What to Consider About Purchasing Restaurant Equipment
Purchasing restaurant equipment does not need to be difficult. When purchasing commercial kitchen equipment it is wise to consider the following: safety features, quality, efficiency, any warranty and service plans, the reputation of the manufacturer, and all short- and long-term costs associated with your purchase.

Consider Quality.
Many restaurant owners gauge the quality of restaurant equipment by the reputation of the manufacturer. In many instances a well respected brand of restaurant equipment has earned its reputation due to the exceptional value and quality of its product. It is commonly assumed that a name-brand piece of restaurant equipment will outperform that of its un-named competitor. This may not always be the case. Also, purchasing restaurant equipment by an un-named manufacturer may be less expensive.

Consider Co$t.
A restaurant owner's decision to purchase new restaurant equipment should always be based on more than the initial cost of the unit. The buyer should weigh the total costs by short- and long-term considerations. In most cases new restaurant equipment is more energy efficient to operate than older restaurant equipment. Over time this will allow the restaurant owner to save money on utility costs. The warranty and service plan included with the purchase of a new unit of restaurant equipment may eliminate or reduce maintenance and service costs. A great way to reduce costly repairs once a warranty or service plan has expired is to practice preventative maintenance and have your restaurant equipment serviced regularly. A new unit of restaurant equipment will include the latest technology and safety features. This will increase the efficiency of your kitchen and bring added safety to your employees.

Consider Your Needs.
One way to determine the restaurant equipment needed to effectively and efficiently operate your restaurant is to create a work-flow chart for each item on your menu. Keep track of all restaurant equipment used to make each item on your menu. Be sure to take special notice of the restaurant equipment items used most frequently in the preparation of your menu items. It may be wise to invest more time and money in the purchase of these heavily used commercial cooking equipment units.

Consider the Investment.
Most importantly, consider the purchase of your restaurant equipment as an investment. The success of your restaurant relies on your restaurant kitchen's ability to produce a quality product. The quality of your product relies on consistent and positive performance of your restaurant equipment. Experienced restaurant owners know that unreliable restaurant equipment will hurt their bottom line in more ways than one.

Commercial Coffee Makers, Commercial Coffee Brewers
At servu-online you will find coffee makers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from commercial coffee urns, espresso makers, Westbend coffee makers, Bunn coffee makers, coffee brewers, automatic coffee makers, pour-over coffee makers, decanters, iced tea brewers and more.

Commercial Food Processors, Commercial Food Blenders & Commercial Meat Grinders
At servu-online you will find food processors, grinders, peelers and juicers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from commercial juicers, heavy duty food processors, commercial food processors, dicing food processors, commercial blenders, food blenders, food processors, vegetable peelers, meat grinders, juice extractors and more.

Vegetable Peelers, Juicers
At servu-online you will find vegetable peelers, vegetable juicers and fruit juicers. Choose from electric potato peelers, electric vegetable peelers, manual juicers and electric juice extractors.

Rice Cookers, Food Steamers & Finishing Ovens
At servu-online you will find rice cookers, rice warmers, food steamers and finishing ovens for your restaurant or bar. Choose from electric rice warmers, electric rice cookers, sushi pots, gas rice cookers, drawer steamers, finishing ovens, infrared salamander broilers, bun toasters, cheese melters and more.

Commercial Mixers
At servu-online you will find commercial mixers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from commercial floor mixers, commercial counter mixers, immersion blenders, hand mixers, mixer accessories and more.

Meat Slicers
At servu-online you will find slicers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from compact slicers, gravity feed slicers, gear driven slicers, univex slicers, berkel slicers and more.

Heat Lamps
At servu-online you will find over head heat lamps for your restaurant or bar. Choose from overhead warmers, bulb heat lamps, warming lamps, warming shelves and more.

Soup Warmers, Food Warmers, Food Cookers
At servu-online you will find soup warmers, food warmers and food cookers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from soup merchandisers, food warmers, rethermalizers, soup kettles, drop-in warmers, kettle warmers, hot food drawers and more.

