Blue Seal GP518-LS 1200mm Gas Griddle on Stand

The Blue Seal GP518-LS is a free-standing 1200mm gas griddle built around a thick machined steel cooking plate. Three independently controlled burners run the full length of the surface, each fitted with piezo ignition and flame failure protection. The unit comes complete on a heavy-duty open stand, making it self-contained and straightforward to position within a cooking line without requiring additional undercounter support.

At this plate width, the GP518-LS is intended as a primary cooking piece in a kitchen running consistent covers across multiple services. The machined steel plate holds heat across the full surface effectively under load, and recovery after a cold batch is reliable enough to maintain rhythm during a busy service. Running three independent temperature zones across the width is genuinely useful when working a mixed range — proteins on high heat at one end, vegetables or bread on a lower zone simultaneously. This is not a unit designed for occasional use; the construction is built for continuous daily operation.

From a practical standpoint, operators benefit from:

• Wide cooking surface sustains throughput across breakfast, lunch, and dinner service
• Independent burner zones allow different temperature settings across the plate simultaneously
• Thick steel plate retains heat under heavy load for consistent results batch to batch
• Piezo ignition with flame failure protection on every burner supports safe daily start-up
• Open stand allows cleaning beneath the unit and straightforward access to components

Installation requires a gas supply — natural gas or LPG depending on the version ordered. The unit needs to sit beneath a correctly sized extraction canopy in line with current UK Building Regulations and gas safety requirements. Rear castors allow repositioning, but once connected to the gas supply the unit should be treated as semi-permanent. Gas connection must be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Before ordering, confirm available gas supply capacity, floor loading for a unit of this size and weight, and that your ventilation arrangement is adequate for the heat output.

This griddle is well suited to restaurants, hotels, burger operations, and high-footfall catering sites where the griddle is a central piece of the cooking line and runs across multiple services daily. Operators with lighter or more intermittent throughput may find a narrower model more practical and more economical to run. At the other end, very high-volume sites turning covers back-to-back continuously could consider whether a wider or dual-unit arrangement better matches their output.

If you would like to talk through whether this size is right for your service volume, or want to go over the gas and ventilation requirements before you commit, the team is happy to work through it with you.