Restaurant Smallwares & Kitchen Supplies
Equip your professional kitchen with smallwares from KaTom. From bakeware and food pans to knives and serving utensils, we offer the commercial kitchen supplies you need to achieve your operational goals. The tools and utensils here are mainly meant for back-of-house use, while serving items can be found in our Flatware & Serveware category.
Baking supplies are essential in many kitchens. Mixing bowls, spatulas, and baking sheets are nearly universal, while sifters and bread slicers are more specialized.
Dispensers and caddies are essential for keeping self-serve beverage and condiment stations organized. You'll also find restroom dispensers for paper towels and soap.
Commercial cutlery makes a lot of foods manageable and a lot of dishes possible by helping you properly process and prepare ingredients.
For assuring safe and accurate temperatures for cooking and refrigeration, the kitchen thermometer is a critical part of any food quality and safety plan.
From the omnipresent frying pan to the rarely-seen omelette pan, cookware is a critical part of any commercial kitchen. Find your commercial pots and pans here.
You'll find just about every hand tool you'll ever need for the commercial kitchen here, from turners to spoons, tongs to garlic presses.
Their versatility, durability, and ease of cleaning make hotel pans and food pans the most popular food cooking, holding, and serving solution. Stock up on high-temp, low-temp, and metal pans here.
Whether for servers or self-serve applications, for plated meals or with compartments for different foods, we have the trays and stands your operation needs.
Safely and conveniently storing food in your commercial kitchen is essential. Stash everything from ingredients to cooked food with these pieces.
Whether you're handcrafting premium cocktails, slicing fruit for garnishes, or cleaning up at the end of the night, you'll find the bar supplies you need here.
Offer bottle service or serve wine by the ounce with wine buckets and stands, bottle stoppers, ice buckets, and other wine supplies.
The chafer is a fixture in any foodservice business with a serving line, and are particularly common at buffet and catering operations.
This category includes everything a cook needs to dress for safety, from chef hats to anti-fatigue shoes. We also offer oven mitts, smocks, aprons, and chef whites.
In cooking, a brush can help you baste, sauce, and butter. Other brushes allow for cleaning tasks that are critical in foodservice operations.
Whether you need an automatic can opener or a manual one, and even if you're looking for a multi-purpose bottle opener, we have the tools you need.
Baking dishes can be used to serve sizzling main courses, freshly baked desserts, or individual sides. You'll find everything from ramekins to fajita platters here.
Safe and efficient food prep starts with the right cutting board. Build the right set from pieces in this collection, whether you need wood, rubber, plastic, or composite boards.
Make the top priority of any kitchen – food safety – easier to manage with these products, from HACCP color coding items to posters describing food safety guidelines.
These gadgets and hand tools help you craft dishes your customers will love and make common kitchen jobs – like making burger patties and poaching eggs – simpler.
Equip your hosts and servers with everything they need to provide seamless service, from trays and check holders to mobile stations that enhance organization.
From lighted signs to wall signs to dry erase boards, KaTom has the commercial signage you need to help your customers navigate your business.
Equip your staff for comfort and safety with chef hats and uniforms. You'll also find stylish and professional shoes, socks, and pants here.
Top In Stock Smallwares
Thunder Group ALSP1826PG
1/1 Full Size Bun / Sheet Pan - 26" x 18", 16 gauge Aluminum, Perforated, Glazed
Common Questions About Smallwares
What are restaurant smallwares?
Commercial smallwares, often callled kitchen supplies, encompass everything needed to keep a commercial kitchen running outside of large equipment. Some of the most common smallwares are kitchen knives, cookware, and bakeware, such as ingredient bins and wire cooling racks. There's also some crossover here with serving items such as condiment dispensers and wine buckets that are used both front- and back-of-house.
What kitchen supplies do I need?
The restaurant smallwares you need to equip your commercial kitchen will be dictated by what methods you use to prepare your menu items. Almost every operation needs a selection of commercial kitchen supply knives, and the type you need depends on what you're preparing. Chef knives are popular because they can cut, slice, chop, and mince different ingredients. Most chef knives have 5- to 12-inch blades, with the most common length being 6 to 10 inches. Often thought of as a small chef's knife, paring knives provide more control for coring, peeling, and slicing fruits and vegetables than chef's knives.
Smallware textiles, such as pot holders, oven mitts, and gloves, keep your employees safe. Pot holders and oven mitts protect employees from high temperatures and come in many shapes and sizes to fit your application and cookware.
Kitchen thermometers help you meet food-safety protocols. To ensure everything you prepare reaches temperatures that are safe for consumption, probe thermometers and meat thermometers measure the temperature of cooked food. Fryer and candy thermometers provide an accurate measurement of oil and mixtures while they are cooking. Grill and oven thermometers and freezer and refrigerator thermometers are a bit different the other types since they are designed for measuring the inside of your kitchen equipment. If you want to keep up with data for HAACP tracking, temperature data loggers measure the temperature of holding areas. Many data loggers are equipped to work with Wi-Fi, wirelessly sending recorded data to the computer.
What do I need to consider when looking at smallwares for my kitchen equipment?
Most commercial operations will need a cookware collection featuring items such as frying pans, saute´ pans, saucepans, and stock pots – depending on what you're cooking. These pots and pans are often made of aluminum, stainless steel, or cast iron.
Most popular among cookware materials, aluminum is affordable and lightweight. Because this material is porous, it heats up and cools down quickly, but the porous surface is also more prone to warping and flavor transfer between dishes than other metals. Aluminum is also susceptible to warping and can corrode if it is used with acidic foods.
Resistant to warping and denting, stainless steel cookware is more durable than aluminum. The easy-to-clean material releases fat for deglazing and does not transfer flavors or react with acidic foods. Stainless steel heats more slowly than aluminum, and uneven heat distribution can lead to hotspots.
Because cast iron is very dense, it heats up slowly but retains heat for long periods of time. This heavy material is resistant to scratching, denting, and warping, but it does require seasoning to maintain its non-stick surface. Most cast iron cookware comes pre-seasoned, and the seasoning rarely needs to be reapplied if it is washed properly.
Where can I buy smallwares?
While many stores sell kitchen supplies, it is important that foodservice operations be stocked with commercial kitchen supplies designed specifically for professional use. Using residential supplies can lead to early breakage or poor sanitation. Commercial restaurant smallwares are designed and constructed for durability and easy cleaning, meaning a restaurant supply company is usually the best place to purchase your restaurant's smallwares.
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We cover the kitchen supplies types you'll want to have in a commercial kitchen, from baking tools to serving pieces.