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Countertop Restaurant Equipment - An Overview
The countertop section of the KaTom website holds all the appliances that you will need to run a foodservice business efficiently. The countertop section contains a multiplicity of items that can be placed on your existing countertops, saving space in your commercial kitchen. This section is broken down into 24 smaller categories, each holding useful products for your business. This guide will explain the contents of each section.
The blender category holds several types of blenders for you to choose from. Residential blenders are great for creating soups or other blendable products. Residential blenders can typically hold up to 1 3/4 liters of fluid to blend at a time. Spindle drink mixers and juicers are also available to create any type of specialty drink your customers may order. Commercial blenders are larger, industrial strength blenders are that designed for heavy, every day use.
The catering food carriers category houses several smaller subcategories. Cater coolers are perfect for keeping any type of product cold while it is being transported to its destination. Catering food bags can be used to transport both hot or cold food and are available in top loading or end loading varieties.
The chop, core, dice, slice, wedge, & fry cutters section is divided into 6 smaller categories. Fry cutters & wedgers are designed to cut both regular and steak style fries. Food prep slicers make creating your meals quick and easy by slicing products evenly each time. Wedgers & corers both cut food products into wedges while removing the core, to maximize cooking time. Food chopper dicers chop and dice food perfectly with each slice. Peelers remove the skin from your food product without cutting off any excess food. Specialty cutters cut specific foods such as cheese cubes, shrimp, or garnishes. Blooming onion cutters chop a large sized onion into small pieces, with some even cutting out the core to allow you to place a dip or sauce, to create the perfect blooming onion. Manual food processors allow you to manually process the food product.
The coffee & tea equipment section provides any and all types of coffee and tea products you will need to create the perfect, rich and aromatic cup of coffee each time. Commercial coffee makers are available in many different varieties to meet the demands of any volume business. Tea brewers & dispensers can also be purchased to supply all the tea demands your customers may have as well. Coffee percolators & urns, percolating brewers & urns, and high volume coffee systems offer high volume coffee production to meet the needs of even the most demanding business. Coffee grinders are a perfect way to allow your customers to grind their own coffee, which will be the freshest way to brew coffee. Home coffee makers can even be purchased for brewing coffee in your home. Espresso machines are available to create creamy espresso drinks, which are becoming increasingly popular every day. Coffee brewer accessories, hot water dispensers, beverage & coffee service carts, & teapots & creamers are all accessories you will need to ensure your coffee pot is running efficiently. Specialty drink dispensers can create frozen, hot, or even juice type drinks for your customers.
Commercial food scales are the perfect way to ensure that you get the exact amount of food product each and every time, without variance. Food scales can weigh either cooked or raw foods, whichever application you choose. Portion control food scales are ideal for weighing foods before they are cooked or processed. Receiving scales are capable of weighing large amounts of product, such as when they are delivered to your store, to make sure you have received the correct amount. Digital price computing scales not only weigh your products, but also calculate the price for you. These type of scales are often used in delis and/or bakeries. Hanging scales are a traditional type of scale that weighs to objects against each other to ensure a balanced weight.
The concession equipment category houses several smaller subcategories with many different types of concession equipment to help run your business. Hot dog equipment can be found here, which has many different ways to make hot dogs. Popcorn machines, accessories, & supplies and Star nacho equipment are extremely popular choices for concession stands. Countertop convection ovens and grills, griddles, char-broilers, hot plates, & accessories are all great ways to prepare delicious food in your concession stand. The products found in the pizza equipment category will help to prepare the foods for you to display in the pizza & pretzel merchandisers. Condiment & food dispensers are an easy way to display the condiments you want your customers to be able to reach.
Condiment and food dispensers are broken down into several smaller categories. Condiment dispenser stations, electric topping dispensers, and bottle type dispensers are easy and quick way to dispense ketchup, mustard, or any other type of condiment you will need available to customers. Pouch product dispensers and portion pack dispensers hold foods in a way that make them easily accessible.
Meat processing equipment is a category that holds all of the meat processing products available. From hamburger presses to grinders and meat choppers, you're sure to find what your restaurant needs to prepare meat dishes.
Induction ranges are ideal ways to prepare your food products. Induction ranges have various power settings to allow you to cook products at appropriate temperatures. These units can be drop in or countertop varieties.
