Choosing the Best Commercial Dishwasher

A glass washer machine quickly and efficiently cleans your establishment's glassware without causing chips or damage. They wash up to 2,000 glasses per hour, with one cycle taking about 90 seconds to complete. Many fit right under your countertop for use in front-of-house operations to help keep up with demand and ensure you always have clean glasses available.

Glass washers allow glassware cleaning in bulk, making them a worthwhile investment for high-volume restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and hotels. Rack, carousel, or pass-through glass washer models are available in high- and low-temperature styles. Upright or submersible bar sink glass washers can also thoroughly clean your glassware before running it through your commercial dishwasher.

An excellent equipment choice for compact kitchens and bars, undercounter dishwashers allow you to clean as you go. They can clean between 20 to 55 dish and flatware racks per hour, giving your business a steady supply of clean dinnerware throughout your business hours. Most commercial warewashing equipment of this type uses a single door on the front to resemble residential washing units, but they incorporate a variety of controls and displays to let you work more efficiently.

You can find undercounter dishwashers in high- and low-temperature styles. Since they fit under your countertop, these dishwashers are the most convenient in front-of-house operations to minimize the distance and time required to transport clean dinnerware back to your customers.

Adding a conveyor dishwasher to your kitchen requires sacrificing space for efficiency. They're large, cumbersome, and powerful, processing between 350 to 1000 dish and flatware racks daily. Commercial warewashing machines are made of stainless steel and designed for heavy use in cafeterias, hospitals, and other high-volume operations.

Many conveyor dishwashers come with microprocessors and easy controls to set washing conditions, and there are also Energy Star models to help cut down on electricity consumption. Both high-temperature and low-temperature models are available for purchase. Because of their power level, a trained electrician is needed to install and hardwire these units.

Door type or rack dishwashers are smaller versions of conveyor washers designed to connect to clean dishtables or dirty dishtables. First, fill up a compatible rack full of dishes and push it inside the dishwasher, then close the door and run the cleaning cycle. Within moments, the run cycle will be complete and the clean dishes will be ready for use.

A commercial warewasher can typically process 30 to 350 dish and flatware racks daily, making them great for localized operations like mom-and-pop restaurants. Similar to the conveyor models, there are high- and low-temperature designs available. Because they're not as large as conveyor dishwashers, rack washers sit out of the way of your kitchen's traffic in a corner or against a wall. However, many still utilize too much electricity to run off a simple plug and should be installed by an electrician.

Use a pot and pan washer to make cleaning and sanitizing pots, pans, mixing bowls, and trays easy. They feature tall doors that provide enough clearance to accommodate cookware of all shapes and sizes that cannot fit in a standard dishwasher. They are an ideal alternative to manually scrubbing pots and pans in a three-compartment sink and use less water than handwashing. By conserving water and reducing time spent manually washing dishes, pot and pan washers can help save on utility and labor costs.

Pot and pan washers allow for bulk cookware washing, making them a worthwhile investment for high-volume restaurants, hotels, cafeterias, or hospitals. Door type, lift door, or pass-through pot and pan washer models are available with front-loading or straight-loading styles to accommodate your kitchen layout.

Ventless dishwashers condense steam and eliminate the need for a commercial kitchen hood. Some kitchens may require a type 2 kitchen hood to trap and reduce heat and moisture build-up so that your staff can have an optimal working environment and you can protect your ceiling and other equipment. Ventless dishwashers eliminate the need for a costly kitchen hood and allow you to be more flexible with where to place your dishwasher.

Some ventless dishwashers utilize an energy recovery system, which collects the hot water vapor inside the machine and transfers it back to the booster to preheat the incoming rinse water. This feature can help save on energy and water costs in the long run. One factor with ventless dishwashers is that they typically have lower output production than standard rack dishwashers.