TFK 250 Tactical Field Kitchen

Product Group 3 Mobile Catering Systems

ISO 9001 AQAP Certified Quality Assurance System No. FM 12810 110 3.2.1 TFK 250 Tactical Field Kitchen

What is every army's most important weapon? Experienced commanders all Kärcher, the mobile over the world are aware that a catering properly motivated soldier is the most important "weapon" in a systems'specialist, modern army. The right food designs, tests and ensures this kind of motivation produces highly advanced and mission readiness and thus kitchen equipment for the morale of all the troops. For that a hot, tasty meal every day mobile applications with plays a decisive role in the past. the armed forces, civil Boost the morale of your troops defence and disaster with Kärcher's newly developed control organizations as TFK 250 tactical field kitchen. It has been designed for use under well as charity aid "Air Land Battle 2000" conditions organizations. and ensures fast and efficient troop catering with plenty of variety. Give your soldiers the best available: Kärcher's TFK 250.

The tactical field kitchen for the coming decades was deve- . loped together with the German army over a period of more than 5 years. The Karcher TFK 250 came out of the extremely tough evaluation trials. Never before were such strict standards set for a mobile kitchen. And never before were the stringent specifications for kitchen technology, vehicle technology, logistics, ease of maintenance and environmental protection so perfectly converted into practice. Why are the world's military cooks so enthusiastic about Kärcher's new diesel burner? Diesel burners are undoubtedly the safest for field kitchen The The burner has a fuel tank with a all lids are made of drawn heart of every field kitchen, it Why are chefs, nutritional experts capacity of 4.8 litres (5 US qts) stainless steel (18 % Cr, 10% Ni) burns completely odourless and and logistics commanders so and is connected via the safety with smooth-contoured corners without taste. The burner can be proud of the new TFK 250? unit to a 6.9-litre (0.24 cu.ft) air (small drawing radii) to make fuelled by diesel, heating oil, tank. The pressure reducing them very easy to clean. kerosene or paraffin and Chief cooking instructors in the valve integrated in the safety unit ■ The pressure boiling pan, produces a 1400°C (2550°F) Bundeswehr made the following is set to 5 bar (72.5 psi). This flame. The independent burner is comparison: "The new frying/baking centres and means the burner output remains made completely of corrosion- Bundeswehr Kärcher TFK 250 is teamaker are independent constant regardless of the proof materials and can also be as good in its own right as the systems which can be removed pressure in the air tank. used as a separate unit outside Leopard II is among the world's from the kitchen block as After a preheat phase lasting the field kitchen. combat tanks". complete assemblies with the about 2.5 min., i.e. the pressure ■ Each TFK 250 is equipped with tools provided. in the air tank drops about 2.5 Decisive benefits: 4 independent burner bar (36 psi), and a transition compartments with 4 self- phase lasting approx. 1 minute, ■ All boiling, frying and baking sufficient burners. the burner's output can be pans are designed in accordance infinitely varied between a An easy-to-use single, knob with the GASTRONORM minimum of 8 kW and a control enables burner output to container system to DIN 66075. maximum of 18 KM The C0 ■ be infinitely varied between 8 and 2 The most modern techniques 18 kW (net). content in the flue gas reaches a can be used, i.e. from biological The burner can operate for up to maximum of 10% very quickly. cooking to pressure roasting. 8 hours without a refill. The air The flue gas temperature ■ Compact construction means pressure required for remains steady at about 150°C optimum mobility for front-line independent operation can be (300°F) In practice, the tank is and support troops: For transport produced by a foot or hand pump filled once daily with fuel and is in difficult terrain, by road, rail or or the tractor vehicle's tyre then ready for breakfast, lunch ship, as a suspended load on the inflation system. and the evening meal (24-hour Chinook helicopter and as an ■ An emergency furnace enables operation for 250 soldiers). The external load for the front-line specially designed fuel tank filler solid fuels, i.e. wood, coal, peat units of the RAF on the Harrier funnel helps avoid overfilling and etc., to be burnt VSTOL aircraft. fuel spillage. ■ ■ Efficient gas burners are also Pressure boiling pan, pressure available as options. fryer, hot-water boiler, oven and Double-walled pressure boiling pan ■ The two 150-litre (40 US gal), double-walled GASTRONORM pressure boiling pans permit "biological" cooking (vitamins, nutrients and minerals are not The low-pressure range up to drain cock. The 150-litre (40 US overcooked) at up to 0.4 bar (5.8 max. 0.4 bar (5.8 psi) and gal) pans feature a drain chan- psi) for maximum nutritional approx. 110°C (230°F) was nel and a newly developed, 40 effect. Fuel savings of 70% are selected after thorough analysis mm I. D. drain cock for rapid possible because cooking times of research work carried out all emptying. are up to 70% shorter over the world. The temperature The use of perforated (irrespective of altitude). range required for pressure GASTRONORM cooking inserts ■ The evacuated jacket is filled cooking at pressures higher than ensures fast distribution while with only a small amount of water 0.7 bar (10.15 psi) is more likely retaining vitamins. Food is and guarantees that food does to have a negative effect on taken from the pressure boiling not burn or stick during fast and various types of vegetables. pan and put directly into the uniform heating. The easily used ■ The pressure boiling pans new "Thermoports", insulated evacuating valve prevents the have a 1° slope towards the food containers, for quick boiling pan being destroyed by transportation to the troops. operating errors. As cooking times are fast (e.g. rice in 30-40 minutes, vegetables in 10-25 minutes, potatoes in 25-30 minutes), there is no need for the inconvenience of cooking while on the move. ■ The food can be left in the double-walled pans for a rapid change in location. Their special construction means that temperature drops at a rate of only 1ºC (1.8ºF) per hour (bacteria cannot survive) and is still more than 80ºC (1 76ºF) after 20 hours. ■ The pressure cooking system (biological cooking) uses the principle of evaporating a small quantity of water in a sealed pan. The steam valve remains open until only steam emerges from the valve. There are then only very small amounts of oxygen in the boiling pan which could enter into a harmful combination with the food being cooked. Apart from the nutritional benefits, colour and taste are fully preserved. About what are cooks everywhere so enthusiastic? Integrated baking centres Combination frying/ baking The GN 2\1 integrated ovens are centre suitable for baking bread and ■ The frying/baking centre is cakes, roasting poultry and other located at the rear of the field meats as well as preparing kitchen trailer. It comprises 2 vegetables and rice. Two levels frying pans, each with a capacity are heated with only one burner. of 53 litres (14 US gal), and 2 This achieves energy savings of ovens. up to 70%. The burner enables ■ Two combination pressure the temperature in the oven to be infinitely varied up to 300°C frying pans, each with a capacity (572°F). The two baking levels of 53 litres (14 US gal) (2 GN 1/1 (slide-in shelves) enable bread to - 150 mm (6 in) deep). be baked evenly on 1\1 baking ■ A patented heating system sheets. The oven door is ensures uniform distribution of designed to permit baking and heat. The entire cooking surface roasting with or without reaches 230°C ± 30°C (446°F ± circulating air. The baking 54 °F) in 20 minutes. Fast and temperature is shown on the uniform temperature distribution control panel. The floor of the is achieved by the evacuated oven is a sandwich construction heating tubes. This enables to prevent distortion at high pieces of frying meat and roasts temperatures. Arabic bread, to be cooked evenly. European coarse bread or French baguette or any other

