Maintenance

Slicer Maintenance 101

When it comes to quickly and accurately cutting meats and cheeses, there’s no better tool than a slicer. By avoiding common end-user mistakes, properly cleaning the unit and following safety guidelines, you can continue to rely on your slicer for product consistency and labor savings.

BACK STORY: Combi Catastrophe

Roe Skidmore, Service Manager at Eichenauer Services, Decatur, Ill., finds the original installer of stacked combis at a local grocery chain not only improperly sealed the units, but also ran the drain lines incorrectly. 

BACK STORY: Conveyor Conundrum

Steve Weigel, Branch Manager at Commercial Parts and Service in Dayton, Ohio, takes a call from a good customer with a bad conveyor oven that won't move product through.

Maintenance Tips: Warewashers

Put your best plate forward with customers by properly caring for your rack-conveyor or flight-type warewasher. Share the following tips with your dishroom crew to better maintain your investment.

BACK STORY: Craft Beer Concerns

John Orr, Technical Service Manager at Refrigerated Specialist, grows suspicious when a brewpub complains its recently installed draft-beer system sputters mid-pour and foams beer.

Best Practices: Caring For Airpots

Airpots are remarkably convenient for serving beverages far from the kitchen or to large groups, but they last longer when cared for properly.

BACK STORY: It Pays To Listen

John Schwindt, G.M., V.P. of Operations at Hawkins Commercial Appliance Service, insists one restaurant change cleaning policies to prevent an oven's gas pilot safety valve from continuously failing. 

Chopper Care And Feeding

Regular cleaning, common sense and attention to all the parts will keep your manual food chopper slicing and dicing in fine form.

Ice Machines Maintenance

Ice is food. You’ve heard it before, but really think about it. Like everything else on your menu, your ice will be ingested by your customers.

BACK STORY: Good Steamer, Bad Installation

Techs at Commercial Parts & Services, Columbus, Ohio, discover crossed water lines and more surprises on a malfunctioning steamer.

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