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What is the Best Oil for Deep Frying?

The most important decision to make before you deep fry is which oil to use. For everyday use, we recommend using the most popular choice - vegetable oil. However, there is no shortage of options. Before you select an oil, have you chosen the right deep fryer?...
Ways to Securely Store and Transport Dish & Glassware Racks

Ways to Securely Store and Transport Dish & Glassware Racks

Dish racks are essential to protecting your dish and glassware; but, safely and securely transporting these racks to and from the dish room are just as important. Here are some ideal ways to protect your dishware during transport, courtesy from New Age Industrial, a leading manufacturer of aluminum transport and handling solutions.

What is Liftgate Service and Do You Need It?

What is Liftgate Service and Do You Need It?

Typically, heavy equipment is shipped on a pallet and arrives on a semi-truck. If you have access to a loading dock, that’s great! The truck will pull up, and you should be good to go. However, what if your business doesn’t have access to a dock? That’s where liftgate service comes into play.

Tips for Professional Knife Maintenance—From Sharpening to Storage

Tips for Professional Knife Maintenance—From Sharpening to Storage

Knives are some of the most essential tools needed in a commercial kitchen. Professional cutlery allows chefs and kitchen staff to make cleaner cuts, increase prep-time productivity, and stay safe—after all, a dull knife is much more dangerous to use than a sharp one. That’s why learning and practicing proper knife maintenance is vital for any foodservice business.

How to Clean a Convection Oven for Commercial Kitchens

How to Clean a Convection Oven for Commercial Kitchens

Without proper care, crumbs, grease, and other debris can accumulate and cause issues with flavor profiles, increase the risk of smoke and fire, or cause heating inefficiencies. With these simple guidelines for commercial convection oven cleaning, foods will taste better, kitchen staff will be safer, and equipment will last longer.

How to Clean a Commercial Dishwasher | Restaurants, Kitchens, Bars

How to Clean a Commercial Dishwasher | Restaurants, Kitchens, Bars

Professional chefs and their crews churn through hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces of cookware and dinnerware in a single shift. That’s why the commercial dishwasher is one of the foodservice world’s most essential tools. It’s also why it’s so important to properly clean and maintain your dishwasher to optimize its efficacy and prolong its lifespan. That said, it’s crucial to understand how to clean a dishwasher the right way—especially when the unit is subject to constant, high-volume use.

What is a Ghost Kitchen (a.k.a Delivery-Only Kitchen)?

What is a Ghost Kitchen (a.k.a Delivery-Only Kitchen)?

Though ghost restaurants started becoming trendy prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was only during 2020 when these delivery-only restaurants really started to skyrocket in popularity. According to a recent report by CBRE, ghost kitchens could account for as much as 21% of the restaurant industry’s total profits by 2025. That’s big business. So what is a ghost kitchen exactly? Let’s take a closer look at what they are, how they operate, and what their impact will be on the industry going forward.

Plant-Based Restaurants: The Future of Sustainability (and Profitability)

Plant-Based Restaurants: The Future of Sustainability (and Profitability)

Sustainable cooking and kitchen practices are major factors influencing the recent proliferation of plant-based restaurants, but they’re not the only ones. From vegan fast food options designed to attract new customers, to a heightened focus on catering to diners with food sensitivities, there are a variety of reasons why vegan options should be on your restaurant’s radar.

How Home Meal Kit Service Can Boost Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line

How Home Meal Kit Service Can Boost Your Restaurant’s Bottom Line

The Covid-19 pandemic inspired an unprecedented wave of innovation and creativity throughout the restaurant industry, as businesses struggled to stay afloat while reducing capacity limits and practicing social distancing. Now that the world is starting to open back up again, industry experts have been speculating about how many of these Covid-era innovations will stick around for the long haul. Home meal kits and grab-and-go options are two of the most popular trends of 2020, but will they continue to be viable in 2021 and beyond?

Worktables — The Unsung Hero of Commercial Kitchens

Worktables — The Unsung Hero of Commercial Kitchens

When you add a new worktable to your space, you’re adding valuable storage space and prep space, but all worktables are not created equal. There are a few factors to consider when choosing the worktable that most effectively meets your needs, and we’re going to talk about them all.

How Clean is Your Water? A Water Filter Buying Guide

How Clean is Your Water? A Water Filter Buying Guide

Normal tap water contains a number of suspended and dissolved solids, such as chlorine, bacteria, sediment, chemicals, and other harmful elements. These solids can cause water to look cloudy, smell bad or taste funny, and can also affect any menu item that is prepared with water. Luckily, a water filter can help.

Improve Sustainability in The Kitchen

Improve Sustainability in The Kitchen

With increases in the millennial generation’s spending share, there is also an observable demand for sustainable offerings. Nielsen reports approximately 75% of millennials are willing to pay more for products and services that make an effort to positively impact and preserve the environment. Likewise, more than half of the Baby Boomer generation are also willing to support companies in this endeavor.

How to Keep Wrought Iron Furniture Rust-Free

How to Keep Wrought Iron Furniture Rust-Free

Wrought Iron furniture can be perfect for outdoor use due to the durability and attractive look. Restaurants, bars, and cafes often furnish their outdoor patios with wrought iron because of the look and sturdiness. This material is known for its longevity, making it perfect for commercial and residential use. We discuss how to keep this furniture looking and performing its best and go through refinishing those pieces that aren’t well maintained.

How to Start a Food Truck Business

How to Start a Food Truck Business

Before you run out and buy a food truck, you need to give your idea all the careful scrutiny you’d give a restaurant or any other business. That means doing some research and making a plan.

How to Open a Restaurant: Your Complete Guide

How to Open a Restaurant: Your Complete Guide

Many dream of opening their own restaurant. If you’re interested in making your dream a reality, we’re here to help with this definitvie guide to opening a restaurant, which explores restaurant concept development, seeking expert advice, writing a business plan, securing funding, site selection, operations and staffing up, and training and startup.

Food Safety 101: A Crash Course

Food Safety 101: A Crash Course

Practicing proper food safety is hugely important to the success of your commercial foodservice. Improper techniques could lead to costly consequences like loss of customer trust and business reputation, negative exposure, decreased morale, lawsuits and legal fees, and more. This crash course is intended as an overview of common food safety precautions.

Tips to Safely Use a Commercial Meat Grinder

Tips to Safely Use a Commercial Meat Grinder

Whether you’re making fresh hamburger patties or stuffed sausage, a meat grinder will help make the most of your time and effort in the kitchen. While a grinder is useful and powerful, it’s important to know how to operate this machine safely.

Equipping A Sandwich Shop

Equipping A Sandwich Shop

Serving the perfect sandwich starts with more than just the ingredients. Having the right equipment and supplies sets up your sandwich shop for success.

The Growing Problem: Food Waste in Restaurants

The Growing Problem: Food Waste in Restaurants

By now, you are probably no stranger to the concept of food waste in some capacity. Whether you’ve read about how restaurants donate their unused/unsold food to local shelters, or how food waste is negatively impacting the environment, there are endless resources to learn about this problem. We explored the world of food waste in restaurants and how you as an owner, chef, or employee can reduce the waste that your foodservice business produces.

How to Clean Commercial Griddles

How to Clean Commercial Griddles

Learning correct cleaning practices for your commercial griddle prevents food debris and char from affecting the cooking process so you can continue providing the flavors and textures that customers know and love.

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