What is a Commercial Kitchen?
Commercial kitchens are designed to produce a vast amount of food safely and as fast as possible. Commercial kitchens should satisfy safety regulation standards and have a special layout and equipment. This ensures that orders can be completed quickly and efficiently as possible, to avoid backlogs. Commercial kitchens need and special license and are inspected regularly.
How often should a commercial kitchen be deep cleaned?
According to the food code in most countries, you should be cleaning your commercial kitchen equipment at least once every 24 hours. That means cleaning fridges and freezers, oven and grills, deep fryers, sinks and dishwashers, everything else-every day. You should also inspect vents and conduits for cooking grease and particles.
How important it is to maintain your kitchen tools and equipment clean?
Properly cleaning and maintaining commercial kitchen appliances extends their life and ensures you can catch the thing before they become a larger issue. Here are some benefits of keeping your equipment clean and in good repair:
1. Reduced electricity and maintenance cost
All appliances of commercial kitchen that use electricity, gas or water will run more efficiently if you keep clean and service them regularly. When machinery is kept clean it will inevitably lower your utility cost, maintain your employee morale and keep your restaurant reputation.
2. Fewer equipment breakdowns
When occurs, major equipment failure may lead to closing down your business in an instant, as well as lost revenue and unhappy customers. Routine cleaning, inspection and maintenance can help prevent major business breakdowns and thus, fewer catastrophic shutdowns.
3. Increased service and food quality
There is nothing worse than serving food with compromised quality because of dirty kitchen equipment including cookware. When your appliance is clean and running at maximum efficiency, it ensures that the food quality from your kitchen always remain good and it will get to the table quickly.
On the other hand, no one pays for food prepared with second-rate machinery, and keeping your kitchen utility clean and in shape will enhance customer satisfaction and increase potential income.
4. Longer equipment life span
It’s well known that commercial kitchen appliances are costly to repair or replace. You could even spend several thousand dollars just on a single appliance that has simply broken or worn out. So, you can see how important cleaning and servicing your kitchen cookware is.
By taking care of your commercial kitchen appliance, you can significantly extend the life expectancy for them; just like a car, industrial kitchen machinery needs to be cleaned, oiled, and serviced on a regular basis to make sure that they will work for you for years.
5. Increased Resale Value
Regular cleaning and maintenance not only extend the life expectancy of your kitchen utility but also increases the resale value of the appliance. In this way, when you are moving to a new location, you can sell used kitchen cookware at a higher rate. As another option, you may want to donate the kitchen machinery to a nonprofit organization or school in need and get tax credit.
6. Better Working environment
Proving a safe and clean working environment for employees should be one of your highest priorities. This is not limited to hygienic food but your appliance small or large must be free of food, grease, and debris. Also, timely service and maintenance of the fire suppression system will ensure that your employees and building will remain safe in the case of catching fire.
