Steam cookersENERGY STAR certified
Southbend Altair II-4-SB
4 pressureless steam cooker.
Pan capacity
4
Cooking efficiency
70 %
Water use
0.3 gal/h
Fuel
Electric
Of 193 certified pressureless steam cookers, 10 have a lower water use than the Altair II-4-SB (0.3 gal/h).
- Maker
- Southbend
- Model
- Altair II-4-SB
- Type
- Pressureless
- Fuel
- Electric
- Steam generation
- Boilerless
- Pan capacity
- 4
- Cooking efficiency
- 70 %
- Water use
- 0.3 gal/h
- Idle rate (electric)
- 0.33 W
- On the market since
- Mar 2021
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 26 Apr 2021
Source: ENERGY STAR certified steam cookers dataset, US EPA, record 2376364, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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| Model | Type | Pan capacity | Cooking efficiency | Water use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Forge Sirius II-4 | Pressureless | 4 | 49 % | 1 gal/h |
| Market Forge Altair II-4 | Pressureless | 4 | 70 % | 0.3 gal/h |
| Electrolux GSSP-BLE-3E | Pressureless | 4 | 59 % | 0.1 gal/h |
| Electrolux (2)GSSP-BLE-3E | Pressureless | 4 | 59 % | 0.1 gal/h |
| Cleveland Range LLC SteamChef 3 | Pressureless | 3 | 39 % | 0.31 gal/h |
| Vulcan C24EO3 | Pressureless | 3 | 74 % | 0.6 gal/h |
Southbend
More Southbend steam cookers
| Model | Type | Pan capacity | Cooking efficiency | Water use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altair II-8-SB | Pressureless | 8 | 70 % | 0.3 gal/h |
| Altair II-10-SB | Pressureless | 10 | 70 % | 0.3 gal/h |
| Altair II-12-SB | Pressureless | 12 | 62 % | 0.47 gal/h |
| Altair II-6-SB | Pressureless | 6 | 60 % | 0.5 gal/h |
| ETP-10E-SB | Pressureless | 10 | 67 % | 5.9 gal/h |
| ETP-10G-SB | Pressureless | 10 | 40 % | 8 gal/h |
| EZ18-6 | Pressureless | 6 | 75 % | 3 gal/h |
| EZ18-5 | Pressureless | 5 | 75 % | 3 gal/h |