The Grand Deluxe is coming

[Seato]

I've been waiting patiently for the keg king Grand Deluxe to arrive. As well as my new fridge I have got a new font, Andale Carlton, with DA taps. I'm getting a bit excited as its meant to be here in Friday.

Here is some photos of the font and taps assembled

 

[DU99]

i thought it was a new beer

 

[Whiteferret]

Are you checking to see the best spot to mount it? Looking good so far.
No need to get up from the couch.

 

[Mardoo]

Yeah, place selection is well sorted.

 

[booargy]

I got have one of the full stainless ones. To get it inside I had to take my back door off and remove the frame. I'm planning on 8 taps (just ordered stainless flow control perlicks) with a flanged font which I am going to have a go at building.

 

[TSMill]

i thought it was a new beer

I thought it was a new Maccas burger.

 

[tavas]

Get ready for a long wait. Been waiting for over a year for Series 4 keg fridge and then Grand Deluxe. Gave up and moving on.

 

[Seato]

It's coming this week. I'll put up some photos when I get it

 

[Mister Wilson]

What sort of warranty do KK give on that bad boy Seato?

 

[Cocko]

If I had room, I would run one, 4 tap font exactly same as Seato.

God speed mate.

Please post pics and report when the bad boy is in house.

:super:

 

[Spiesy]

In 9 months I hope to be rocking one of these too.

 

[Seato]

Ok, grand deluxe arrived today so have started assembly. Gas manifold not installed yet but andale font is looking great.

These fridges are pre drilled and king fonts would be easier to fit. I had to get stainless plates machined to make it work. Big thanks to my brother in law Travis.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Reply Speisy? For 1/8 of the price you could fit out a chesty.

 

[Seato]

Reply Speisy? For 1/8 of the price you could fit out a chesty.

Or you could embrace the awesome and get one of these. This has been a huge upgrade for the brewery and you can't deny it does look professional.

Don't hate the player

 

[Spiesy]

Reply Speisy? For 1/8 of the price you could fit out a chesty.

Probably not 1/8th price for me, mate (I buy wholesale), and I rarely do things by the half measure.

Nice looking kegerator, stainless throughout and with an Italian compressor.

 

[Spiesy]

Ok, grand deluxe arrived today so have started assembly. Gas manifold not installed yet but andale font is looking great.

These fridges are pre drilled and king fonts would be easier to fit. I had to get stainless plates machined to make it work.

Can you please elaborate here, mate?

 

[Seato]

Ok, when I first saw this photo, I had already bought the Carlton font.

 

[Seato]

The issue is the threaded shank on the font is 41.4mm, the flared chromed Bottom of the font is 76mm. I couldn't tell how big the hole was from the photo but worked out that the four attachment holes were 110mm apart and this meant the bottom of the font would only just grab the edges maybe and I was going to have these for holes on my new fridge that I didn't want exposed.

Asked my brother in law if he could possibly make me som stainless plates that were 120mm OD and 43mm ID and left the thickness up to him. He really came through for me and made these.

They ended up being 6mm thick.

Anyway, when the Grand Deluxe came, I just ran a bead of silicon around the holes and put the plate down over the top, the second went underneath in the fridge and it looks like it was meant to be.

Or, you could buy the keg king font which is definitely cheaper but not as good quality as Andale's gear. I'll leave that up to you.

 

[Seato]

What sort of warranty do KK give on that bad boy Seato?

I believe it's 12 months, I will have to ring them, it's not very clear on the paperwork.

 

[TheBigD]

Nice looking kegerator, stainless throughout and with an Italian compressor.

you'll have do all your drinking before before 12pm because that compressor wont work after lunch

 

[tavas]

So after many emails and delays, Keg King came good and sent me a Grand Deluxe keg fridge. Fridge looks awesome, fits up to 8 cornys and 3 tap font. Its noisy though but to be expected as its supposed to be an outside fridge.

Anyway, I'm moving house so in the process of moving the fridge I notice that the compressor is branded Secop and made in Slovakia. "That's funny" I think, its supposed to be Embraco made in Italy.

A quick Google tells me Secop is the old Danfoss brand.

So 2 questions emerge from this: are Danfoss/Secop compressors any good? Actually for that matter, are Embraco compressors any good?
And, since its plastered on the Keg King website as "Italian Made Embraco" is that false advertising (or does that not matter?)

On the actual manufacturers website (New Dynamic Limited) they advertise as Embraco or Secop: http://www.kegexpert.com/productshow.asp?ArticleID=279

Otherwise, fridge seems to work well. And more importantly the wife is happy with it. My only problem is the kegs seem to empty a lot faster than 30 bottles.

 

[elcarter]

I know Italy makes a huge amount of stainless appliances eg ovens ect.

I wonder if the "Italian made" is just the body and the compressor is imported and fitted.

 

[tavas]

Would be good if any fridgies could chip in on the reliability of the said brands. Google hasn't thrown much from a 5 minute search.

 

[Dips Me Lid]

Hey Tavas, I maintain a lot of air con units that have Danfoss comp's and from my experience they're a reliable brand, I can't speak for their cool room style or refrigerator comp's but I assume they'd be of a similar quality.

 

[tavas]

Thanks DML. That's good to know.

 

[Dips Me Lid]

What's the price tag on these Grand Deluxe units?

 

[tavas]

Yeah not cheap. $1500 plus delivery. The 3 door is $2000. http://www.kegking.com.au/Downloads/Catalogue%20-%20Retail%20Price%20List.pdf

or if you're feeling really generous you can buy the same fridge from Beverage HQ for $5000 http://www.beveragehq.net/Commercial_Kegerators-Kegstar_Commercial_Kegerator_ND_72_3_x_50_litre.html

We will be using ours as an alfesco fridge as well so hoping it will do the role of two fridges in one.

 

[Dips Me Lid]

It seems like a reasonable price for a quality commercial fridge that's purpose built for beer, I might have to start saving my pennies, I was just reading the specs and said it can hold 12 corny kegs, that's pretty good.

 

[tavas]

Because mine took so long to come I started looking at alternatives. The wife flat out refused a keezer arrangement, so it had to be commercially available. I couldn't find anything cheaper, and all the under bench fridges I found were all too small in height for kegs. Price wise it stacked up against similar sized fridges. I'm happy with the quality so far.

 

[mikk]

How's the fridge going? Keen to get a 3 door model, but unable to view one in Sydney prior to making the big decision, it seems.

Any thoughts on the fridges quality would be appreciated by Grand Deluxe owners, and any ownership quibbles (ie, noisy, poor design features, size, effectiveness of font fans, etc) would be great to know about. Also, what does the rear of the fridge look like- same as the sides? The rear of mine would be on display for all to see...

Keg King denied my request to have an extended warranty available, so a little wary about spending so much on something with the KK brand.

Thanks,
Mikk