Food Prep Tables Buyers Guide

Food Prep Tables: Additional Information

Food Prep tables are ideal for restaurants who need a space for storage and food preparation and any business that needs to "build" their foods, such as creating a pizza, putting ingredients on a sub, making sandwiches, or any other such application. This space conscious unit provides excellent functionality with the combined storage and preparation usages. All of the food prep tables offered through KaTom Restaurant Supply are manufactured by our premier manufacturers Delfield, True, and Beverage Air.

Types of Food Prep Tables

Food prep tables serve a variety of purposes and to clarify these, the category can be broken down into two sections, pizza & deli prep and sandwich & salad prep.

Deli & pizza prep tables offer individual sections for each ingredients, such as cheese, sauce, meats, tomatoes, etc and a cutting board area that allows you to create your pizza or deli product in the most efficient way. Sandwich & salad prep tables offer these same features and are generally used in restaurants where subs, sandwiches, and salads are frequently prepared. These units offer individual sections for various products such as lettuce, tomatoes, vegetables, and sandwich meats. The only real differences between these two types of food prep tables is that the Deli and Pizza Prep Tables are larger units with more compartments and a larger cutting board area, making them ideal for pizzas and other food products that contain a multitude of ingredients whereas the Salad and Sandwich Prep Tables have a number of compartments comparable to their less complex design of the prepared food product.

Door/Drawer Options for Food Prep Tables

Food prep tables are available in a variety of different door and drawer options for you to choose from. These units can be purchased with 1,2,3, or 4 doors and 2,4,6, or 8 drawers. Door/drawer combination units are also available to help make the most of your available space. If you would like specific or customized combination of doors and drawers that you don't see within our online selection, please contact customer service and we can most likely special order it for you.

Lengths of Food Prep Tables

As mentioned in the "types" section, pizza and deli preparation tables are larger than sandwich and salad prep tables because of the application they will be used for. Pizza and deli prep tables range in length from 48"-119 1/4". Sandwich and salad prep tables have lengths from 27"-72 3/8".

Pan Capacity for Food Prep Tables

Commercial food prep tables have numerous pan capacities. The necessary pan capacity of the unit should be chosen by the size of your business and the volume of customers you serve. These prep tables can have pan capacities of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 24, or 30. The pan capacity of the unit will depend on the specific prep table you purchase.

Food Prep Table Specialty Options

Food preparation tables are available with four specialty options to choose from. These units can be purchased in low profile, mega top, dual sided, or split top units.

Low profile prep tables are have a slightly lower height than other conventional prep tables. The typical prep table has a height of around 36", while low profile units have heights of 31 1/2". This lower height is usually accomplished by putting shorter legs or smaller castors on the unit so as not to sacrifice square footage or storage options.

Mega top prep tables have a large, drawer type top for safer, more sanitary storage of products and an extra row of compartments to hold more ingredient pans.

Dual sided mega top prep tables have two cutting boards instead of the typical one board models. Dual sided units can accommodate users from both sides because of the open design and are meant to be placed on the open floor whereas single sided units are usually placed against a wall or other such barrier. .

Split top mega tops have one side of the prep table that has a cutting board and can be used for preparation purposes. The other side of a split top unit has a high, protective guard to help maintain sanitary conditions or block view of the product.

Cutting Board Sizes on Food Prep Tables

Food prep tables come with various sizes of cutting boards, depending on the specific unit purchased. The following chart will show the type of food prep table and the size of the cutting board as well.