Chafing fuel is the fuel source for an apparatus that people use for cooking food or keeping it hot, such as on a buffet line at a restaurant. This apparatus usually consists of a metal dish with a heating appliance beneath it, and manufacturers usually sell the chafing fuel in an appliance, such as a can with a wick. Wick chafing fuels, including diethylene glycol (DEG). Methanol gel chafing fuels and ethanol gel chafing fuels. Different fuels burn at different degrees of hotness, and manufacturers offer a variety of fuels for a variety of apparatuses.

These chafing fuels mainly include ethanol, methanol and diethylene glycol (DEG). The

burns without soot or odours. By using a wick the DEG can be vaporized and burned despite its relatively high flame point of 143°C. The burning time of a can is inversely proportional to the intensity of its flame, which may be adjusted by changing the exposed height of the wick. Use: place the can directly below a chafing dish or other heating appliance suitable for use with liquid fuel open flames.

In the food service industry, restaurants often need more than one type of chafing fuel. For example, beverage urns and vessels designed to not cook the food but to keep it warm for service need a low - temperature chafing fuel, and chafing dishes and some cooking apparatus need hotter - burning chafing fuel. The average temperature range is 165 - 196° Fahrenheit (about 74-90° Celsius), and the goal is to find a chafing fuel that will keep the food in the temperature safety range near 141° Fahrenheit (about 60° Celsius). Chafing fuels also have different burn times, depending on the manufacturer's formula and the size of the wick or burn hole. ECOHEAT offers wick chafing fuels that burn for as little as one hours or as long as six hours.

Most manufacturers, because of safety concerns, offer non - spill containers that stay cool to the touch, but users still need to exercise caution when using these chafing fuels. Examples of safe handling practices include lighting the fuel after the user has placed it under the apparatus and letting the container cool before moving it. A person should follow the directions from the manufacturer when extinguishing the flame, because each type of chafing fuel appliance is different.

Advantages of wick chafing fuel in comparison to gel chafing fuel:

- Heat output: about 50% of gel - based chafing fuel.

- Safer to use. No hazardous refilling. Flame is more visible and predictable.

- Cans stay cool enough to touch safely. May be used without fuel holder.

- Safer in case of accidents. Any spillage will be minimal and difficult to ignite.

- Properly re - sealable and re - usable.

- Easy to extinguish by blowing or replacing the cap.

- Cost per burning hour comparable to gel - based burning fuel.

- Less intense flame. Reduces chance that Chafing Dish water pans will boil dry.

Many apparatuses use chafing fuel. The food industry has many uses for chafing fuel appliances. Fondue pots, soup tureens, hibachis and beverage urns are examples of apparatuses that keep food warm. In the hotel industry, people use them for room service carts and portable food boxes. Campers and hikers use chafing dish fuel to cook or heat ready - to - eat foods, because they are safe and lightweight.

Changzhou Bio Hotel Supplies Co. LTD. is a professional manufacturer with more than 6 - year experience of various eco - friendly fuels. EcoHeat Wick Chafing Fuel is acted as a new type of warmer, with high efficiency and convenience, popular and welcome among both domestic and oversea users. Our products are widely used in Restaurants, Hotels, Coffee Shop, Chafing Dish Shop and so on. ECOHEAT Wick Chafing Fuel tin with wick, contains 100% diethylene glycol. Burns up completely. Soot and odour free. Special fiberglass wick provides proper burning temperature and time. The can does not overheat, no fuel holder needed. Equal flame temperature and height during the whole burning process. Box 24 tins. Due to the special cap, it is possible to use the same can several times, store it and transport it safely.