Meals for 500 from Mobile Kitchen
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QUBSTANTIAL meals for 500 people
can be supplied by a new Leyland Beaver four-wheeled mobile kitchen which has been developed by the Ministry of Food under plans for civil defence.
Full use has been made of the space available in the van body, which is 24 ft. 6 in. long, 7 ft. 6 in. wide and 13 ft. high. The cab is a Leyland-built unit. The body was built by Samuel Elliot (Reading), Ltd., in conjunction with the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Supply.
The body is constructed entirely of metal or non-inflammable material, the main bearers being of steel channel section, with pressed-steel framework. Exterior and interior panelling is of aluminium sheet. The floor is of steel chequerplate.
A Merryweather quick-steaming solid-fuel hand-fired boiler is installed in a separate compartment behind the cab. The main cooking equipment consists of a Glow Worm 74-in, doubleoven fuel-fired cooking range, a sixcompartment wet steaming oven built entirely of stainless steel and a 4-ft. steam-heated hot closet with stainlesssteel tap. A 50-gallon steam-heated boiler provides the bulk supply of hot water, and a steam sterilizing stool has been installed to clean food containers.
On the off side of the vehicle, in front of the rear wheel, is a petrol-driven generating set with fuel tank. The set is placed in circuit with the main battery of the vehicle to supply current for interior lighting. The control panel is inside the cab. Awnings can be extended from each side of the vehicle in bad weather.