Pastry display cases are great ways to proudly display all of your fresh baked goods to customers. These cases are ideal for cookies, brownies, and ice cream cones.
The pancake, waffle, & crepe supplies category has 22 products that will produce perfectly made waffles, pancakes, and crepes. This section even holds specialty pancake, waffle, & crepe makers.
The drink dispensers category is broken down into two smaller categories to help minimize the amount of time you spend searching. Insulated drink dispensers and uninsulated drink dispensers are both available to meet the specific needs of your business. Insulated drink dispensers keep drinks either hot or cold, whichever they are supposed to be, until they are ready to be served. Uninsulated drink dispensers do not have the added insulated to keep products either cold or hot, but are perfect for dispensing drinks.
Thermometers are used to check necessary temperatures, such as food or refrigeration temps. Cooking thermometers are the perfect way to make sure your food has reached an appropriate serving temperature before taking them out of the oven. Refrigeration thermometers ensure that your commercial refrigerators are cool enough to properly store all of your food products at safe temperatures until they are ready to be used.
The food warmers category is broken down into 14 smaller subcategories that are all designed to keep your food products warm and ready to serve. Drop-in hot food wells are great for use in hot bars to keep meats, rice, or any other hot food product warm and fresh. hold all of your pizza and pretzel products in a glass merchandiser to maximize product visibility, which will in turn increase impulse sales. Round warmers and soup kettles are great for liquid products. Specialty warmers can warm products such as cheese for nachos. Stock pot ranges, carving stations, corn cookers, and heated shelves can heat and hold numerous types of products. Food warmer / cookers, specialty warmer accessories, display food warmers - all, heat lamps, and warming drawers are also included in this section.
The category holds 4 smaller categories to help refine your search. Hot dog bun boxes and bun warmers are great for holding hot dog buns, with the warmers keeping them warm. These units are a sanitary way to make the most of your available space while keeping your hot dog buns fresh. Hot dog roller grills are an excellent choice for cooking hot dogs. Roller grills keep your hot dogs juicy by rolling them continuously while cooking them. Hot dog broilers quickly broil hot dogs for a fresh, tasty treat. Hot dog steamers steam hot dogs until they are moist and ready to serve. All of these units can be purchased with or without a bun storage area.
The mixer and accessories category has 4 smaller categories to help minimize your search time. Immersion blenders can be placed directly into the product and blend quickly. Residential handheld & stand mixers are perfect for your home or other small usage areas. Countertop planetary mixers are great for commercial use and have a bowl that rotates around the actual mixing unit. Floor mixers are large, commercial mixers that mix like a traditional mixer, with the mixer actually moving around the bowl.
The popcorn machines, accessories, & supplies category houses 3 smaller sections that contain all of your popcorn making products. Popcorn bags, & butter servers and popcorn carts & bases are both excellent choices for serving your popcorn to customers, while popcorn popper machines create fluffy and tasty popcorn with each pop.
Rice cookers are ideal for cooking delicious rice each time. Rice cookers are extremely versatile units, and can cook much more than rice, such as cakes or other such products.
The toasters category holds two different sections. Residential toasters are great for home use, and can toast various amounts of bread or other toastable products at a time. Commercial toasters are industrial strength toasters that are designed for heavy, repeated use.
Vegetable & salad dryers are designed to offer your customers the perfect salad or choice of vegetables, without having excess standing water or juice, which can create a soggy product.
Food processors are designed to easily chop, slice, grind, and puree. Using a food processor in your restaurant or catering business kitchen can greatly reduce food prep times!
The textiles, aprons, towels, smocks, pot-holders, and gloves category contains the uniforms and other items of clothing your restaurant staff needs. KaTom has a great selection of chef coats, pants, hats and more for your choosing. For safer food preparation, take a look at cut resistant gloves, oven mitts, and pot holders!
Portable butane stoves are perfect for use in catering businesses as well as restaurants and buffets. These butane stoves can be used on the buffet as an additional heated surface or at your restaurant’s dinner table to give your guests a show.
Vacuum pack machines help to save on food cost. By vacuum packing your extra ingredients or foods you will extend their life thus reducing the amount of spoiled food you will need to throw out.
Blenders
The blender category holds several types of blenders for you to choose from. Residential blenders are great for creating soups or other blendable products. Residential blenders can typically hold up to 1 3/4 liters of fluid to blend at a time. Spindle drink mixers and juicers are also available to create any type of specialty drink your customers may order. Commercial blenders are larger, industrial strength blenders are that designed for heavy, every day use.
