UNSPSC 48101542: Commercial use jacketed tilting kettle

A high volume boiling container with a heat jacket that allows for the cooking of sauces etc with a tilting mechanism to allow for controlled pour.

UNSPSC 48101542 Commercial use jacketed tilting kettle (Commodity) represents specialized food-service preparation equipment that state and local governments purchase for institutional kitchens—primarily school cafeterias, correctional facilities, senior centers, and public health facilities. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers acquiring tilting kettles as standalone replacements and as components within larger kitchen equipment packages, often bundled with steamers, convection ovens, and walk-in refrigeration during facility renovations or equipment refresh cycles.

The issuing-body mix spans school districts (the dominant buyer type), correctional departments, county sheriffs' offices, senior centers operated by county governments, and independent school districts across multiple states. Texas agencies—the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Health and Human Services Commission—appear as repeat solicitors. Georgia school districts (Dougherty County, Jasper County Charter System, Barrow County, Henry County, Colquitt County, Fulton County, and others) show sustained activity under related food-service equipment codes. Recent geographic spread includes Texas, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Oregon, Missouri, and Connecticut, with the densest activity in Texas and Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB IW255041 for tilt skillet braising pans (bids due July 15, 2026); Gwinnett County, Georgia IWQ 129243 for purchase and installation of a Southbend convection steamer at Bethesda Park Senior Center (quotes due April 24, 2026); and Jasper County Charter System (Georgia) RFP 2026-8013-0100 for multiple commercial kitchen units including a Cleveland Range convection steamer and Garland electric convection oven (proposals due April 20, 2026). School districts and county nutrition programs consistently solicit these units via IFB, RFP, and RFQ vehicles with firm fixed-price quotes inclusive of delivery and installation; mandatory site visits and pre-bid conferences are common. Set-asides and HUB preferences appear when federal child nutrition program funding is involved; cooperative purchasing agreements (Georgia Educational Cooperative) extend contract reach across multiple districts.