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A great design is always important when you're talking about increasing efficiency and profitability in a commercial kitchen, especially as it relates to foodservice equipment. When it comes to walk-in coolers and freezers, the same concepts apply.

Well-organized walk-in coolers, walk-in freezers or dry storage areas are not optional when it comes to running a successful foodservice operation. From healthcare facilities to school kitchens, and from five-star restaurants to diners, no matter the size of the operation, a busy food service facility cannot afford to not be well-organized in these critical areas. 

Providing foodservice within a healthcare facility can be a large task. Responsible for not only feeding patients and residents who have specific dietary needs, healthcare institutions also often must prepare meals for staff and visitors as well. Here's how to overcome some of the challenges seen to ensure healthy meals are always being served efficiently. 

Modular shelving can be some of the most useful equipment in your commercial kitchen. As anyone who has worked in the back-of-the-house knows, organization is critical to success, and shelving can contribute more than just about anything, especially when it can be arranged to fit the layout of your walk-in or dry storage space.

Great served any time of day, grits are a staple in Southern cuisine. Save time in your restaurant or school by cooking them overnight in the RATIONAL iCombi Pro oven. 

Producing large-scale meals for schools, restaurants, and healthcare facilities can involve a lot of time and labor.  But producing large amounts of fan favorites like tacos and spaghetti meat sauce becomes much less burdensome when cooking ground beef logs overnight in the RATIONAL iCombi Pro oven.

Enjoyed in many parts of the United States, beef brisket can be cooked in a variety of ways. No matter how you serve it, making sure it’s seasoned and properly cooked can make or break your brisket meal.

Food prep and cooking consumes a lot of time in a restaurant environment. Stirring, adjusting temperatures, and preparing multiple portion sizes can eat into your kitchen's efficiency and labor costs. Help eliminate these issues and increase your kitchen's productivity with intelligent cooking from the Rational iVario Pro. By adapting to your kitchen staff's habits, adjusting cooking paths, and making sure no food boils over or burns, the iVario Pro gives your team more time for other tasks and makes sure each dish turns out perfectly.

Anyone who has spent time in a commercial kitchen knows that details matter. And one of the details that can matter most to kitchen personnel is the floor in their work area. With a wide variety of flooring systems available, it can be difficult to choose the best flooring solution for a commercial kitchen. So it’s worth considering the qualities that are truly most important to have in any kitchen or walk-in cooler/freezer flooring system.