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With the new year here, restaurant owners are making decisions on how to improve their business in 2017. While customer service is also important, the main focus of a restaurant is the kitchen. The kitchen is where the food is produced and the food is what keeps people coming back again and again. In today's blog, we discuss a few restaurant kitchen trends and improvements you might consider for 2017. 1. Energy-Efficient Equipment If you haven't already done so, consider upgrading your commercial kitchen equipment to energy-efficient appliances. An investment in energy-saving equipment will pay off for years to come. Consider slowly converting to Energy Star-rated freezers, walk-ins, ovens and fryers throughout the year. You will see a decrease in your electricity bills. 2. High Speed Ovens  High-speed ovens are ideal for quick and limited service restaurants, convenience stores, hotels and universities. They can cook up to 15 times faster than conventional cooking ...

How do you keep cool in the heat of the summer? By enjoying your favorite beverage over ice. Ice, and ice machines, are an integral part of any restaurant. Unlike Europeans, Americans typically like a lot of ice in their drinks. Some restaurants, such as a smoothie bar, even use ice in their recipes. To keep your ice machine in proper working condition, here are a few general maintenance and cleaning tips from your friends at Fast Fix LLC . Preventing Contamination As with any piece of equipment, you can avoid costly food-service equipment maintenance in Missouri by keeping your kitchen nice and clean. Both the exterior and inside of your ice machine should be kept clean, and you should try to avoid any contamination of the ice. Workers who are handling ice should be trained to follow a few rules: Wash your hands before scooping ice Don't handle ice with your bare hands Only touch the ice scoop by the handle only Don't dip into the ice with a glass or anything other...

What's the difference between planned maintenance and preventative maintenance? To many people, they may seem like the same thing, but to those of us in the Missouri food-service equipment repair industry, those phrases have different meanings that need to be understood by those running kitchens across the state. Fast Fix LLC is here to help you understand the difference between preventative and planned maintenance Preventative Maintenance Preventative maintenance is maintenance performed regularly on a piece of equipment to decrease the chance of it failing. This type of maintenance is done while the equipment is still working, rather than after it starts having problems. By performing preventative maintenance on restaurant equipment in Missouri , you're less likely to experience equipment breaking down unexpectedly. However, those of us servicing that equipment know that everything fails eventually, and you can never actually completely "prevent" a piece of...