Proper Preventive Maintenance Starts With Knowing Your Restaurant Equipment

Just as you would take good care of your home, it is important to maintain your restaurant equipment. But how? Before we go any further, let’s clear up what we mean by "maintain" – in the business sense. Maintenance means taking care of your equipment to ensure that it performs as expected and lasts for many years to come. It’s important to conduct regular maintenance on all major appliances, including: refrigerators, ranges and ovens, dishwashers or commercial dish machines (CDM), sink disposers (SED), water heaters (WH) and water treatment systems. Basic maintenance is vital to keeping your restaurant equipment running smoothly and preventing unnecessary repairs.

We all know what happens if you don’t regularly maintain your car or home appliances. However, how often do you think eaters notice that the restaurant where they are dining at has dirty dishes or cracks in interior walls? Most likely, not very often! Even if they do notice, many patrons wouldn’t say anything because they understand that small issues like these can happen to the best of businesses. However, it is important to know that the health department and consumer protection agencies can use complaints from your customers to uncover problems with your business. That is why it is crucial that you keep track of routine cleaning and maintenance tasks that should be performed on a regular basis to ensure the good health of your restaurant equipment.

The following are some items on our list that owners often forget about:

• Basic cleaning: The type of basic cleaning can include scrubbing floors, washing walls, dusting and removing dust from inside refrigerators.

• General cleaning: This involves maintaining general cleanliness in the rest rooms (with soap) and kitchen by sweeping the floor, removing trash, changing garbage bags and removing excess water from sinks.

• Food storage: This means keeping raw meat, fish and vegetables in a refrigerator.

• Exterior cleaning: This is primarily performed by cleaning the windows and doors of your restaurant by applying a mixture of water and vinegar or a special cleaner. You should also regularly wash your restaurant’s exterior to make it sparkle.

As we mentioned in the beginning, there are some owners who use their instincts to work on small repairs with their equipment. However, it is advisable to contact professionals for inspections and maintenance on appliances that are highly sensitive to negligence, such as automatic ice makers . If you neglect even a small detail while maintaining your restaurant equipment, it can lead to a much bigger problem in the future.

So what exactly happens when there is a problem with your restaurant equipment? The following scenario usually takes place: Your refrigerator is on its last leg. You didn’t conduct regular maintenance, because it seemed fine for the past few weeks. Then one day, for no apparent reason, you open up the door and find that it has stopped cooling. The compressor has stopped working, and you probably have a broken motor. Then what happens? You have to pay a repairman to get your appliance repaired or replaced. This is when it’s time to call in the pros at WH Services Inc.

WH Services Inc. specializes in food service refrigeration, dishwashers, commercial dish machines (CDM), water heaters and water treatment systems. We are also experts at cleaning and maintaining non-food related equipment such as ice machines, coffee makers and other appliances that are not common knowledge requiring regular maintenance.

www.whservicesinc.com

Proper Preventive Maintenance Starts With Knowing Your Restaurant Equipment

Proper Preventive Maintenance Starts With Knowing Your Restaurant Equipment

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