Large roasts can be kind of bread can be baked to pressurecooked within a very perfection. Pizzas can be cooked short time to obtain meat which is on 8 GN 1\1 baking sheets just juicy inside and crisp outside. as successfully as mutton or beef The heat retained by the 10 mm roasts. The RAF cooks made (0.4 in) thick compensating base their pies and the US army cooks enables juicy steaks to be conjured up tasty ham dishes cooked. from the field kitchen. Large Kärcher's demonstration cook pieces of ham are cooked for was impressed by the variety of about 30 minutes in the boiling dishes the international military pan until they are tender. They cooks prepared in the pressure are then put in the oven for about frying pan. GIB RAF cooks fried 20 minutes to roast. “scampi in beer batter”, Spanish army cooks made "Paella", the Safety is priority number one! Luxembourg army chef made The lids of pressure boiling pan "whale steaks" during NATO's and pressure frying pan are "Avalanche Express" manoeuvre equipped with a safety valve in northern Norway. Malaysian which opens at a gauge pressure cooks made "Satay" and Algerian of 0.4 bar (5.8 psi). Should the cooks produced "Cous-Cous". valve become blocked with The new pressure frying pans food,every lid has a safety gasket simplify roasting, pressure frying which is designed to blow at 0.8 and deep frying. bar (11.6 psi). Operating errors cannot, therefore, result in dangerous situations. The pressure lids are sprung to enable them to be left open in any position between 10° and 40°or 70°. The safety valves blow in the direction of the roof/ flue area so as not to inconvenience other cooks working at the field kitchen. Hot water boiler and teamaker What impresses budget When the field kitchen is in directors and repair operation a constant supply of hot water is needed for cleaning officers most about the vegetables, washing mess gear, Kärcher TFK 250? making gravy or tea. The water in ■ Meticulous attention was paid the 28-litre (7.4 US gal) tank is to "life-cycle costs" in the heated to at least 75°C (167°F) development of the TFK 250. by the burner's hot exhaust air. ■ The construction and materials Hot water is thus available at all used are rated for a service life of times. The tank is equipped with more than 30 years. a tap. The specially designed ■ The construction permits the pressure relief valve prevents left and right boiling pans, frying spillages during high-speed off- and baking centres to be road journeys. exchanged. All assemblies can be removed for repair in the field Attachable work tables without the need for special tools. Cooks always like to work within ■ Full interchangeability means easy reach of the boiling and that spare parts inventories can frying pans. Do you know the rapidity be kept extremely low. The two integrated work tables tactical field kitchen? ■ In addition to stainless steel, are each 1900 mm (75 in) long Two cooks can prepare a and 300 mm (12 in) wide and aluminized and galvanized sheet complete meal for 250 soldiers in enable food to be prepared steel are used for added only two hours. In an emergency directly next to the boiling and protection against corrosion. it is possible to supply at least ■ frying pans. Quick-action catches Axle: The 3500 kg swinging 500 people with simple dishes in lock the work tables in position. arm axle features torsion bar the same time. They have proven particularly suspension to guarantee useful in the field since they optimum handling on and off the The pressure cooking, frying and create an integrated working road. The axle construction is baking capacity is more than 600 area. Soiling is greatly reduced. rated for off-road journeys with litres (approx. 160 US gal): ■ Food can be issued to two full boiling and frying pans. The use of special off-road shock lines at either side of the work 2 Pressure tables. absorbers improves all-terrain boiling pans each 150 L=300 L capabilities. The axle is fully 2 Pressure integrated in the kitchen frame frying pans each 53 L = 106 L for maximum protection when 2 Ovens each 78 L = 156 L travelling through rocky terrain. 2 Teamakers each 28 L = 56L thus prevents condensed Kitchen construction impurities dripping onto the ■ The TFK 250 consists of a ■ Sturdy, dustproof burner doors operating personnel or the food self-supporting, torsional rigid matched to the sledge shape of (hygiene requirement of German tubular steel frame for heavyduty the kitchen mean that it is army). military off-road applications. All possible to travel over rocky body panels are bolted and, ground. The floors of the burner Total weather protection/kitchen therefore, simple to replace. The compartments are specially tent entire kitchen is of modular protected by sandwich plates. Only the integrated weather roof construction with easily ■ The fully enclosed floor panel is opened up under normal field replaceable assemblies, i. e. enables the kitchen to travel conditions. A two-part allround pressure boiling pan, pressure through soft, deep snow, marshy tent is available for operation in frying pan, oven and hot-water ground and sand. The kitchen's Brake system difficult climatic conditions boiler (see pages 2, 3, 4 and 