| Gasoline has numerous uses in foodservice. You | | | | mixes methane with hydrogen and carbon |
| might use it to heat or cool your building, to heat | | | | monoxide-it is known as synthetic gasoline. |
| water, to cook food, to chill food, to incinerate | | | | There also are other gas combinations-propane, |
| waste, and/or to dry dishes or linens. It's called | | | | butane, isobutane-that might be known as liquefied |
| natural gasoline simply because, indeed, it's not | | | | petroleum gas, LP gas, or bottled gasoline. In the |
| man-made. It was formed underground a number | | | | United States, restaurants use natural gasoline to |
| of million years ago by the decay of prehistoric | | | | operate as much as two-thirds of their major |
| plants and animals, and is now pumped to the | | | | cooking equipment. Its chief benefit is its instant |
| earth's surface for use as a fuel. | | | | ability to provide intense heat. Chefs like cooking |
| The American Gasoline Association credits the | | | | with gas because it permits them to work quickly |
| Abell House, a stagecoach stop in Fredonia, New | | | | and to use different kinds of burners to direct |
| York, as the very first commercial establishment | | | | heat where it is most needed. |
| to make use of natural gas for cooking. Back in | | | | Modern-day foodservice ranges may feature |
| 1825, the "pipes" were hollowed-out logs. Gasoline | | | | power burners, highinput gasoline burners that |
| was propelled through the logs into the making, to | | | | burn twice the amount of gasoline (and can supply |
| a single-flame stove having a reflector plate. | | | | twice the heat) of a conventional gas burner. |
| We've come a long way since then. | | | | Other appliances that might be gas fired include |
| You will find different kinds of gas for various | | | | broilers, fryers, griddles, steamers, coffee urns, |
| uses. The one most commonly generally known | | | | and ovens. These appliances might have |
| as natural gasoline is mostly methane. When it's | | | | automatic pilot lights, which stay lit and indicate |
| extremely compressed for storage, under | | | | the gas is ready should you turn on the appliance, |
| incredibly cold conditions (below 260 degrees | | | | or you might have to light the pilot manually |
| Fahrenheit), it becomes liquefied natural gasoline | | | | having a match whenever you need it. |
| (LNG). When it is manufactured-in a process that | | | | |