The steel bar mat in two lines
A stainless steel grid with round through holes, 20mm high and 105mm deep, to rest on the working surface. It comes in three lengths: 300, 600 and 900mm.
Who it is for
For anyone with a bar in full view who does not want rubber in front of the guest, and for anyone tired of lifting a mat to empty the water that has stood underneath it. The steel bar mat solves both with the same thing: the holes.
It drains rather than holds
A rubber mat gathers liquid in its own tray and keeps it there until somebody lifts it. Whatever you rest on it therefore sits in a film of water, and a glass turned upside down on rubber does not dry: it gets wet again. Here the liquid goes through the holes and lands on the surface beneath, which takes a cloth once a shift.
For glasses turned over after rinsing the difference is visible within ten minutes. It is also why this grid works well under the ice machine or beside the sink, where the dripping never stops.
Hygiene, which is the long term argument
Rubber picks up smells over time where liquid stands, and a syrup left overnight is there the next day. Steel does not: stainless is not porous, so it rinses, dries and goes back to neutral, and it takes citrus acidity without clouding. On something that lives on the bar every day that is the advantage you notice after the first month, not the first day.
Specifications
- Material: stainless steel
- Holes: round, through
- Short version: 300 x 105 x 20mm
- Medium version: 600 x 105 x 20mm
- Long version: 900 x 105 x 20mm
- Dishwasher: better not, hand wash preferred
Two things rubber does better
They are worth saying, because anyone reading this is choosing between the two materials. The first is noise: a glass set down on steel makes a hard sound that rubber absorbs, and on a quiet bar you hear it. The second is grip: rubber holds a glass still even at an angle, steel does not, and a shaker put down in a hurry slides more easily on the grid.
Then there is rigidity. A rubber mat adapts to a corner or gets cut with scissors, a steel bar mat does not: the size has to be right first time, because afterwards it cannot be shortened.
Which of the three lengths
Three hundred millimetres is the single station size, the one that sits next to the shaker and takes one person’s work. Six hundred is the service size: it covers the build area of an ordinary bar and it is the one that sells most. Nine hundred is for a long counter worked by two people, or for a continuous strip in front of the taps.
The depth is always 105mm, which is set to run along the edge without stealing working surface. Anyone needing a wider area usually puts two side by side lengthways rather than looking for a deeper model.
Care
It washes by hand in seconds: hot water, a mild detergent, a cloth and it is back in place. Better kept out of the dishwasher. Bare steel, no plating to spoil.
FAQ
Does the steel bar mat hold the liquid or let it through? It lets it through: the holes go all the way, and the liquid lands on the surface below, which dries with a cloth.
How many sizes are there? Three: 300, 600 and 900mm long, all 105mm deep and 20mm high.
Dishwasher safe? Better not: hot water and a mild detergent do the job. It is stainless steel with no coating, so there is no plating to spoil.
Does it hold glasses still the way rubber does? No, and it is worth knowing: steel is more slippery. In exchange it drains and takes on no smells.
The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.
Dispatched from Rome, Italy. 15-day returns, free of charge. Questions before you order? Message us on WhatsApp on +39 351 929 6937.
To compare the materials and the sizes there is the bar mat guide.
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