Steelite Craft Brown Coupe Plates 300mm (Pack of 12)
Product Description
The Steelite Craft Brown coupe plate is part of Steelite's Craft collection, a range designed to evoke the character of traditional handmade tableware. The brown glaze gives each plate a...
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Colour
- Brown
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 300
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Product Description
The Steelite Craft Brown coupe plate is part of Steelite's Craft collection, a range designed to evoke the character of traditional handmade tableware. The brown glaze gives each plate a subtly individual finish, making it a practical choice for operators who want their table setting to feel considered rather than generic. At 300mm, the coupe profile provides a generous, rim-free surface that works well for composed plating across a range of cuisines.
In busy service environments, durability is as important as appearance. These plates are made from alumina vitrified ceramic, a material widely used in professional catering for its resistance to chipping, crazing, and the mechanical stresses of high-turnover service. The lifetime edge chip warranty from Steelite reflects the confidence placed in the material's performance under commercial conditions.
From an operational standpoint, the Craft Brown plate offers several practical advantages:
- Oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe, supporting flexible kitchen workflows
- The warm, earthy glaze suits both casual dining and more formal restaurant settings
- The coupe shape simplifies stacking and storage between services
- Supplied in packs of 12, making it straightforward to build up cover counts in stages
There are no unusual installation or handling requirements. Standard commercial dishwasher cycles are suitable, and the plates stack securely for storage. Operators running high cover counts may want to consider whether additional packs are needed to maintain a comfortable buffer through busy periods, particularly where two or more sittings are common.
This plate is well suited to independent restaurants, bistros, and café-restaurants where an artisan or natural aesthetic is part of the overall concept. It works equally well in hotel dining rooms looking to move away from plain white crockery without introducing anything overly decorative.
If you're building out a full table setting or want to discuss cover requirements for your service volume, the team is happy to help you work through the numbers.
Key Features
- Alumina vitrified ceramic construction for professional durability and longevity
- 300mm coupe profile provides a generous rim-free plating surface
- Hand-applied brown glaze creates subtle variation across each plate
- Lifetime edge chip warranty backed by Steelite
- Oven, microwave, and commercial dishwasher safe for full operational flexibility
Operational Benefits
- Withstands the mechanical demands of high-turnover commercial service
- Rim-free coupe shape supports clean, composed food presentation
- Earthy glaze suits a wide range of dining concepts without over-styling
- Pack-of-12 format allows cover counts to be built up cost-effectively
- Dishwasher-safe construction reduces handling time between services
Specifications
- Box quantity
- 12
- Colour
- Brown
- Crockery type
- Plates
- Diameter
- 300
- Dimensions
- 300(Ø)mm/ 11 ⅘"
- Dishwasher safe
- Yes
- Finish
- Lustrous Glaze
- Freezer safe
- Yes
- Furniture shape
- Round
- Material
- Alumina vitrified ceramic
- Microwave safe
- Yes
- Oven proof
- Yes
- Warranty
- Lifetime Edge Chip
- Weight
- 6.3kg
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Frequently Asked Questions
- A common rule of thumb in commercial catering is to hold two to three times your cover count in crockery to allow for dishwasher cycles running during service. For a 40-cover restaurant running two sittings, four to six packs of 12 would give you a workable buffer, though your actual requirement will depend on your wash cycle speed and service pace.
- Yes, the Steelite Craft Brown plates are rated for commercial dishwasher use. Alumina vitrified ceramic is specifically suited to the high temperatures and repeated cycles of professional warewashing, and the glaze is designed to resist crazing under those conditions.
- The glaze process does introduce subtle variation in tone and finish from plate to plate, which is part of the design intent for the Craft collection. In practice, the differences are modest and consistent with the artisan aesthetic the range is built around — they are unlikely to present as mismatched on a well-set table.