Cambro vs. Yeti vs. RTIC

Ozzie_Isaac

Wandering through my local restraunt supply I ran across Cambros.  I have read they are the cats meow for hot food service.

For keeping briskets, shoulder, etc warm would a cambro work as good as a rotomold?  Why would one choose one vs. The other?  Prices were similiar amongst the group.

johnnyp

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Wandering through my local restraunt supply I ran across Cambros.  I have read they are the cats meow for hot food service.

For keeping briskets, shoulder, etc warm would a cambro work as good as a rotomold?  Why would one choose one vs. The other?  Prices were similiar amongst the group.

I've only seen one person to purchase one to replace his rotomold and it was because he was doing small-scale catering and wanted to present a more professional image than pulling food out of coolers. 

In regards to performance, not a clue.

tarheelmatt

tarheelmatt

xfire_ATX

My neighbor caters out of his igloos.  But he is moving cold or dry goods and cooks on site generally.

When he does Crawfish Boils he uses his oldest coolers- one for hot, one for keeping the crawfish chilled

Big_Green_Craig

Coolers are great if you are just tossing large BBQ meats in it to rest. However, the Cambros are better w trays ready to be served. 

Example: An easy catering gig has you bringing pulled pork, mac n cheese and beans. Everything is in a ready to serve tray so you can pull up, drop off and roll out. Those foil 1/2 and full pans fit perfectly inside a plastic slide out pan. 

Killit_and_Grillit

SGH

Big_Green_Craig said:

Coolers are great if you are just tossing large BBQ meats in it to rest. However, the Cambros are better w trays ready to be served. 

This ^^^^^^^^^ in spades. 
As far as the performance difference between the Cambros and coolers, it would depend on the quality and type of each. There are some commercial SS oven type cambros that are electric assist. They can hold a steady temp 24 hours a day for years. That's not a typo above. They can hold whatever temp until the element or electronics fail (which is usually several years). 
But in the interest of keeping the comparison apples to apples, a standard box type insulated Cambro will not hold heat any longer than a quality rotomolded cooler. As such, most of us use our Yetis and RTIC's for holding Q. 
As BGC mentioned above, the cambros do offer the luxury of holding individual pans which can be very useful. 

jtcBoynton

Ozzie_Isaac said:

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For keeping briskets, shoulder, etc warm would a cambro work as good as a rotomold?  ...

Just so you know, some of the Cambros are rotomolded.  

Toxarch

A buddy has one for BBQ comps. It's foam filled just like rotomold coolers. Only difference is it has notches to slide pans in. Oh, and the door is not that thick.