5). sledge shape means that it Automatic overrunning brake and (snowfall, storm etc.). Cooks glides over soft ground. automatic back-up lock. Simplex often set up the kitchen next to expanding lever drum brakes are the tractor and attach part of the installed (300 mm/ 12 in dia. with all-round tent to it so that they asbestos-free linings). The can work undisturbed. The all- breakaway brake is applied round tent can be completely automatically in the event of the sealed in very severe conditions. field kitchen becoming accidentally detached from the Transport by rail/air tractor. The TFK 250 is suitable for transportation by rail and remains Electrical epuipment fully operational during the The electrical equipment journey. The field kitchen has conforms to the German road been successfully tested as an traffic act. Power supply is via the external load on the RAF's Disc-type supports/jacks Towbar and towing coupling tractor. It is standardized for the "Harrier" VSTOL aircraft, the US The four lateral stowage com- Towbar height is infinitely NATO 24V supply. The kitchen navy's "Chinook" and the partments accommodate variable between 550 mm and may also be connected to a civil German army's "CH 53" cranked supports with ball- 1050 mm (22 and 41 in) (dual vehicle with a 12 V power supply. helicopters. Its suitability as a jointed base plates for quickly Hirth gearing, can be hitched to Apart from the heavyduty military stowed load was proven in the levelling the kitchen on site. A all standard and military tractors three-compartment lamps, a Transall and Hercules transports precision box level helps suitable for trailer load of more licence plate lamp, side and rear as well as the Chinook and ensure that the kitchen is ex- than 2.5 t). Towing coupling reflectors and clearance lamps CH 53 helicopters. The fully actly horizontal. The disc-type easily changed from NATO are also included. There is a 12- equipped field kitchen was supports serve as integrated towbar eye to DIN towbar eye for pin plug for the NATO 24V power dropped by parachute. It jacks for tyre changes. Each civil trucks. supply and a 7-pin plug for 12 V completely satisfied all service support is rated for a maximum civil vehicles, with 3 m requirements and supplied troops load of 2000 kg. There are Support wheel connecting cable. in the farest flung corners of the three settings and rack-and- Swivelling support wheel for easy earth with good warm meals. pinion crank mechanisms for manoeuvrability. Crank also Integrated weather protection rapid and accurate positioning swivels. The TFK 250 has been optimized of the kitchen. for instant readiness (Air Land Box level Battle 2000). The integrated, Insulating materials The box level mounted to the semi-automatic weather All the insulating materials used towbar enables the boiling and protection enables the kitchen to are free from asbestos frying pans to be accurately be made ready for operation (aluminium silicate). All insulated levelled for uniform distribution of within a few minutes. The swing- spaces are hermetically sealed cooking fat in the pans. up weatherproof roof offers from each other. The jacketed protection against the sun, wind, flue, all other working surfaces rain, snow and storms. It has a and kitchen equipment are total area of 17m2 (183 sq. ft) and thermally insulated. protects the kitchen, food and the cooks. The button-in, cotton fatabsorbing fleece can be washed in the boiling pan. It absorbs rising vapour and fat and Seminars - Training - Kärcher, the mobile catering Instruction The target-group oriented systems' specialist, offers a full training and instruction system has already been tried and tested line of field kitchens: throughout the world. The Thermoport (insulated) program covers the new GASTRONORM food containers techniques (pressure cooking, Hot tasty meals are extremely Container kitchen pressure frying) in accordance important to every soldier. A new Container kitchens which cater Completely mobile kitchen units with the catering concepts of the generation of GASTRONORM for 500, 1000 or 1500 people are with and without NBC defence armed forces (e. g. A, B and T food carrying systems has been supplied to suit specific catering facilities. ration with the US armed forces developed to ensure that this and logistics concepts. or fresh catering with the requirement is also met on the Bundeswehr). Training takes front line. The Thermoport for GN place at the armed force's own 1/1, 2x1/2, 3x1/3 makes efficient catering schools, under field distribution of food to troops conditions (manoeuvres) and at possible, from a patrol (8 -15 the Kärcher catering school in men) up to a battalion (400-600 Winnenden near Stuttgart ' In men). addition to Kärcher's internationally experienced chefs, It was found in the Norway test at there are experts who provide -30°C (-22°F) that the insulation training in equipment is so effective that food maintenance, repairs and temperature drops only 1°C logistics ' (1.8°F) in 1 hour. The meal Full seminar and training remains hot overnight (important: documentation is available, e.g. above 80°C/176°F). operator's manuals, sets of transparencies, functional charts and video films.

