Always Buy Best Commercial Kitchen Supplies
There is one golden rule when purchasing kitchen equipment for your restaurant: Always Buy Best Commercial Kitchen Supplies.
Don’t buy residential equipment for your restaurant of cafe! Whether it is new or used, commercial restaurant equipment is a must. In most commercial kitchens, or cooking areas, installing residential or domestic models instead of true commercial kitchen equipment is against various local health codes. Even though it may be tempting to choose home retail cooking equipment, commercial-grade food service equipment is much easier to clean, more durable and designed with constant, heavy use in mid, meaning the quality of your equipment is far better.
Remember that if your chef or food service operator relies on kitchen equipment to cook everything on the menu, if one piece of equipment fails then your whole kitchen could be shut down indefinately.
We understand that buying new restaurant equipment is not always an option for every new business, due to the intial cost, however you must think ahead. Buying a new piece of equipment will generally always be in your favor, saving you future repair costs and headaches you could incur with used commercial kitchen equipment.
If your restaurant has any public view, or can be seen by anyone outside of the food service team, then you should definately purchase brand new commercial kitchen equipment. Would you feel comfortable if you went to a restaurant and you could see a old, dirty, banged up, kitchen? Probably not.
A clean shiny kitchen suggests to your customers that you look after your restuant and implies that your kitchen is commercially clean. You may not think that your kitchen can be seen, but remember that often in bars you can see the blenders, shakers, glasses etc and if they look old and well used then you will probably get a poorer impression of the restauant or bar before you have even ordered. Eating out is as much a visual experience as it is a taste experienc for your customers.
The number one tip to remember is that buying new commercial kitchen equipment is a smarter alternative to buying used because the equipment will almost certainly have a longer life in your restaurant, with fewer problems and repairs.
