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Your commercial freezer is a critical part of your kitchen operations. If your freezer were to fail tomorrow, how much inventory would you lose as a result? More importantly, how many customers would you be forced to turn away because of spoiled food?

By knowing the core trouble points of a commercial freezer, you can ensure your kitchen is running in optimal shape. Here are three warning signs that your freezer might be in need of service:

1. Ice accumulating. . .

In every commercial restaurant kitchen, gas ovens are a critical piece to keeping food tasting great, as well as maintaining a properly working kitchen. Any stop in your business (especially those oven related) can be catastrophic. Ovens that do not heat correctly can cause food to cook improperly, resulting in poor tasting, burned, or potentially unsafe food. Moreover, a gas leak caused by a malfunctioning stove could shut down your kitchen, costing you customers – and their dollars – at. . .

In many restaurants, the griddle is a mainstay of your kitchen’s output. This very versatile piece of equipment can make sure you keep operating with a number of food items. But the more food your griddle sees, the faster it gets worn down – which can lead to breakdowns over time.

One of the easiest things you can do to help your kitchen is keeping your griddle clean and seasoned for regular use. By keeping the griddle properly cleaned, you can make sure that it runs at its peak. . .

One of the common questions that we get from kitchen managers is how to tell if their commercial range hood needs serviced. Your range hood is an essential part of keeping your restaurant functioning day after day. A failure of this part could cost you more than a service call – your kitchen could be out of commission until it gets fixed. Here are four ways to tell if your commercial range hood is starting to go out:

• Is your fan not working as hard as it used. . .

The flame on your gas stove or grill isn't something you think about too often. That's okay; they don’t think about you too often, either. So don’t be offended if your commercial gas range is behaving poorly – it’s not like it knows what it’s doing. In fact, most burners that aren't working right can be fixed with a little human elbow grease.

Healthy Flame
A normal, healthy flame on your burner will be mostly blue. Only the tiniest amount of yellow flame should be. . .

Great question! This could be caused by a few different things. Some of them are simple, some of them are not. To be safe, you should have a CPS technician out as soon as possible to take a peek at your commercial kitchen range. What’s happening could potentially be very bad for your equipment.

You must have a gas range. While convection and electric are popular in residences, gas is still the method of choice for commercial kitchens. And only gas could produce sooty bottoms on your pots. . .

Our technicians get asked all the time: is there really a difference between OEM and aftermarket parts? And the answer, all the time, is yes.

Parts that are OEM, or Original Equipment Manufacturer, are made by the same people who made your piece of commercial kitchen equipment. Chances are, they know a thing or two about what makes that machine run well. In fact, many manufacturers don’t even release their technical specifications to aftermarket parts manufacturers. . .

This is the perfect question for Halloween. After all, it’s a holiday about monsters and scary things that we can’t see. Bacteria in your water line is a big unknown for many commercial kitchens. It doesn’t matter if you’re serving the water to customers or not, are you using it in your kitchen?

Water filters and bottle water have saturated the consumer market. . .

The oil fill line on a fryer allows you to keep the oil level consistent so you can produce the best food possible while maintaining user safety. If the oil level is too low, it exposes the burner tubes, which causes the vat to overheat and crack. By contrast, if the oil level is too high, hot oil can spill over, resulting in injuries and damage. . .

If you use your oven frequently, you have most likely noticed that grease builds up on the control panel. These stains are dirty and unattractive, so you probably want to clean them to improve the appearance of your oven.

To clean the grease off of your oven control panel, simply grab a cloth or sponge and wipe down your oven using a food-safe degreaser. DO NOT spray the control panel with water, which will cause the electrical components inside. . .