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COOKING EQUIPMENT

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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…

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Heat Up Your Kitchen With Salamanders

From dinner to dessert, salamander broilers bring direct, intense heat, plus offer a vertical footprint advantage.

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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…

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REFRIGERATION & ICE MACHINES

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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

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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

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Product Spotlight: Table Stakes

The array of tabletop options is ever-changing. Stay up to date on suppliers’ latest rollouts.

VENTILATION

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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

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‘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.

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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.

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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

Today’s carts for foodservice meet the needs of operators during the pandemic and beyond.

1 Product, 4 Ways: Carts

Today’s carts for foodservice meet the needs of operators during the pandemic and beyond.

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

BEVERAGE EQUIPMENT

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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

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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

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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.

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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).…

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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.

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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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