Japanese Style Kitchen Utensils
Tubs Sushi Wood
Tubs Sushi Wood is a group of 8 IMPA-coded items (codes 173415–173422) under Japanese Style Kitchen Utensils in the Tableware & Galley Utensils section (IMPA 17). All of them are priced per piece. Every item in the list is wood. The list runs through 8 metric sizes from 310 mm to 605 mm.
Buying guide
A sushi tub, hangiri or sushi oke, is a round, flat-bottomed wooden tub used for the last steps of preparing sushi rice. The cooked rice is turned into the tub, tossed with a dressing of rice vinegar, sugar and salt using a wooden paddle (shamoji), then covered with a cloth to cool. Traditional tubs are cypress bound with two copper bands.[1]
The group lists eight sizes from 310 mm inside diameter and 70 mm deep up to 605 mm and 120 mm deep. The catalogue gives a rated capacity for each, from 1.44 to 9.0 litres. They sit with the other Japanese galley utensils, such as sushi boards and bamboo rollers, and are ordered by cooks on ships with Japanese crews or menus.
How to specify it
Give the inside diameter, or the catalogue capacity, sized to the batch of rice the galley makes. Domestic tubs start at about 30 cm, while restaurant tubs run to about 1 m, larger than this group.[1]
Order the paddle and cloth with the first tub if the galley has none. Ask for the wood and the bands to be stated on the quote, so a like-for-like replacement can be checked.[1]
Rules and certificates
WHO Guide to Ship Sanitation, guideline 3.3: equipment and containers that touch food must be easy to clean and disinfect, made of materials with no toxic effect, and kept in good repair. Food-contact surfaces should be free of open seams, cracks or crevices.[2]
A wooden tub whose staves have opened or split no longer meets that, so renew it rather than keep using it. MLC, 2006 Standard A3.2 also requires frequent documented inspections, by or under the master, of the galley and the equipment used to prepare food.[2][3]
Questions buyers ask
- What is a hangiri used for?
- For mixing and cooling sushi rice. The hot rice is tossed with vinegar, sugar and salt in the wide wooden tub using a paddle, then covered with a cloth to cool.
- What size sushi tub should I order?
- Match it to the batch of rice the galley prepares. The catalogue lists 310 to 605 mm inside diameter, with a rated capacity from 1.44 to 9.0 litres.
Sources
Published by Sherif Awad, founder of GeoMarineHub — in ship supply since 1990, a family business since 1981 (45 years). Last checked .
At a glance
Part of Tableware & Galley Utensils (IMPA section 17): Plates, cups, cutlery, cookware, knives, ovenware and the tools of a working galley.
It is one of 27 groups under Japanese Style Kitchen Utensils; the others include Bleached Cotton Cloths, Chopstick Cases, Chopstick Stands, Chopsticks Cooking, Chopsticks Japanese Style and 21 more.
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- Items
- 8
- IMPA codes
- 173415–173422
- Priced
- per piece
- Materials
- wood
- Sizes
- 310 mm – 605 mm
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