Sollana 365 Indoor/Outdoor Paella Set

What's included in this set ? 

• 460mm Two control, dual Ring FlamesVLC Professional Class Paella Burner with Flame failure cutoff
• 60cm, 65cm or 70cm Polished Steel or Enamelled Steel Paella Pan
• 75cm high extra strong Fold-out tripod stand
• Gas Hose & Clips

Features:

• High power 13.8 KW Paella Gas Burner with 2 independent variable controls.
• Unique pilot burner system ensuring gas rings can be re-lit automatically
• Thermocouple gas cut-off valve
• For both indoor & outdoor use (with appropriate ventilation)   
• Supports pans to from 36cm to 46cm on the inner rings and 55cm to 80cm on both rings
• Runs on Butane or Propane
• CE Certified to EEC 90/396 Gas Directive and factory set for UK LPG Gas pressures
• Fold out easy to assemble tripod stand
• Easy to assemble & disassemble

The set comes with the 60cm, 65cm or 70cm Paella pan, the 460mm indoor/outdoor complaint gas burner, a very sturdy fold-out tripod stand and gas hose.

The gas burner in this set is from FlamesVLC, a specialist paella gas burner manufacturer from Valencia. Their patented pilot system means that once one ring has been lit, any of the rings will automatically re-light once being turned off and back on again. The flame cutoff valve will not allow gas to flow unless the gas burner has been lit and will automatically cut the gas supply should all flames be extinguished.

This makes the gas burner complaint for all indoor and outdoor environments. With the largest 70cm pan, this is suitable for serving over 25 portions of paella making it perfect for parties or small-scale catering.

• 60cm Paella Pan  15-16 main course portions,  up to 19 tapas size
• 65cm Paella Pan  17-19 main course portions,  up to 22 tapas size
• 70cm Paella Pan  18-21 main course portions,  up to  25 tapas size

** Important Note: We offer a service to crimp the regulator on the gas hose and burner. This a very strong connection, but will not have been leak tested. As always, check for any gas leaks using soapy water around all connections before lighting.

Polished Steel & Enamelled Steel Paella Pan Serving & Dimension Information

Paella Pans are tradionally described by the size of their top diameter. The base is somewhat smaller due to the sloping sides of a traditional paella pan. When cooking paella it is important to choose the right size pan to keep the paella thin. The most common mistake in cooking paella is to overfill the pan.

We have included some information for choosing the size of paella pan:

• Main vs Tapas Portions
  Each pan is marked by the manufacturer for the number of "Raciones" it will serve. This is best described as a "tapas" size portion. It is slightly strange as in Spain you would never see a paella pan being used to serve these numbers of portions. For example a 50cm pan is described as serving 14 portions, but in practice it will be used for about 7 people (perhaps even less). However the sizing is used by all the pan manufacturers in Spain, so it isn't going to change. Therefor we have added a column for Main course size servings, that give a better impression of the pan capacity.

• Minimum amounts for each size pan
  It is always better to use have less in the pan than the maximum number of main course portions. A thin paella (up to a depth of about 1cm) will cook and taste better than an overfilled pan. As a general rule of thumb, if you take half (or a little more) the value of tapas portions, that would be approximately the minimum amount of main course portions the pan can be used for. eg for a 50cm Pan max main course portions is about 8, min would be 14/2 so 7 or or 6

• Cooking on a gas hob
  It is important to try and get an even cooking heat as possible. This becomes very neccessary in the later stages of cooking paella when the rice is cooking. The flame does not need to cover the whole base of the pan, but conversely you dont want a small concentrated heat in the centre. In practice a gas hob can cook up to about a 36cm (maybe a 38cm) pan depending on the size of the gas burners. It is possible to use larger pans on agas hob if they can span multiple gas burners. However this will mean moving the pan (not stirring the paella !) around while the rice is cooking.
  
  Remember normal paella pans are for gas or open fire only. If you are cooking on electric or AGA's then you will need one of our flat-bottomed paella pans