ESI | Commercial Fryer | Illinois | Repair Service Parts

When your kitchen's commercial fryer needs maintenance or repair Eichenauer Services can help.  For over 65 years they have been offering affordable, courteous and professional fryer repair for their commercial customers throughout the state of Illinois.

Regardless of how small or big the repair is, you can count on Eichenauer Services to get the repair done properly, professionally and promptly, as it is understood a restaurant should not have a long down time, which can cause them to lose many customers.  Eichenauer services is an authorized service agent for Vulcan-Hart, Frymaster, Pitco, Star, APW Wyott, Keating, Imperial, Giles, and have performed work on many other brands.  As well as offering repair of commercial fryers Eichenauer Services also suggest planned maintenance for your fryer.  Planned maintenance will save you money and help you prevent downtime.  Also read below for steps you can also follow to help prevent downtime.
Call us today at 800-252-5892 to learn about the services we can provide for your fryer throughout the state of Illinois!  Also learn about other pieces of equipment we service here.

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Commercial Deep Fryer Cleaning Tips 

General cleaning and maintenance are the best way to assure years of trouble-free service from your commercial fryer. Reference your owner’s manual for more product-specific cleaning tips, but read on for a few general cleaning procedures that are synonymous across all brands.

• Clean the element whenever the oil is filtered or changed. Any time the oil is drained or filtered from the vat, heating ribbons or elements that are submerged in the oil should be brushed clean in order to maintain proper heat transfer. Also, scrub food crumbs and particles off of the fry-pot walls.
• Wipe down the exterior at the end of the day. At the end of the day, be sure to wipe off the exterior of the commercial deep fryer, especially around the rim of fry vat. This is mostly a cosmetic and worker safety consideration as the oil could drizzle to the floor and cause a slip-and-fall hazard.
• Clean the fry baskets at the end of the day. Be sure to remove the fry baskets from the vats at the end of the day and run them through the dish machine. Wait until the baskets are dry before placing them back over the oil because water will cause the hot oil to splatter.

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Eichenauer Services

2465 N 22nd St Decatur, IL 62526 US

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Eichenauer Services

106 E McClure Peoria, IL 61603 US

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Commercial Kitchen Equipment Bulbs & Sockets

Eichenauer Services stocks numerous sockets and bulbs for commercial kitchen holding and cooking appliances for manufactures such as Custom Deli, Hatco, Henny Penny, Vulcan-Hart, Alto-Shaam, and many many more.

Some of the common items are:

Bulbs
Alto-Shaam                 LP-33592
Custom Deli                CDI-157
Custom Deli                CDI-299
Custom Deli                CDI-38
Hatco                          02.30.081
Hatco                          02.30.043
Henny Penny               BL01-011


Sockets
Custom Deli                CDI-47
Custom Deli                CDI-378
Custom Deli                CDI-64
Vulcan-Hart                 825098

If you in need of any commercial kitchen equipment bulbs or sockets please call us today at 800-252-5892 or visit our website www.esiquality.com.

Restaurant Equipment: Hot Plate

The tools you and your staff have to cook food in a commercial kitchen are directly related to how fast you can produce it. The faster you produce food, the more customers your business can serve. Even if it only one extra table an hour – the result is more profits for your business. Unfortunately a lot of restaurants (especially smaller locations) just don’t have the cooking power to be able to keep up to the busiest meal times. When this happens customers are waiting longer than they should for their food and satisfaction plummets.

There are a variety of ways you can help improve the speed of your commercial kitchen, but many of them are costly and time consuming. If you want to quickly and easily help significantly impact your kitchen’s ability to cook excellent meals, you should definitely consider buying a commercial hot plate.

What Can a Hot Plate do for My Business?
A hot plate is simply an extra set of stove top burners. This means that you can easily double or even triple the cooking capacity of your commercial kitchen for a fraction of the cost of having a new stove top installed. Like a countertop range, they can be powered with gas or electricity, so there is no worry about what type of power you are using in your business. The biggest advantage to having more burners is obviously the ability to have more food being cooked per hour. This can be a huge advantage to businesses as it allows you to serve more customers per hour.

How Much Should I Spend on my Hot Plate?
If you are just looking for a two burner hot plate, you don’t need to more than $700. From there, add about $100 for each additional burner, with high grade six burner models going for about $1500. One thing to remember about some hot plate designs is that they don’t offer the same potential as others. Two burner designs allow for a separate pot or pan on each burner, while most four or six burner models will only accommodate one or two extra pots or pans. There are exceptions to this like the Vulcan-Hart four burner hot plate with a step built in between the front and back burners. This is one of the only models to offer true four burner capacity.