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COOKING EQUIPMENT
What’s New About F5: Henny Penny’s Latest Low Oil Volume Fryer
In 2009, we introduced Evolution Elite, the industry’s first reduced-oil capacity fryer. Now, we’re celebrating the newest generation! Our latest low oil volume fryer, called ‘F5’, combines innovation and simplicity to…
Heat Up Your Kitchen With Salamanders
From dinner to dessert, salamander broilers bring direct, intense heat, plus offer a vertical footprint advantage.
How Henny Penny’s New F5 Fryer Ensures Food Quality and Consistency
The restaurant industry has had its fair share of challenges in recent years. The pandemic took aim at struggles that owners and operators were already facing: labor shortages and the…
Why Midea is Your Great Business Partner in Commercial Food Service Equipment
When choosing commercial ovens for your business, the products have to be of the best quality to survive in the Commercial Food Service environment. In this article, we will look…
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REFRIGERATION & ICE MACHINES
10 Things to Consider When Purchasing a Walk-In Cold Storage Unit
There are many factors to ponder when choosing a walk-in refrigeration or freezer unit. With any significant business investment, including cold storage, the purchase price is just one piece of…
Walk In Panels: It’s What’s Inside That Counts
When it comes to walk-in coolers and freezers, probably no factor makes a bigger difference in performance than the panel insulation. There are different types of insulation and they vary…
Kitchen refrigeration solutions: Walk-in cooler vs reach-in refrigerators.
When it comes to running a successful foodservice business, choosing the right refrigeration equipment solution is crucial. Not only does it affect the quality of your food products, but it…
Where To Start Your Search For a Walk-In
Remembering the basics can make specifying walk-in refrigerators and freezers less stressful.
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SERVING COUNTER EQUIPMENT
Good Sense: How to Specify Condiment Dispensers
The pandemic jump-started innovation for condiment dispensers, bringing touchless models to market.
FURNISHINGS & DECOR
DIY Fix: Adjust Food Shields
If your facility boasts convertible food shields, and needs to shift from self-service to full-service to increase safety as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, follow these general steps.
SMALLWARES & TABLETOP
Product Spotlight: Table Stakes
The array of tabletop options is ever-changing. Stay up to date on suppliers’ latest rollouts.
VENTILATION
Rising Up to Conquer CKV Challenges
Take stock of how today’s CKV systems have met diverse operators’ needs—and learn how to frame your distinctive search.
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WAREWASHING & SCRAPPING
‘Ware’ to Start With Specifying Glasswashers
Glasswashers save labor and space while ensuring glass cleanliness and beverage quality, but you’ll want to do your homework.
Smooth Operator: Spotlight on Bloom Plant Based Kitchen
In 2022, Bloom Plant Based Kitchen, owned and operated by Chef Rodolfo Cuadros, installed a biodigester as part of its mission to reduce its carbon footprint.
Looking For Ways to Save? Start With Your Pre-Rinse Unit
A pre-rinse unit isn’t the flashiest piece of equipment in your kitchen. And as long as it’s working (meaning spraying and not leaking), you probably don’t give it a second…
1 Product, 4 Ways: Food Waste Handling
We highlight the latest food waste disposers from Salvajor, InSinkErator, Hobart and Red Goat.
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STORAGE & CARTS
1 Product, 4 Ways: Carts
Today’s carts for foodservice meet the needs of operators during the pandemic and beyond.
How to Find a Mobile Bar Cart That Fits Your Needs, Style and Budget
Mobile bar carts may help you meet the phased reopening requirements by moving your patrons outdoors or further apart.
My Equipment Wishlist: Hot-Cold Pickup Shelves
For a growing number of customers, the perfect restaurant experience is walking through the door, breezing past the line, finding a bag with their name on it and walking out—without ever speaking to a human.
CFS Brands Acquires Piper Products
Conglomerates consolidate a dozen brands under one parent
WARMING & HOT HOLDING EQUIPMENT
Choosing the Ideal Food Holding Cabinet for Your School or Cafeteria
If you run a cafeteria or school lunch program, serving hot meals will keep your students coming for more. Food…
BEVERAGE EQUIPMENT
Keep Pulse of Today’s Beverage Blenders
Makers’ newest models dial into operators’ needs for precise and popular recipes, heightened speed for off-premise orders, and easy controls.
CUSTOMER-FACING TECHNOLOGY
Citing Improved Labor Productivity, Del Taco Broadens Use of AI
The quick-service, 600-plus-unit chain first tested the technology in 2022 before today announcing its plans to “significantly expand” deployment.
WASTE MANAGEMENT & JANITORIAL
Understanding UV Light
For years, ultraviolet light has been integrated into foodservice equipment. Now its getting a second look as a tool for fighting COVID-19.
FOOD PREPARATION EQUIPMENT
A Cut Above: Tips for Specifying Slicers
Slicers help operators showcase freshness while new features make them smarter, safer and easier to use and clean.
Are You Rinsing Your Produce the Right Way?
About 48 million people in the U.S. (one in six) get sick each year from foodborne diseases, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).…
1 Product, 4 Ways: Sizing Up Floor Mixers
If you’re in the market for a floor mixer, you likely already know all about the high-capacity perks, but these machines surely aren’t one-size-fits-all.
Mixing it Up—What to Look for in a Countertop Mixer
The countertop mixer is the Swiss Army knife of the kitchen—small but mighty, with the power to perform various functions.
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