Dewars for table side service

[Jeff Moore]

Anyone know where to get a small container for table side liquid nitrogen use? I've seen a few in videos, they look like coffee carafes. Only need to be enough for one application at a time, in the .25-.5 liter range.

Thanks!

[Kerry Beal]

A medical supply place should have those - not cheap though.

Ah - here you go on amazon.

[Jeff Moore]

Unfortunately none of that is cheap. Except the LN of course.

That's just about what I was looking for, need to find something with a handle. Thanks for the link.

[Kerry Beal]

At work for wart treatment we usually use a regular thermos with a hole drilled in the lid, or a wad of paper towel.

[Lisa Shock]

Some coffee carafes will work, you need to make sure that they have a vent and that you keep it unobstructed.

That said, I'm not sure I'd every use LN2 tableside -too many chances of accidents. Waiters and patrons can bump you, the cold items occasionally and randomly send tiny shards or product shooting across the room, beads of it jump around, and just generally cause serious hazards for patrons (or anyone not wearing protective eyewear and appropriate clothing.)

And, of course, there's the suffocation issue.

Oxygen enrichment, which can happen as it gets exposed to air, can cause things that aren't flammable to spontaneously ignite.

http://www.cookingissues.com/primers/liquid-nitrogen-primer/