Monthly Archives: April 2014

Gas Hose Maintenance and How to Diagnose Leaks [Video]

Make sure that your work environment is safe and your equipment is running well by regularly maintaining your gas hoses. In this video, we show you basic maintenance and lubricating procedures, as well as how to diagnose a gas leak! Before taking action from the content or resources published here, …

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Why Every Restaurant Needs a Website

Still trying to convince yourself that your business doesn’t need a website? Think that Facebook page is doing you just fine? Think again. Here are a few stats we pulled together to help you get a better understanding of just how valuable a website can be for your restaurant (including …

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Blender Recipes

When going through and asking our Tundrites what their favorite piece of kitchen equipment is, they have answers that range from knives to cast iron skillets to bottle openers (yes, someone actually said that a bottle opener was their favorite), but it rarely fails when asking them what the first …

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How to Calibrate Digital Thermometers [Video]

Learn how to calibrate your digital probe thermometers! While not all digital and infrared thermometers can be calibrated, you can still check the accuracy to ensure a good temperature reading! Before taking action from the content or resources published here, we request that you visit and review our terms of …

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Happy Earth Day!

As we all know, recycling and reusing are core tenets of the environmental movement. To honor those goals, we’re going to reuse some pixels and highlight some of the many “Going Green” blog posts in our archives. We’ve been banging the drum for the environment for quite a long time, …

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Catering & Buffet Specialty Shop Must-Have’s

Although catering season seems to always be in high growth, we see that during the holidays and the warmer months, catering sales definitely hit an all-time high.  It’s the time of year that people would rather be catered too than spend hours in the kitchen, and when wedding bells are …

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Enter to Win a Vitamix Vita Prep!

This giveaway has ended. Be sure to join our email list (use the form in the top right column on this page) to be notified of future giveaways and promotions! “The Vitamix is a blender like a predator drone is a slingshot.” That’s how Brad Johnson, operations manager at Vitamix, …

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Buying Guide: Kitchen Thermometers [Video]

Kitchen thermometers may seem like simple pieces of equipment, but they are available in a wide variety of makes, models, prices, and features. Learn which thermometer is best for you! Before taking action from the content or resources published here, we request that you visit and review our terms of …

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Green Is Always in Season

According to the National Restaurant Association (NRA), “Environmentally responsible practices are becoming the new normal across the industry, as restaurateurs recognize that recycling, waste reduction, and water and energy efficiency are good for their business and our world.” Amen to that! There are nearly 990,000 restaurant locations in the U.S., …

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Meeting the Dreamstaurant Winner: Snow & Co

A few weeks ago, our team packed up and flew out to meet our Dreamstaurant contest winners – Snow & Co.  Of course, the flight was a short one from Denver to Kansas City, but the anticipation of seeing what the new building looked like, what the existing building looked …

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