The BLCA5X1 takes hot food quickly down to a safe storage temperature, either chilling it from +70 °C to +3 °C or freezing it to −18 °C. Guides inside hold five GN 1/1 or Euronorm trays; pans are purchased separately. Operation is from a touchscreen with preset programmes and special cycles for fish, ice-cream hardening, drying and defrosting, and custom programmes can be stored.
The supplied core probe measures the food's internal temperature, and HACCP data can be exported over USB. The stainless-steel cabinet has a right-hinged, self-closing door that can be reversed and stands on four adjustable feet; defrost is by hot gas. Per cycle the unit chills 18 kg in 90 minutes and freezes 14 kg in 240 minutes.
Net volume is 91 litres of 169 litres gross, with a 660 × 640 × 400 mm chamber in an 804 × 826 × 1045 mm cabinet. Refrigerant R290, rated power 720 W, noise 60 dB(A), climate class N (+16 to +32 °C), net weight 116 kg.