Creating the right infrastructure lays at the start of any waste reduction movement.
You’ve decided to renovate your operation. It might be for a number of reasons. You want to modernize. The Board of Health has raised some concerns. You want to add seats. You want to add high-tech equipment. You want to open the kitchen so diners can see the action.
A service agent offers a few tips on what operators should consider when replacing a piece of foodservice equipment.
Breakfast and lunch success depends on high volume and quick table turns.
Over the course of two years, FE&S has continually followed the Kitchen of the Future project led by the PG&E Food Service Technology Center (FSTC) in San Ramon, Calif., along with utility partners Southern California Edison and SoCalGas. The project started off by first identifying a diverse group of operators, from smaller, independent restaurants to larger-scale catering, healthcare and other institutions with outdated kitchens that could benefit from an investment in energy- and water-saving equipment.
An efficient, well-designed storage area prevents back-of-the-house chaos.
Upscale and innovative food and beverage programs help set family entertainment venues apart.
High-tech equipment heightens the need for training.
Learning to live with the uncertainties of Mother Nature represents one substantial and inescapable trial for operators when they join the farm-to-table movement. Finding creative ways to manage any increased food costs associated with these fresh, locally sourced products represents the other key challenge. Food costs can spike not only from higher prices but also from unsatisfactory yield and unnecessary waste.
Regulatory drivers, top chefs, consumers and even the Pope, help push topic of food waste to the forefront.
Following a natural disaster most foodservice operators want to return to work as quickly as possible. By following a few simple steps and exercising some patience, though, operators can get their businesses up and running safely and efficiently in relatively short order.
Charbroilers call back to probably the first form of cooking: placing food over an open flame. Today’s units are more complicated than that, of course, and require regular care and maintenance to operate properly. Here are a few tips to keeping your charbroiler running smoothly.
- Clean the unit daily. This includes wiping down the exterior and emptying the grease traps.
- Charred food particles can easily get stuck to grates. Turn them over and burn them off on a regular basis, following the manufacturer's instructions. Deflector trays and crumb trays should be cleaned regularly as well.
- Cooking food on char broilers produces a lot of grease-laden smoke. Make sure to have a charbroiler’s hood cleaned regularly.
- It’s easy for a charbroiler’s vents and pilot to get blocked by food particles. Keep them clear of debris to ensure proper operation.
