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Commercial Kitchen Equipment Maintenance Guide

By Janet Bugby
To last a long time and to perform well commercial kitchen equipment must be maintained regularly and correctly. Daily cleaning and regular weekly and monthly maintenance is essential. It is much better to clean off food before it has the chance to become baked on as it will be much harder to remove. We've put together a guide to help you ensure that your equipment is kept in the best condition and last as long as possible.

Commercial Convection Ovens

These ovens are used for main dishes, baking bread and desserts. They should be wiped down daily inside and the fan cleaned thoroughly. Grease and food on the walls and fan affect the flow of air and severely impact the efficiency of the oven.


Place the racks so that they are level or there will be too much strain on the rack guides which can cause them to break.

It is easy to get into the habit of resting heavy items on the oven door. Avoid this as it will strain the hinges. If the hinges break the whole oven will be unusable.

Check the seal on the door daily and clean out any food caught in it. If the seal is not tight air will leak from the oven and the performance will deteriorate.

Commercial Pizza Deck Ovens

These ovens are reliable and efficient and it is easy to neglect maintenance. Clean off crumbs and flour accumulating on the racks. Don't leave it to the end of the day, clean off regularly whenever it begins to accumulate. If food is baked on remove it with a wire brush. Once a day thoroughly clean all the racks.

Daily clean the bottom of the oven. Food building up here will affect the temperature of the oven and food may cook unevenly.
At least every six months calibrate the oven temperature and check and clean out the flue.

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Operating A Restaurant For Business

by: Shareen Aguilar
What you thought is enough to start a restaurant business could be the same thing that may cause your business downfall in less than a year. You may be an expert entrepreneur or you may have inherited a family business but have no background about restaurant and catering at all - no matter the qualifications you have, some things are better studied first hand than realized later. And later could be too late.

First of all, do yourself a favor by getting to know what are restaurants and its nature. The important and primary things should never be ignored and forgotten. In this case, tell yourself first if you can handle this type of business because in case you didn't know yet, restaurants are complex type of businesses. It doesn't involve one thing alone and if you guessed it right, profit is the word.

Restaurants should be handled from food costs, labor, rent (if you don't own the place), advertising, food quality, customer service, advertising, profit and of course, the attitude to continue with this type of business. However, the basic principles of handling a restaurant go back to how it is operated by you, the owner and the organization style you have in your agenda.

The list doesn't stop here, restaurants also have categorization and it's one of your basic foundations before tackling the list mentioned above. You then ask, why? Well, how would you know what type of service you can give to your customers and what type of feedback you should expect if you didn't know your restaurant's categorization in the first place?

Okay, so here's a simple scenario. A customer can most certainly not demand a well prepared, elaborate meal from a counter service type restaurant can he? It isn't just right. Having said this, we then go back to the basic principle of how to organize a restaurant. If you want to make a signature or style for your own restaurant, you can go ahead with this plan but it will be difficult to preserve and maintain this kind of approach; not to mention, expensive.

For whatever purpose it should serve though, restaurateurs should maintain focus in meeting goals for their restaurant. This also shouldn't limit them from being open to changes and feedbacks to be able to meet customers' preference.

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