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Developing a Safety and Sanitation Schedule for Your Commercial Kitchen

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Develop a Schedule Establish a regular cleaning and maintenance schedule for your commercial ice machines and refrigeration units. Review the importance of using gloves, tongs, and other food handling tools, as well as the proper way to clean them. Make sure employees know to wash their hands before and after handling food.

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Five Must Knows for Kitchen Grease Trap Maintenance

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Further, the EPA reports that collection system owners or operators who adopt FOG reduction activities as part of their capacity, management, operation and maintenance program (CMOM) are likely to reduce the occurrence of sewer overflows and improve their operations and customer service. Understanding Grease Traps.

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Prioritizing Restaurant Maintenance – The Recipe for Long-Term Success  

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There are many factors that drive the bottom line for restaurants and properly managing maintenance is chief among them. Maintenance impacts multiple critical aspects of restaurant management and operations. Restaurant maintenance ensures technical difficulties don’t compromise food production and quality.

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How to Pass Health Inspections: Ice Machines and Refrigeration

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The Imperative of Pristine Condition Health inspectors have a critical eye for the cleanliness and maintenance of commercial refrigeration units and ice machines. Ice Machine Maintenance Ice is classified as food by health departments, making the cleanliness of ice machines a paramount concern during inspections.

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5 Maintenance Tips for Your Restaurant’s Website

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You want to put a great deal of thought into making a good first impression, and with that goes ongoing maintenance. In this article, we look at five maintenance tips for your restaurant’s website. #1: 2: Update Your Content Another maintenance tip is to update your content regularly. This isn’t hard to do at all.

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Don’t Wing It: How to Keep Your Fryers Super Bowl-Ready

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The manual cleaning method for daily deep fryer maintenance is: Drain the oil from the fryer when it is 120-130°F. Engage in Exploratory Preventative Maintenance. Schedule a preventative maintenance checkup on your unit before a big event (like the Super Bowl), to make sure nothing is failing or likely to fail soon.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Mixer 

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Cleanliness and Maintenance. It may seem obvious, but proper maintenance and cleaning of your mixer is key to optimal performance, as well as avoiding sanitation issues that could cause food-borne illnesses. Determine a regular preventive maintenance schedule for your mixer.