The Importance of Catering Equipment Servicing

Why You Need High Quality Catering Equipment Servicing

In the hospitality and catering industries, it is vital to ensure that you book regular and high quality catering equipment servicing. Whether your business is a small, independent start-up or an international chain with a clientele of thousands, you are only as good as your equipment!

Catering equipment is vital to ensure the smooth running of a food business. As operations expand, your equipment must be up to the task — efficient, reliable, and cost-effective.

It is also essential that catering equipment stays clean and hygienic. This not only ensures the longevity and effectiveness of the equipment itself, it helps keep customers safe.

The equipment that the food business uses is often costly. It will have been a significant investment for the business in the first place, so it makes sense to care for it correctly. Servicing your catering equipment helps to ensure that it runs well and remains cost-effective.

No matter what area of the food industry you work in or the size of your business, regularly serving your catering equipment remains a vital step in ensuring success.

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Catering Equipment Servicing for Second Hand Items

As business costs and demands increase in the food industry, it has become more important than ever to ensure that every decision is cost-effective. One way that businesses are choosing to be frugal, is by investing in second hand catering equipment.

High quality second hand catering equipment is our speciality. Previous owners can have many reasons to sell their catering equipment that has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the equipment itself.

Moving to new premises and requiring a different size, for example. Expanding the business and requiring a larger model, or else down-sizing and preferring more compact designs. Pre-owned items can be almost like new and the perfect affordable addition for a catering business looking to improve its service.

Pre-owned items — especially when they are serviced carefully and effectively — can be restored to their original condition, and perform as well as a new item.

Servicing is perhaps especially important for second-hand items to ensure that they are still performing at their very best. It can be helpful to complete a full service of a newly purchased second hand item to ensure that everything is performing correctly or to address any weaknesses.

A service can help tell you whether there is a problem, or simply some ways in which performance could be improved — through cleaning, a replacement part, or even a different setting, for example.

Servicing second hand catering equipment will save you time, money, and stress when it finally comes down to the hustle and bustle of an active catering service!

Keeping Your Equipment in Good Condition

Whether your catering equipment is newly built or second-hand, it is likely that you invested a significant amount of money in it. In the catering industry, every penny counts and must “work hard”. Ingredients, equipment, staff, premises rent and more must all be carefully managed to be cost-effective.

For this reason, you will want to make sure that you get the most out of every purchase. This includes your catering equipment. The best way to keep your catering equipment in good condition is through regularly servicing but there are other ways to ensure good performance too.

Read the manual — If your equipment came with an instruction booklet or use manual, ensure you read it. This is a commonly skipped step that can cost you later down the line.

Not only will you save time by having the information in your mind when you need it, but you may even be able to identify a problem before it becomes a major issue.

Effective cleaning — Servicing catering equipment can involve a professional coming in and dismantling the item. In the meantime, you can help keep the item running smoothly by regularly cleaning.

Ensuring that you have suitable products that will not cause unnecessary wear and tear, and stay on top of the process by cleaning little and often, coupled with the occasional ‘deep clean’.

Use the correct settings — Many items have specific settings that are suitable for specific jobs, such as certain temperatures or running times. Do not be tempted to stray from these or do more than what is recommended in order to save time, for example.

You may find that you wear out your equipment faster or else don’t achieve the best performance and results. Try to research what the manufacturer recommends — or refer to the manual — and use the equipment as advised to achieved the best results.

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Tell-Tale Signs Your Equipment May Need Servicing

It can be a good idea to schedule equipment servicing regularly rather than wait until you urgently need it. Many businesses put a number of servicing appointments in their calendar whether they feel they will need it or not — just in case.

However, you may be able to tell between services whether there is likely to be a problem. Tell-tale signs that your equipment could require a service might include slowness or unresponsiveness, poor performance in cooking, cleaning, or other jobs, unpredictability, or visible wear and tear to parts.

If you spot any of the above signs, consider scheduling a service before the equipment becomes unusable. A service can often save the equipment, whereas waiting until it breaks down can be more costly and inconvenient.

How to Select A Servicing Provider

Selecting a good quality servicing provider is essential for maintaining your vital catering equipment.

It is always best to look for a provider with experience in the industry, a strong track record, reviews from happy customers, and a range of ways to easily get in touch.

With Caterquip, our 20+ years of industry experience speaks for itself. Our catering equipment is reconditioned to the very highest standards and comes with up to 6 months of parts and labour warranty for complete peace of mind.

You can contact a friendly adviser via email, telephone, or the contact form online, and browse our glowing testimonials while you do it!

We Can Service Your Catering Equipment To A Very High Standard! Call Us On 01733 286 000