Founded in 1900 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, by three immigrants—the Jacob brothers—the Detecto Scale Company is a quintessential American success story of entrepreneurship, ingenuity and hard work. Over a century later, and now under the under the ownership of Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Company of Webb City, Missouri, Detecto continues to build …

Spring is in the air and a lot of us are thinking spring cleaning, but it doesn’t all have to be left to dusting and scrubbing this month.  Here are a few of our favorite spring items that remind us that there’s more to March than just cleaning. 1. Food Scales …

A Hobart mixer can easily be the most versatile tool in any kitchen, but it’s important when purchasing attachments and accessories to ensure that they are compatible with your model of mixer. In this guide, Chris Tavano explains the differences in accessories between the two lines of Hobart mixers. Before …

Performing regular preventative maintenance on your refrigerator can increase the efficiency of the unit, as well as save you expensive repairs down the line. Chris Tavano walks you through three easy parts to check to make sure that your refrigerator is in good working order. Before taking action from the …

With over 180 vegetable and fruit cutters in stock, it can start to get overwhelming with which one is right for your business, and what to do when a repair is needed.  The good news is that with most manual cutters, DIY is easy.  One of our latest customer questions …

Avoid holiday shopping stress with these homemade gift ideas for any professional chef, home cook, or culinary enthusiast!  Find your gifts here! Spice shaker Liquor infusion bottle Pasta maker   Before taking action from the content or resources published here, we request that you visit and review our terms of …

September is National Preparedness Month. Established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and supported by thousands of organizations nation-wide, the campaign for awareness focuses on safety and emergency preparedness. While the effort is geared more toward disaster preparedness, it’s also a great reminder regarding safety in general. That means …

I put this article off for almost a month because I couldn’t think of a fun, exciting way to present beverage dispensers. They are basic pieces of equipment with one purpose – dispensing refreshing and tasty beverages. But after digging and digging through search results I found this fun article …

In General There are many maintenance tasks that can safely be performed by restaurant owners that would save a substantial amount of money on service calls. Here are some of the things restaurant owners can do to keep service calls to a minimum. Knowledge of a Technician You might be …

Get some pit gloves for pork pulling The pig, when prepared well, is an animal whose meaty bits provide a wide array of scrumptious goodness. While some less-than-appealing parts of this magic meat machine (like the feet, intestines, ears, or jowls) are still eaten around the world, it’s putting pork …