Catering Food Carriers
The catering food carriers category houses several smaller subcategories. Cater coolers are perfect for keeping any type of product cold while it is being transported to its destination. Catering food bags can be used to transport both hot or cold food and are available in top loading or end loading varieties.
Chop, Core, Dice, Slice, Wedge, & Fry Cutters
The chop, core, dice, slice, wedge, & fry cutters section is divided into 6 smaller categories. Fry cutters & wedgers are designed to cut both regular and steak style fries. Food prep slicers make creating your meals quick and easy by slicing products evenly each time. Wedgers & corers both cut food products into wedges while removing the core, to maximize cooking time. Food chopper dicers chop and dice food perfectly with each slice. Peelers remove the skin from your food product without cutting off any excess food. Specialty cutters cut specific foods such as cheese cubes, shrimp, or garnishes. Blooming onion cutters chop a large sized onion into small pieces, with some even cutting out the core to allow you to place a dip or sauce, to create the perfect blooming onion. Manual food processors allow you to manually process the food product.
Coffee & Tea Equipment
The coffee & tea equipment section provides any and all types of coffee and tea products you will need to create the perfect, rich and aromatic cup of coffee each time. Commercial coffee makers are available in many different varieties to meet the demands of any volume business. Tea brewers & dispensers can also be purchased to supply all the tea demands your customers may have as well. Coffee percolators & urns, percolating brewers & urns, and high volume coffee systems offer high volume coffee production to meet the needs of even the most demanding business. Coffee grinders are a perfect way to allow your customers to grind their own coffee, which will be the freshest way to brew coffee. Home coffee makers can even be purchased for brewing coffee in your home. Espresso machines are available to create creamy espresso drinks, which are becoming increasingly popular every day. Coffee brewer accessories, hot water dispensers, beverage & coffee service carts, & teapots & creamers are all accessories you will need to ensure your coffee pot is running efficiently. Specialty drink dispensers can create frozen, hot, or even juice type drinks for your customers.
Commercial Food Scales
Commercial food scales are the perfect way to ensure that you get the exact amount of food product each and every time, without variance. Food scales can weigh either cooked or raw foods, whichever application you choose. Portion control food scales are ideal for weighing foods before they are cooked or processed. Receiving scales are capable of weighing large amounts of product, such as when they are delivered to your store, to make sure you have received the correct amount. Digital price computing scales not only weigh your products, but also calculate the price for you. These type of scales are often used in delis and/or bakeries. Hanging scales are a traditional type of scale that weighs to objects against each other to ensure a balanced weight.
Concession Equipment
The concession equipment category houses several smaller subcategories with many different types of concession equipment to help run your business. Hot dog equipment can be found here, which has many different ways to make hot dogs. Popcorn machines, accessories, & supplies and Star nacho equipment are extremely popular choices for concession stands. Countertop convection ovens and grills, griddles, char-broilers, hot plates, & accessories are all great ways to prepare delicious food in your concession stand. The products found in the pizza equipment category will help to prepare the foods for you to display in the pizza & pretzel merchandisers. Condiment & food dispensers are an easy way to display the condiments you want your customers to be able to reach.
Condiment & Food Dispensers
Condiment and food dispensers are broken down into several smaller categories. Condiment dispenser stations, electric topping dispensers, and bottle type dispensers are easy and quick way to dispense ketchup, mustard, or any other type of condiment you will need available to customers. Pouch product dispensers and portion pack dispensers hold foods in a way that make them easily accessible.
Meat Processing Equipment
Meat processing equipment is a category that holds all of the meat processing products available. From hamburger presses to grinders and meat choppers, you're sure to find what your restaurant needs to prepare meat dishes.
Induction Range
Induction ranges are ideal ways to prepare your food products. Induction ranges have various power settings to allow you to cook products at appropriate temperatures. These units can be drop in or countertop varieties.
Pastry Display Cases
Pastry display cases are great ways to proudly display all of your fresh baked goods to customers. These cases are ideal for cookies, brownies, and ice cream cones.
Pancake, Waffle, & Crepe Supplies
The pancake, waffle, & crepe supplies category has 22 products that will produce perfectly made waffles, pancakes, and crepes. This section even holds specialty pancake, waffle, & crepe makers.
