For many of us who have little or no experience in F&B business, setting up commercial kitchen equipment for a cafe or restaurant can be a daunting task. Purchasing the right food service kitchen equipment is not a walk in the park. Along the way, you need to take note of a couple of important pointers. Here, we highlight some very basic but important considerations to make when selecting food equipment.
1) Find out if the space you rented/purchased is fitted with 3-Phase or Single-Phase Electrical Supply.
It is important to know if the place you rented or purchased for your F&B business has 3-Phase power supply. Some of our customers come to us asking for large food service kitchen equipment like large capacity deep fryers or deck ovens for their new establishments, without knowing if their place is fitted with 3-Phase power supply.
Equipment such as large deck ovens used by bakeries, combi ovens used by restaurants and large capacity deep fryers seen in fast food establishments require 3-Phase power supply to work. Installing the 3-Phase power supply to a property will set you back quite a bit in set-up costs. Therefore, it is always advisable to find out the electrical requirements from your food service kitchen equipment supplier before working out the budget required for the setup.
2) Estimate the capacity you need for food service equipment.