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Restaurant Fire Safety Refresher
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Fire Suppression
In another installment of our reminders on restaurant kitchen safety – Private Large Kitchen Safety and Restaurant Safety Dos and Don’ts being two others worth looking over – it’s time to take another look at restaurant fire safety basics. 
Why all of the focus on safety? Beyond helping you keep your Commercial Kitchen Ventilation system operating efficiently, removing odors and grease from the air, we want to help even more with keeping your kitchen operations safe for all involved. With close to 8,000 restaurants reporting a fire each year, it’s crucial to do all in your power to prevent those fires from starting – or spreading:
Because almost 60% of all restaurant fires involve cooking equipment, it is absolutely essential to install a Fire Suppression System in your kitchen. Have it inspected at least semi-annually, and ensure that all employees know about its location and how to use it.
While fire suppression systems are great, they are not a substitute for portable extinguishers, which if nothing else can serve as effective backups in the event a suppression system fails to put out or otherwise effectively mitigate a fire. Keep Class K extinguishers on hand for all fires involving grease, fats and oils that burn at elevated temperatures (these should b...

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Outfitting a Floating Pizzeria
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Food Trucks
Fans of food trucks have likely gotten used to the convenience and pleasure of strolling down a sunny street, checking out which trucks are present and which specials look appetizing, and then choosing what they’d like to have for lunch or dinn...

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Safer Cooking Strategies
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Hoods
When it comes to Restaurant Safety, people generally understand – with some regular reminding – that it’s not a good idea to run on wet floors or to handle sharp objects loosely or carelessly. And much has been written about ...

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Social Media Engagement for Food Trucks
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Food Trucks
Parking your food truck in exactly the right spot – provided you can do so without running afoul of any regulations or prior “dibs” on the space – can be a challenge. The location you select might look ideal in terms of its pr...

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Upgrading Food Truck Equipment
• May 31, 2017
Categories: Food Trucks
Trying to upgrade kitchen equipment in a concession trailer or food truck can be a daunting task for vendors who don’t carefully plan the process. Just because a Commercial Kitchen operation is mobile doesn’t mak...

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