Commercial Microwaves
At servu-online you will find microwaves for your restaurant or bar. Choose from dial microwaves, programmable microwaves, heavy duty microwaves and other microwaves.

Commercial Toasters, Conveyor Toasters & Commercial Waffle Makers
At servu-online you will find toasters and waffle bakers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from pop-up toasters, heavy duty toasters, conveyer toasters, electronic toasters, vertical conveyor toasters, mini conveyor toasters, commercial toasters, toaster ovens, waffle bakers, bun grill toasters and more.

Sandwich Grills, Panini Grills
At servu-online you will find sandwich grills and roaster ovens for your restaurant or bar. Choose from smooth two-sided grills, grooved two-sided grills, panini grills, roaster ovens, speed grills and more.

Commercial Convection Ovens
At servu-online you will find convection ovens for your restaurant or bar. Choose from gas convection ovens, electric convection ovens, mini-convection ovens, countertop convection ovens and more.

Holding Cabinets, Proofing Cabinets, Hot Food Cabinets
At servu-online you will find holding cabinets and proofing cabinets for your restaurant or bar. Choose from hot food holding drawers, proofing cabinets, holding cabinets, fry holding stations, insulated holding cabinets, uninsulated holding cabinets and more.

Commercial Ranges
At servu-online you will find restaurant ranges for your restaurant or bar. Choose from heavy duty restaurant ranges, professional restaurant gas ranges, Vulcan gas restaurant ranges, Wolf commercial gas ranges and more.

Countertop Burners, Hot Plates & Stock Pot Ranges
At servu-online you will find countertop burners for your restaurant or bar. Choose from economy gas hot plates, standard gas hot plates, add-on broilers, stock pot stoves, solid top electric hot plates, electric coil hot plates, add-on griddle tops and more.

Commercial Griddles
At servu-online you will find griddles for your restaurant or bar. Choose from gas griddles, electric griddles, all purpose gas griddles, heavy duty electric griddles, combination gas griddles and broilers and more.

Charbroilers
At servu-online you will find charbroilers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from gas charbroilers, electric char-broilers, gas lava rock charbroilers, heavy duty radiant char-broilers, heavy duty charcoal gas charbroilers, gas charrock broilers, gas radiant charbroilers and more.

Commercial Outdoor Grills
At servu-online you will find commercial outdoor grills for your restaurant or bar. Choose from outdoor gas grills, deluxe outdoor gas grills, deluxe outdoor charcoal grills, charcoal grills, outdoor heaters and more.

Outdoor Char Broiler Accessories
At servu-online you will find accessories for your outdoor char broiler. Choose from griddle plates, perforated grill plates, a smoker box, charcoal tray, end shelf, side burner, roll dome lid, bun rack, front shelf, grill cover, wind guard and rotisserie.

Countertop Fryers
At servu-online you will find countertop fryers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from economy counter fryers, gas counter fryers, electric counter fryers, double tank fryers, compact electric fryers and more.

Commercial Deep Fryers
At servu-online you will find floor fryers for your restaurant or bar. Choose from high productivity gas floor fryers, economy gas floor fryers, gas floor fryers, electric floor fryers and more.

Shortening Filtration
At servu-online you will find a shortening filtration system for your restaurant or bar. Choose from filter machines, shortening discard trollies, filter drain pots and more.

Restaurant Equipment Accessories
At servu-online you will find restaurant equipment accessories for your restaurant or bar. Choose from restaurant equipment accessories such as griddle cleaning systems, quick disconnect gas hose kits, valve fittings, gas hoses, timers and more restaurant equipment accessories.

Fryer Baskets
At servu-online you will find fryer accessories for your restaurant or bar. Choose from fryer baskets, fry basket covers, taco baskets and more.

Restaurant Hoods & Grease Filters
At servu-online you will find restaurant hoods and grease filters for your bar or restaurant. Choose from mesh grease filters, exhaust hoods, fire suppression systems, trapper grease filters, fans and more restaurant equipment and restaurant supplies.