The Asber PBC-03 is a compact Pro-Line blast chiller and shock freezer, only 520 mm high. Its three-pan GN 1/1 cabinet chills 15 kg of food to +3 °C or freezes 6 kg to −18 °C per cycle. Chilling from +65 °C to +3 °C takes 90 minutes, freezing from +65 °C to −18 °C 240 minutes.
Cycles can be controlled by time or by the reading of the core probe inserted into the food, with a choice of soft or hard chilling. The control panel sits in the door, with 7 preset cycles and memory for 20 custom recipes. Further cycles cover pre-cooling, fish sanitisation and ice-cream hardening.
After a cycle the unit switches to holding mode. Interior and exterior are stainless steel, insulation is 35 mm and interior corners are rounded. Climate class 5, refrigerant R290, rated power 410 W at 230 V / 50 Hz, manual defrost.
The unit takes up 590 × 700 mm of floor or counter space, rises to 520 mm and weighs 60 kg net (62 kg gross).