Catering Equipment
for the Irish coffee & food trailer trade.
Fryers, grills, ovens and prep equipment
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Catering equipment for the Irish coffee + food trailer trade covers fryers, griddles, planchas, ovens, hot plates, salamander grills, bain-maries, microwave ovens, pasta cookers, panini presses, char-grills, smoker boxes, prep tables, sinks, and ventilation hoods. Most Irish trailer operators source through a small network of Dublin / Cork / Limerick-based catering distributors plus a handful of UK importers shipping into Ireland. New equipment dominates the festival-grade segment; refurbished + ex-restaurant equipment is heavily traded for cost-sensitive horsebox + trailer fitouts.
Commercial fryers — single, double, gas, electric
Most Irish food trailers run twin-tank gas fryers in the 9-15 litre range — Lincat, Falcon, Buffalo, Valentine and Pitco are the most-listed brands on the trade circuit. Twin-tank lets one tank run chips while the other handles allergen-separated items (battered fish, chicken). Gas fryers need RGI cert in Ireland; electric fryers (Lincat OE7113, Buffalo CF765) work where 3-phase or large 13A inverters are available, but festival pitches almost always go gas because LPG bottles are simpler than running 4 kW continuous on a generator. Expect €350-€900 for a quality single-tank, €700-€1,800 for twin, and €2,500+ for high-spec brands like Henny Penny / Frymaster.
Griddles, planchas, salamanders + grills
Flat-top griddles + planchas anchor most savoury Irish food trailers — burgers, paninis, breakfast rolls, paninis, breakfast plates. Lincat Opus, Falcon Dominator, Imperial, MKN, and Cinders are the most common trade brands. Plancha widths run 30 cm (single-burner trailer) to 120 cm (festival heavy-duty). Salamander grills (overhead radiant) cost €400-€1,200 and finish off cheese melts, pizza tops, gratins. Charcoal grills (Inka, Josper, Big Green Egg adapted) attract specialist operators but most Irish councils restrict charcoal on public pitches — confirm before purchase.
Bain-maries + holding equipment
Wet + dry bain-maries hold prepped food at safe holding temperature (>63°C) — required for any food trailer doing curries, stews, sauces, or pre-cooked sides. Lincat, Buffalo, Roller Grill and Hatco are the most-listed brands. Expect €250-€600 for a 2-3 pot bain-marie, €600-€1,500 for a heated display unit, and €1,500-€4,000 for a heated countertop hot-cupboard. Cold-prep tables (refrigerated below + cold pan top) live under the refrigeration category but matter equally — Foster, Williams, Polar are common.
Ovens — convection, pizza, combi
Convection ovens for trailer fitouts (Buffalo, Blue Seal, Falcon) cost €600-€2,500. Pizza ovens — both deck (Cuppone, Cuppone Tiziano, Effeuno P150 in conduction mode) + wood-fired (Forno Bravo, Marra Forni, custom Irish builds) — power Ireland's growing pizza-trailer scene. Combi ovens (Rational, Convotherm, Unox) are uncommon on trailers but feature in café fitouts; expect €4,500-€15,000 for a 6-grid combi. For festival catering, gas pizza decks dominate because they handle high throughput without overloading a generator.
Service, RGI cert + extraction
Any LPG appliance on an Irish trailer needs RGI installation + annual cert (Register of Gas Installers of Ireland — rgii.ie). Cost: €200-€500 to commission a new gas system, €100-€200 for the annual recert. Catering equipment over a certain BTU output also needs adequate ventilation — most Irish trailers run a stainless extraction hood with grease filter + 12V/24V fan. Insurance underwriters check both the gas cert and the extraction setup at quote stage; expect higher premiums (or refusal) without proper documentation. Repair calls on common kit run €120-€300 for thermostat + element work, €350-€800 for full burner-block rebuilds.
Counties served
Catering equipment suppliers on Food Trailers Marketplace serve all 32 counties. Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway concentrate the largest distributor + service-engineer footprint; the M50 + M7/M8 corridors handle most trailer-build deliveries to the southern half of the country; cross-border + northern counties (Antrim, Down, Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh) often lean on Belfast-based suppliers in addition to Dublin reach. Use the county filters above to narrow to suppliers near you or contact them direct to confirm delivery + install + service area.
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