Commercial Kitchen Technical Resources
Practical guidance for equipment selection, workflow, capacity, hygiene, utilities, FAT and project planning.
Find Guides by Your Decision Stage
Technical content is organized into eight topic hubs—each focused on a specific decision stage, from capacity planning to FAT compliance. Choose a topic to explore the related guides.
Central Kitchen Planning
Meal demand, menu analysis, zone layout and equipment list—guides for teams planning a new central kitchen.
Explore topic →Topic HubEquipment Selection
How to match equipment models to your actual duty cycle, menu type and utility conditions.
Explore topic →Topic HubCapacity & Sizing
Calculate the right capacity—GN pan formats, dishwasher racks/hour, holding cabinet volume and refrigeration litres.
Explore topic →Topic HubWorkflow Design
Layout principles to prevent cross-contamination between raw, cooked, clean, dirty and waste flows.
Explore topic →Topic HubUtilities & Ventilation
Electrical, gas, water, drainage and exhaust—engineering interfaces that decide equipment performance.
Explore topic →Topic HubHygiene & HACCP
Hygiene zoning, clean/dirty separation and sterilization specification for audit-ready kitchens.
Explore topic →Topic HubMaterials & Fabrication
Stainless steel grade, sheet thickness, welding finish and custom fabrication specifications.
Explore topic →Topic HubFAT & Compliance
Factory Acceptance Testing, documentation packages and target-market certification requirements.
Explore topic →Recently Published Guides
Start with the most-read technical guides across all topics.
Bain-Marie Wet vs Dry Heat: Choose for the Service Menu
Choose wet or dry bain-marie operation from the offered unit's approved operating mode and the food it must hold during service.
Read guide → Equipment SelectionDisplay Refrigerator vs Storage Refrigerator
A display refrigerator and a storage refrigerator hold the same temperature and look almost the same from the back — the difference is the door, and the.
Read guide → Equipment SelectionSalad Table Fridge: Static vs Fan Cooling Selection
A salad table fridge is two pieces of equipment on one frame: a refrigerated cabinet below, and a pan rail on top where the cold prep happens in open.
Read guide → Hygiene & HACCPRefrigerator Temperature Zones and Food Storage Map
Every commercial refrigerator is really two decisions written on one dial: what temperature it holds, and what goes where inside it.
Read guide → Workflow DesignUndercounter and Workbench Refrigeration Layout
Cold storage earns its place by being where the work is, not where the wall is. The layout rule for refrigeration on a cooking line is cold-near-prep: the.
Read guide → Equipment SelectionWorkbench Refrigerator: Direct Cooling vs Fan Cooling
A workbench refrigerator cools one of two ways, and the choice shows up in three places: how much usable space you get, how evenly the air inside holds.
Read guide → Equipment SelectionSteam-Heated vs Electric Dishwasher: Utility Cost
At the conveyor tier, the same dishwasher ships two ways, and the difference is how it heats its wash and final rinse.
Read guide → Utilities & VentilationRack Conveyor Dishwasher Site Planning: Space and Utilities
A rack conveyor dishwasher is a site decision before it is a buying decision, because it commits the dishroom to a linear footprint, a three-phase or.
Read guide → Equipment SelectionGlasswasher vs Dishwasher: Why Bars and Hotels Need Both
A glasswasher is not a small dishwasher with a narrower basket — it is a different machine for a different surface.
Read guide →Downloads for Procurement & Engineering Teams.
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Plan Equipment Around Your Meal Service
Choose your operating context to explore equipment requirements and prepare your project enquiry.
Hospital Kitchen Equipment
Connect cooking, patient tray assembly, ward delivery and wash-up.
Review Hospital Planning →Airline Catering Equipment
Plan ground-kitchen equipment around departure waves and supply requirements.
Review Flight Kitchen Planning →Factory Canteen Equipment
Size cooking, serving and tray return around the busiest shift window.
Review Canteen Planning →Plan Your Kitchen with an Engineering Team
Send your menu, meal volume, floor plan and utility conditions. We will identify the equipment logic, layout questions and technical data required before quotation.