Clifton Food Range FL28D 28 Litre Unstirred Digital Sous Vide Bath

The Clifton FL28D is a 28-litre unstirred digital water bath designed for sous vide cooking in professional kitchen environments. Unstirred baths of this type rely on natural convection to distribute heat rather than a circulation pump, making them a practical choice where quiet operation is preferred or where product is held in sealed pouches that benefit from a more gentle, undisturbed environment.

In real kitchen use, a bath of this capacity is well suited to small-to-medium operations — restaurants, hotel kitchens, and prep kitchens where sous vide is part of a structured prep cycle rather than a continuous high-volume output. The digital control allows operators to set and hold precise temperatures consistently across a service, which is one of the core requirements of reliable sous vide cookery.

From an operational standpoint, the key practical advantages of this unit include:

• Precise digital temperature control for repeatable, consistent results
• 28-litre capacity suitable for batch prep ahead of service
• Unstirred design provides a quiet, low-maintenance operation
• Self-contained unit with no external circulation equipment required
• Clifton is a well-regarded UK manufacturer with a strong track record in laboratory and food-grade water baths

As with any unstirred bath, it is worth noting that temperature uniformity across the full volume may be slightly less consistent than a circulated alternative — this is a known characteristic of the format rather than a product fault, and for most sous vide applications it presents no practical difficulty. Installation requirements are straightforward; the unit is electrically powered and bench-mounted, so no specialist services beyond a suitable power supply are needed.

This bath suits kitchens introducing or expanding sous vide as part of their prep workflow. For sites running higher volumes or requiring tighter temperature uniformity across large loads, a circulated bath or higher-capacity model may be worth considering.

If you are unsure whether an unstirred bath is the right format for your kitchen's output, our team is happy to talk through the options with you.