Let Your Equipment Do The Hard Work
By Anna Stenning
If you have ever had the pleasure of working in a busy bar or pub you will definitely appreciate the benefits of having the best bar equipment to help you with your job, especially during busy periods where demand for refreshment often leaves little time to cater for anything else.
Commercial bar equipment including glass washers, ice makers, commercial blenders even down to ice buckets are all items of equipment which aid the smooth running of a bar by saving time and wasted effort.
Time is of paramount importance when you have a bar packed full of thirsty customers waiting to be served, every customer is essential to the income of the establishment and therefore providing a prompt, friendly service reflects the efficiency and builds the reputation of the premises.
Half the battle of running a successful bar is having the right time saving appliances, requiring low maintenance in order to keep them up and running. Examples of these appliances could include commercial blenders, perfect especially in the summer months, when demand for long, ice cold refreshing beverages or slightly more exotic drinks rises. They can help you whip out a round of summer drinks in a matter of seconds, simply add the ingredients, crushed ice and whizz up, pour into glasses and serve, the commercial blender is an easy item to use and maintain, being easily dismantled for cleaning purposes, with easy assembly afterwards ready for the next use.
Another example of time saving appliances and probably the most essential of bar equipment is the glass washer. Glass washers are easily loaded holding up to thirty pint glasses in one cycle, (obviously sizes of glasses differ accommodating smaller glasses allows the machine to cater for more). A cycle in glass washer takes approximately two minutes, and leaves glasses spotless, scratch free and free of greasy marks and lipstick. If done by hand this one cycle would take a person more than five minutes, without interruptions, in order to achieve the same level of cleanliness. Additional to this glass washers are supplied with two baskets so whilst one is being used, the other can be being topped up ready for the next load.
Commercial ice makers reduce the time taken to produce ice in bulk loads, long gone are the days of filling ice making trays, waiting long hours for the ice to solidify in order make enough ice to meet demand, nowadays ice makers can churn out ice in all shapes and sizes to cater for all levels of requirement, from cubes to flaked ice, they even come with ice buckets to store the ice once it”s made.
These time saving gadgets not only make life behind the bar easier and less demanding, it also frees up time for the more mundane chores such as cleaning, the hygiene and cleanliness of any catering or bar establishment surely plays a big role in keeping customers contented. As much as a customer wouldn”t like to have a drink created in a dirty commercial blender or drink from a dirty glass there are still the bars and floors to clean.
If your business is only just up and coming, then choosing to lease bar equipment rather than buying outright might be the sensible thing for you, It provides the perfect opportunity to judge what size equipment you require, also to see how busy your business will be, whether the equipment you”ve chosen meets demand and the ability to update your appliances at the end of a leased term.
Having good bar equipment, like commercial blenders, ice makers and glass washers, which are low maintenance, easily cleaned, time saving gadgets could just be one of the perfect ingredients to meeting customer satisfaction, providing its combined with friendly staff and a good atmosphere!
About The Author
Anna Stenning researches how having time saving bar equipment such as commercial blenders and glass washers helps to run a more efficient bar which focuses solely on customer needs.