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Nobody (that we know of anyway!) gets into the restaurant business because they have a passion for washing dishes. Making people happy, building community, and blowing away diners with flavor, of course, but dishwashing? Yet how you take care of your dishes directly translates to how you take care of your customers and staff, and how well you can do the other tasks at hand.

Warewashing describes the full range of strategies and tools you can use to keep your kitchen sanitary and efficient. As a leading supplier of high-quality kitchen appliances, this is something we think about a lot at Eleven36. The most significant tool at your disposal is an industrial warewasher (aka a commercial dishwasher) which is a major time (and water and labor) saver for your business. How many dishes your industrial warewasher can clean, rinse and sanitize at once dictates how many customers you can serve per hour. There's an industrial warewasher for any sized business that will save you money and headaches in the long haul.

There are other pieces to think about in warewashing, too - a primer of how you can approach the subject for your own business is below.

Features & Benefits That Are Revolutionizing Cleaning

It cannot be overstated - an industrial warewasher (or dishwasher) is a critical piece of warewashing equipment. An easy-to-install under the counter model can turn over a rack of flatware or dishes in less than 2 minutes to help you serve at least 100 meals per hour, and that's more or less the baseline for commercial dishwashing power. An industrial dishwasher is massively more efficient at cleaning dishes than doing them all by hand, not only in terms of sanitation quality but in terms of preserving water, which is usually done by storing it in a holding tank.

Setting Up Your Wash Station

Another important component of warewashing strategy is arranging and selecting the right additional cleaning equipment. You'll need the following:

Sinks

At least four sinks should be found in every food service establishment. One for handwashing, one for meal prep, one for cleaning, rinsing and sanitizing dishes (in case of dishwasher failure or for special items) and one for janitorial use. A compartment sink with three bowls, designed for cleaning, sanitizing and rinsing, is FDA-mandated. A good compartment sink also has the right faucets, water temperature setup and cleaning solution dispensers in each bowl to fulfill each of those three functions.

Faucets

There are many nifty tools to help you clean plates, sheet pans and pots with ease. Be mindful of acquiring quality faucets and pre-rinse spray valves when you're looking at your sinks. (Eleven36 can help with this!)

Dishwashers

For your flatware and plates, you'll want to put them on a rack and stick them into an undercounter, single rack or conveyer machine, depending on the size of your business. Choose a dishwasher type based on how many meals you expect to serve an hour. Eleven36 can help match you with the specific unit that will meet your present and future capacity in an energy-efficient way.

Additional Dish Room Products

Getting dirty dishes out of the way and to your cleaning stations is important, too! Shop Eleven36 to find: * Bus carts, bus tubs, aprons and floor matting for making cleaning up easy and preventing dishes from breaking. * Flatware cylinders, holders, glass racks and dollies that can help you keep your wares organized. * Sponges, scrubbers and scrapers for every type of surface to ensure you are cleaning in a way that maintains the integrity of your flatware and cookware. * Glass polishing equipment that will ensure your restaurant impresses and makes a customer feel special.

Warewashing Technology

Purchasing an industrial warewasher is an investment - to keep your business running smoothly, you want a unit you can trust not to break down. But given the advances in technology over the past decades, you don't just want a unit that can do the bare minimum - a future-forward warewasher that saves you money and energy can save you significant money in bills, maintenance and lost service hours. Consider a unit that provides you with detailed data (like alerts if the dishwasher needs to be cleaned or if temperatures are not getting hot enough) or a unit that makes it easy to see how well it is saving water and energy. Warewashing is not likely to get its own HGTV show but it's an area of kitchen operations where making smart choices and investing in innovation can boost your bottom line and make a difference in your workflow. That's what we care about providing at Eleven36, so don't hesitate to reach out with questions about how you can set up your kitchen optimally for today and far into the future.

Stock Up on Your Warewashing Supplies

The amount of dishes you will process every day might shock you - as will the supplies you run through, even when using an energy- or detergent-efficient unit! Stay stocked with sanitizing solution, sponges and cleaning tools for your dishwasher itself. Being able to clean throughout service and address problems as they first appear, and before they grow acute, is always a big win in foodservice operations. Warewashing describes the whole universe of cleaning tasks a restaurant has to perform each day - and it's a lot! But save the spinning for your wash cycle- with Eleven36, our range of industry expertise and quality products will ensure you can set up your kitchen warewashing process in a timely and effective way. Contact us today for help in filling your warewashing gaps or building a comprehensive plan.
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