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Restaurant Dishwasher: A Complete Buying Guide

Tweet Deciding on the right restaurant dishwasher for your restaurant or commercial kitchen depends on a few important factors, and it’s vital to get the right machine for the job.There are multiple types of dish machines depending on what you plan to wash and how much of it you plan to wash in a given [...]

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Adventures In Restaurant Maintenance: Replacing Equipment

Tweet “Which _____________ do you recommend?” This is a question I have been asked countless times by owners/managers that operate the restaurants I have worked in. The real question they are asking is: “What equipment will run the longest and have the fewest breakdowns and cost the least to fix?” The answer to such a [...]

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Use Ice Machine Water Filters For More Than Just Ice

Tweet If you don’t do so already, you should definitely consider filtering the water you serve your customers.  We have already covered water filtration here on The Back Burner, but if you need to filter a glass filler specifically, the best way to do so is with an ice machine water filter.  That’s because you [...]

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Restaurant Sinks and Faucets: Some Useful Tips

Tweet More than likely, your restaurant has several sinks that serve many purposes in the back of the house, in server stations, and behind the bar.  Having the right kind of sinks in the right places is important not only to accomplish many various tasks, from glass and hand washing to stock pot and flatware [...]

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Restaurant Kitchen Casters: Buy Smart

Tweet Casters make life in your restaurant’s kitchen a whole lot easier.  They allow you to roll heavy equipment around for cleaning.  They make your mop buckets mobile and power hand carts and loaded shelving in your walk-in and storage areas.  They even let you roll the trash out quickly.  The lowly caster serves many [...]

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Commercial Planetary Mixers: How To Buy A Good One And Make It Last Forever

Tweet The planetary mixer is a mainstay chunk of equipment in many commercial kitchens.  Whenever your restaurant or bakery needs a large project done, and done well, more than likely you’re turning to the mixer taking up a whole corner of the kitchen.  The tasks you can perform with a well outfitted mixer are numerous, [...]

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Commercial Coffee Brewing Equipment: Serve Great Coffee Every Time

Tweet Not all brewing equipment is created equal, and the success of your quest for a great cup of coffee can largely rest on the type of brewing equipment you use.  When investing in new coffee equipment, it’s also vitally important to purchase a brewer that can handle your weekly volume. For more info on [...]

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The Poseidon: The New God of Digital Portion Scales

Tweet Edlund has long been known for their tough, durable kitchen equipment.  The Edlund “Old Reliable” manual can opener has been a kitchen standard in thousands of restaurants for years.  And Edlund portion scales have long been favored for their toughness and accuracy. Luckily, Edlund hasn’t decided to sit back on their laurels.  The new [...]

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Foodservice Equipment: Getting Properly Stocked

Tweet A restaurant kitchen is alive with the hum and bustle of life and movement, and while nothing beats a good staff, stocking the right foodservice equipment can infinitely improve the efficiency and quality of your restaurant. No matter what type of restaurant you own or operate, you’ll need a massive amount of equipment on [...]

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The Importance of The Right Ice Machine

Tweet Maintaining any kind of restaurant requires ice, lots of ice, and the only way to meet your frosty needs is with the right commercial ice machine. If your restaurant is stuck with an excessively large ice machine, you may be spending extravagant costs to make ice you don’t need. This is not only wasteful [...]

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