What is a walk in cooler? It’s an easy question for anyone in the refrigeration business to answer. For many customers, however, it is a puzzle. So we write this article, focusing on what walk in is and its wide applications, so that customers can quickly understand and make their purchase easily.

• What is walk in cooler ?

Walk in Cooler , as the name shows it is a cooler that allows you to walk in. So you can get idea that such walk in cooler will have bigger size and have at least one door for peopele walk in. Let’s see the Regulatory definition from energy efficiency regulations of Canada “Walk-in cooler, an enclosed storage space that has an area of less than 278.71 m2 (3,000 square feet) and is designed to be cooled to temperatures at or above 0° C and to allow a person to enter”[1] walk in coolers could be built as per customer’s actual size requirment, the most popular ones like 6’*8’*8’, 8’*8’*8’,10’*8’*8’,10’*10’*8’, 12’*10’*8’, 30’*30’*10’,  it could be any size and any shape just as per your floor plan size&building height requirement. If adding glass doors in front of walk in cooler, it will become walk in display cooler. We will share more details on walk in display cooler with our next article.

• What are the applications of walk-in coolers ?

Walk in coolers have been widly used for storage on Dairy, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, beverages, beer, floral, eggs, etc.  It has been categorized into indoor and outdoor. Based on the application, it could be divied into commercial kitchens, restaurants&bars, supermarkets&grocers, bakeries, Delicatessen areas, butchers, pharmaceuticals,fish mongers, cold storage warehouses and others. “Out of these, the commercial kitchen and restaurants segment earned 31.6% in terms of the walk in coolers and freezers market share in 2020. This growth is attributable to the rising need to store raw or cooked foodstuffs for daily production and inventory preservation.”[2]

Besides the above application, walk in coolers also have some special applications, such as hunting, brewery and mortunary.

Well, do you get some ideas on the walk in cooler with our above information ? If you need any further info, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

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[1] It is from https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency-regulations/guide-canadas-energy-efficiency-regulations/walk-freezer-and-walk-cooler-components/21810

[2] It is from https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/06/07/2242545/0/en/Walk-in-Coolers-and-Freezers-Market-to-Reach-USD-20-22-Billion-in-2028-Rising-Launch-of-Reliable-Customized-Products-to-Aid-Growth-states-Fortune-Business-Insights.html