Thinking of stocking your restaurant kitchen with anything other than NSF-qualified commercial restaurant equipment?

THINK AGAIN.

Let’s face it; you can’t flambé in just any old non-stick, bargain bin, $12.99 skillet! One good place to start is by using professional, high quality, commercial-grade restaurant equipment. In most instances quality and quantity are opposites but in the case of a kitchen stocked with commercial grade equipment, your kitchen can output quality and quantity, which is essential to running a successful restaurant.

Let’s start with quality… When purchasing NSF-qualified restaurant equipment, you can expect the equipment has been tested and must pass government codes and standards in order to be labeled and sold as NSF equipment fit for use in commercial kitchens. NSF International is a non-profit company that represents the best interests of all parties: the industry, the regulatory community, and the public at large. Here is a mission statement direct from the NSF International, The Public Health and Safety Company™ website

“The Food Equipment Program begins with voluntary standards that represent a consensus between manufacturers, users, and regulatory authorities. In addition to developing and maintaining the standards, NSF offers a voluntary conformity assessment program -- testing, certification, and production facility audits -- to verify compliance.

The registered NSF Certification Mark on a food equipment product confirms that NSF has assessed -- and certified -- its conformity with the relevant NSF/ANSI standard. As part of the certification process, the production facility is audited annually. The purpose of this audit is to assure that all the requirements of the standard continue to be met, quality assurance and quality control procedures are followed in fabrication, products are sampled and retested on schedule, and labeling and product literature are true and accurate.”

Restaurant equipment that is stamped with the NSF International seal of approval is beneficial for many reasons. For starters, with your new restaurant equipment not only does your kitchen have the potential for positive output, but you can also rest easy knowing that restaurant equipment will be easy to clean because it is new, state-of-the-art, as well as NSF certified. NSF certified restaurant equipment also makes it easier for your kitchen to stay in compliance with health codes. Here at Serv-U, you can trust in the most up-to-date restaurant equipment from manufactures that are dedicated to making quality restaurant equipment that is NSF certified.

On to quantity… Well that’s a whole different blog…

Tune in next time…