Kasai Medium Wide Konro Hibachi Skewer Grill SVT-16191

The Kasai Medium Wide Konro Grill in Skewer Edition is a charcoal table grill designed for traditional Japanese yakitori and robata-style cooking. Designed and manufactured in the UK, it combines a stainless steel outer shell with a natural clay lining — a construction that sets it apart from standard charcoal grills in both performance and fuel efficiency. The skewer edition includes six stainless-steel-handled skewers that slot into a fixed frame above the grill bed, allowing the cook to rotate food through 360 degrees without lifting skewers from the heat.

In service, the clay lining is the key to how this grill performs. It retains heat efficiently and reflects it back towards the cooking surface, which means charcoal burns longer and with greater consistency than in a standard metal-bodied grill. For a professional kitchen running yakitori, grilled robata vegetables, or finishing sous vide proteins over live fire, this translates to fewer interruptions to replenish fuel during service and more predictable cooking temperatures across the session.

Practical advantages for kitchen operators include:

• Superior heat retention from the clay body reduces charcoal consumption during service
• 360-degree skewer rotation allows even cooking without lifting or repositioning
• Stainless steel construction on the outer shell is robust and straightforward to wipe down
• Suitable for grilling meat, fish, vegetables, and finishing dishes cooked via other methods
• Compact footprint suits pass-through finishing stations and tableside theatre service

Because this is an open charcoal grill, ventilation is the primary practical consideration. It requires use beneath a suitable extraction canopy or in a well-ventilated space — it is not appropriate for enclosed rooms without proper airflow. It is worth confirming with your local environmental health officer that live charcoal cooking complies with your premises licence conditions before purchasing. At 15.35kg, the unit is portable but substantial, and the clay lining, while durable, should be handled carefully during transport and storage.

This model is well suited to restaurants running Japanese BBQ concepts, supper clubs, hotels with theatre dining, and operators who want to offer live-fire cooking at a manageable scale. The medium wide format comfortably serves four to eight covers per session. For higher-volume operations or permanent installations requiring continuous service across multiple seatings, a larger or more heavy-duty unit may be worth considering.

If you are unsure whether this grill is the right fit for your extraction setup, service volume, or concept, the team is happy to talk it through before you commit.