Specialized accessories for the world's cooks An extensive range of accessories is available to suit specific catering and logistics concepts. ■ Standard accessories for cooking equipment. Tools for chassis. Tools for burner. ■ Special accessories for cooks (e.g. Cous-Cous Set for Algeria, The GASTRONORM GN 1/1, T-Ration Set for US Marine 1/2, 1/3 containers are available Corps etc.). with watertight plug-type lids and ■ Special tools for special special valves. They ensure that applications. the food stays in the Please specify your GASTRONORM containers even requirements so that we can offer during journeys in very difficult the most appropriate equipment terrain. to suit your catering and logistics concept.

MFK 500 modular field kitchen If you are looking for a competitively priced field kitchen of modular construction for civil defence, disaster control organizations or catering for your soldiers, ask for the MFK 500 brochure. Technical Data: TFK 250 1.622-140 TFK 250 BW NSN 7360-12-310-7359 1.622-120 Dimensions and weights:

Kerb weight: approx.2050 kg 4520 lb Payload: approx. 450 kg 992 lb Permissible gross weight: 2500 kg 5512 lb Permissible towbar load: 50-125 kg 110-275.6 lb Overall length: 4170 mm 164.2 in. Overall width: 2160 mm 85 in. Overall height: approx.2620 mm 103 in. Height of work surface, empty: 960 mm 37.8 in Height of work surface, loaded: 950 mm 3T4 in Length of work surface: 1900 mm 74.8 in. Width of work surface, w/out tables: 2100 mm 82.7 in. Ground clearance: 320 mm 12.6 in. Overhang angle, front: approx. 22° Overhang angle, rear: approx. 20° Track: 1920 mm 75.6 in.

Chassis with frame:

3.5 t torsion-bar axle Overrunning brake with automatic back-up lock Towbar height, adjustable 550-1050 mm 22-41.3 in Retractable support wheel Handbrake with breakaway cable Asbestos-free brake linings 2 Tyres, 7.50-R15 16PR 2 Disc wheels, 6.5-15 Super 4 Disc-type support with coarse and fine adjustments, 200 mm dia. 4 Stowage compartment, approx. 50l 4 Fire extinguisher box 1 (fire extinguisher max. 12 kg) NATO towbar ye, standard fitment 1 DIN towbar eye, on request Paint finish on request

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Please contact us for further information: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co./VPS Protection Systems Alfred-Kärcher-Str. 28-40, D-71364 Winnenden-Germany Telephone ..49 / 71 95 / 14 27 97 Telefax ..49 / 71 95 / 14 27 80 Cleaning and Environmental E-mail: [email protected]

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