heavy-Thickness Coils, Hot-Rolled, Alloy, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, General Requirements for

A1011/A1011M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, and Ultra-High Strength

B108 Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Permanent Mold Castings

B209 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate

D3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging

F760 Specification for Food Service Equipment Manuals

F1166 Practice for Human Engineering Design for Marine Systems, Equipment, and Facilities

F1484 Test Methods for Performance of Steam Cookers

Underwriters Laboratories Standard

ANSI Standards

NSF Standards

ASME Documents

Military Standards

Keywords

boilerless steamer; connectionless steamer; food service equipment; heating boiler; pressure cooker; pressureless steamer; steam cooker; steam cooking chamber; steam cooking device; steam generator; steamer; steaming pans: Class A/B/C/D steam cookers; Pressure/pressureless steamers; Cooking/food service equipment--specifications; Steam cooker; Zero pressure steamers ;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 97.040.20 (Cooking ranges, working tables, ovens and similar appliances)

Citing ASTM Standards

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