Over 60 years, Hoshizaki has built a reputation across the globe for quality, design, and performance.  Since 1986, Hoshizaki’s plant in Peachtree City, GA has supplied the U.S. market with domestically produced ice makers and bins. As one of the largest producers of commercial ice machines worldwide, Hoshizaki understands that …

Spring has sprung and with that comes spring cleaning. This year may come with some extra spring cleaning tasks, whether that’s extra cleaning because it’s been quieter in the kitchen for a while or touchless upgrades that can’t wait any longer. With so many items on every foodservice operator’s kitchen …

Seems like all we talk about are millennials these days. From what they’re wearing, to what they’re buying and even how they’re buying it, everyone has an opinion about millennials. Within the foodservice industry, it’s the “millennial work ethic” that has everyone talking. Determined to find out whether there’s a …

With the introduction of craft cocktails and a return to pre-prohibition era concoctions, we've all seen those massive cubes of ice in our Manhattans and Negronis. Those artisan ice cubes can add up to 70 cents in costs per cocktail and their production is less than efficient. Read more to find out Ice-O-Matic's solution to this predicament.

Like most restaurants, your establishment houses an ice machine, coffee brewer, espresso machine, soda dispenser, steam equipment, or perhaps all of the above. These pieces of kitchen equipment all require one vital ingredient: tap water.  The quality of that water can vary depending on your local water system, but all …

We all took basic chemistry, but if you’re like me you probably didn’t retain much. In this series of investigative restaurant journalism we’ll take a closer look at the mini-miracles of day-to-day life. We’ll start with the magical transformation of water into ice, and then look into how a commercial …

I’ll give you fair warning, talking about contaminated ice isn’t a pretty subject. There’s a reason why health inspectors check for microbial contamination in your ice bin on each visit. Between the risk of bacteria, mold and even blood (yes, blood), the ice you’re serving to guests is not only …

Bringing in the summer with new ice cream equipment, supplies, and dispensers helps keep your customers chill and your sales hot, especially when you’re using commercial products that help save you time and money over time.  Our Ice Cream Specialty Shop is perfect for helping to bring everything together, including …

If the rice in your Rinnai Commercial Gas Rice Cooker is coming out over cooked or under cooked, the most likely cause is a faulty thermal sensor. Before taking action from the content or resources published here, we request that you visit and review our terms of use. Video Transcript: …

If you rely on a large capacity rice cooker, such as this model from Rinnai, you know that any time it spends broken, or not operating optimally, creates more problems and a loss of time. However, if the problem is with the pilot light – either not lighting at all, …