Drink Dispensers
The drink dispensers category is broken down into two smaller categories to help minimize the amount of time you spend searching. Insulated drink dispensers and uninsulated drink dispensers are both available to meet the specific needs of your business. Insulated drink dispensers keep drinks either hot or cold, whichever they are supposed to be, until they are ready to be served. Uninsulated drink dispensers do not have the added insulated to keep products either cold or hot, but are perfect for dispensing drinks.
Thermometers
Thermometers are used to check necessary temperatures, such as food or refrigeration temps. Cooking thermometers are the perfect way to make sure your food has reached an appropriate serving temperature before taking them out of the oven. Refrigeration thermometers ensure that your commercial refrigerators are cool enough to properly store all of your food products at safe temperatures until they are ready to be used.
Food Warmers
The food warmers category is broken down into 14 smaller subcategories that are all designed to keep your food products warm and ready to serve. Drop-in hot food wells are great for use in hot bars to keep meats, rice, or any other hot food product warm and fresh. hold all of your pizza and pretzel products in a glass merchandiser to maximize product visibility, which will in turn increase impulse sales. Round warmers and soup kettles are great for liquid products. Specialty warmers can warm products such as cheese for nachos. Stock pot ranges, carving stations, corn cookers, and heated shelves can heat and hold numerous types of products. Food warmer / cookers, specialty warmer accessories, display food warmers - all, heat lamps, and warming drawers are also included in this section.
Hot Dog Equipment
The category holds 4 smaller categories to help refine your search. Hot dog bun boxes and bun warmers are great for holding hot dog buns, with the warmers keeping them warm. These units are a sanitary way to make the most of your available space while keeping your hot dog buns fresh. Hot dog roller grills are an excellent choice for cooking hot dogs. Roller grills keep your hot dogs juicy by rolling them continuously while cooking them. Hot dog broilers quickly broil hot dogs for a fresh, tasty treat. Hot dog steamers steam hot dogs until they are moist and ready to serve. All of these units can be purchased with or without a bun storage area.
Mixers & Accessories
The mixer and accessories category has 4 smaller categories to help minimize your search time. Immersion blenders can be placed directly into the product and blend quickly. Residential handheld & stand mixers are perfect for your home or other small usage areas. Countertop planetary mixers are great for commercial use and have a bowl that rotates around the actual mixing unit. Floor mixers are large, commercial mixers that mix like a traditional mixer, with the mixer actually moving around the bowl.
Popcorn Machines, Accessories, & Supplies
The popcorn machines, accessories, & supplies category houses 3 smaller sections that contain all of your popcorn making products. Popcorn bags, & butter servers and popcorn carts & bases are both excellent choices for serving your popcorn to customers, while popcorn popper machines create fluffy and tasty popcorn with each pop.
Rice Cookers
Rice cookers are ideal for cooking delicious rice each time. Rice cookers are extremely versatile units, and can cook much more than rice, such as cakes or other such products.
Toasters
The toasters category holds two different sections. Residential toasters are great for home use, and can toast various amounts of bread or other toastable products at a time. Commercial toasters are industrial strength toasters that are designed for heavy, repeated use.
Vegetable & Salad Dryers
Vegetable & salad dryers are designed to offer your customers the perfect salad or choice of vegetables, without having excess standing water or juice, which can create a soggy product.
Food Processors
Food processors are designed to easily chop, slice, grind, and puree. Using a food processor in your restaurant or catering business kitchen can greatly reduce food prep times!
Textiles, Aprons, Towels, Smocks, Pot-holders, Gloves
The textiles, aprons, towels, smocks, pot-holders, and gloves category contains the uniforms and other items of clothing your restaurant staff needs. KaTom has a great selection of chef coats, pants, hats and more for your choosing. For safer food preparation, take a look at cut resistant gloves, oven mitts, and pot holders!
Portable Butane Stoves
Portable butane stoves are perfect for use in catering businesses as well as restaurants and buffets. These butane stoves can be used on the buffet as an additional heated surface or at your restaurant’s dinner table to give your guests a show.
Vacuum Pack Machines
Vacuum pack machines help to save on food cost. By vacuum packing your extra ingredients or foods you will extend their life thus reducing the amount of spoiled food you will need to throw out.
