Page 10 - FFD Info Centre - Commercial Refrigeration & Catering Equipment News & Buying Guides

Are you feeling a bit cramped? Is your kitchen overflowing with appliances? Does your shop front look confused? Or are you simply struggling to see how your food business could run that bit more smoothly?

You may be in need of a re-vamp. Luckily, we’re here to recommend how you can make the most of your countertops. Here we highlight key pieces of equipment that can be used in a variety of businesses to tackle common issues such as space efficiency, convenience, organisation and display for a wide range of food products.

When you open a restaurant or a pub you need to invest in high quality commercial kitchen equipment. The global market for commercial kitchens is estimated to reach around approx. £85.4 billion ($112 billion) by 2025. The hospitality industry is undergoing a technology-driven transformation as the new commercial appliances offer more than the last generation.

One of the most important machines you need when you own a restaurant or a pub is an oven, more specifically, a combination oven. Knowing how to pick the best one for your business and find the best warranty options to keep you covered for longer can make a huge difference.

The FOG problem is pollution pure and simple: fatbergs make sewer overflows more likely and so make it more likely that raw sewage will end up being sent straight in our waterways. A high quality grease trap, maintained in good working order, can be relied upon to help stop such overflows from happening – cutting down on the environmental costs of our national love of fried fast food.

What’s more, a good trap can be relied upon to protect you from financial penalties: as each berg costs water companies £100,000 to remove and, increasingly, those costs are being passed onto food businesses deemed to be at fault.

All in all, grease traps are great. But many people are still asking: are they really worth it?

For those who are new to the FOG issue, the price tag seems huge.

So, let’s break it down. Starting with:

The beating heart of the majority of commercial kitchens, combination ovens have revolutionised catering en masse, combining the functions of multiple pieces of equipment into a single unit. As technology has evolved, so has what we have to come to expect from these core cooking appliances - making them, undoubtedly, an essential heavyweight of any modern kitchen.

The reigning market leaders, Rational, have dominated the combination cooking sector for over 40 years, but can the relatively new kid on the block, Unox, prove to be a force to be reckoned with? Here, we take a look at both brands: the similarities, the differences and what they each bring to the market.

Commercial fridges and freezers can seem like scary, complicated contraptions and it can be difficult for many people to get their heads around them.

Luckily, we’re here for when things go wrong. In this case, if your commercial refrigerator can’t keep its cool, we’ve got you covered – with a list of what you need to check before calling in the experts.

Here we cover areas including power, doors, gauges, position, correct use, cleaning and maintenance and location to determine whether any issue is likely due to user error or actual mechanical fault.