Whether preparing dough bases, making sauces, organising toppings or dressing pizzas, creating an ordered and well-maintained pizza prep area is vital to maximising output and overall quality. Pizza prep counters, sometimes refered to as pizza fridges, and refrigerated topping units are a vital way to achieve the desired results.
Pizza Prep Fridges & Counters
A pizza fridge is a stainless steel workbench with a solid, durable worktop that allows you to make pizza dough and dress pizzas efficiently. They are usually recognised by a granite worktop that offers a hard-wearing, non-stick surface and their compatibility with the European standard of Gastro Norm. Gastronorms (or GN) allow multiple toppings, arguably the protagonists of every pizza, to be ordered, chilled and kept fresh during a service with everything needed to make a delicious pizza within easy reach.
Pizza prep counters also have a further advantage that stands them as equipment stalwarts of any restaurant or pizzaria. Not only providing a work surface that can be used for preparing dishes, plating the dishes, etc. pizza fridges also offer refrigerated storage in undercounter cabinet form to hold the ingredients and final products to maintain freshness. These combined features facilitate the smooth and efficient running of any foodservice business.
A pizza prep counter fridge is an ideal addition to any pizza prep station, a necessity in the world of food hubs that are in the business of pizza. Ensuring fresh produce and ingredients and timely, efficient preparation means that customer satisfaction is a priority.
So what benefits do Pizza Fridges and Prep Counters offer?
Pizza prep fridges and prep counters outshine the conventional means of commercial refrigeration in many ways:
- Increased Efficiency
Due to prep fridge and prep counters ingredients are readily available at the time of pizza making, reducing unnecessary trips to and from cabinet refrigeration and ultimately increasing efficiency. Everything needed to create the perfect pizza is close to hand for ultimate streamlining of preparation.
- Taste Enhancement
As this comes with refrigerated storage, ingredients are stored in optimum conditions until used for ultimate freshness and quality. Everyone can taste the difference when fresh ingredients are used.
- Versatility at its Best
Pizza prep counters combine 3 essential elements, a work counter, a chilled gastronorm configuration and refrigerated storage. These individual elements can easily be modified to adapt to any operational change be it due to a changing market, level of custom or to reflect your own changing needs.
- Valuable Workspace
Refrigerated pizza prep counters provide a granite worktop as your workplace which can be used for the whole pizza preparation process, plating of pizza, or other essential works without any hassle.
Refrigerated Topping Units - the perfect alternative
If a suitable countertop or worktop is already in position in the kitchen, complete with undercounter refrigerated cabinets you could create your own modular pizza prep counter by adding a refrigerated topping unit.
These units are suitable for a multitude of situations including sandwich shops, pasta bars and, of course, pizza parlours. Consisting of a chilled GN compatible countertop unit, this equipment can be placed on existing cabinet refrigeration to complete the look and functionality of a pizza prep counter.
Available as topping units with lids of solid stainless steel and topping units with glass guards, ingredients can be covered when necessary to maintain freshness. While solid lid topping units are typically used in back of house settings where display of produce isn't required, glass top gastronorm units can facilitate both buyer and seller in front of house environments, the seller easily locating the required toppings and customers being able to see the available options and watch as orders are made.
Pizza Prep Counters We Recommend
There is a wide choice of models on the market from various brands however we always recommend Tefcold when it comes to pizza prep counter fridge. The PT1200, PT1300, and PT1310 are always popular, all three boasting a stainless steel design with granite worktop and are equipped with 7 pizza trays. With the option of double door cabinet, triple door cabinet or a combination of cabinet and drawers finding the perfect equipment to suit any business requirement is easy.
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