School kitchens stay clean with these maintenance tips!
The school season is starting! Most schools have a school kitchen, in which school staff and volunteers can help to serve growing, hungry kids and other guests. Maintaining this type of commercial kitchen is key to maintaining the health and safety of many young people and the kitchen staff. Follow these overarching school kitchen maintenance tips to have a great school year!
Enforce School Kitchen Safety and Hygiene Standards
Kitchen safety and hygiene are the top concerns. It is up to the people managing and working in the kitchen to practice best safety tips and take care of personal hygiene. Commercial kitchen safety starts with you! Have a written standard for personal hygiene, clothing, and kitchen safety. This way, you can avoid getting burns, cuts, and other injuries, which are great things to avoid!
Clean and Sanitize All Kitchen Equipment on a Schedule
Naturally, you will need to maintain your kitchen equipment. The best way to do this on a commercial level is to keep a to-do list for daily, weekly, and monthly tasks, plus any other task that requires attention at routine intervals. Once you have these lists drawn up, you can assign tasks to specific individuals so everyone knows who is doing what. You can divide these to-do lists based on specific equipment like ranges, dishwashers, refrigerators, etc. Your list will also have kitchen cleaning tasks such as sanitizing countertops and mopping floors.
Know How to Shut Down and Start Up School Kitchens
School kitchens are usually dormant in the summer, which is why it might be a good idea to have a plan to shut down and start up the school kitchen at the end and start of the school year. Such a plan would involve deep cleaning and unplugging or plugging in kitchen equipment as needed.
Enlist in a Preventative Maintenance Program
Professional cooking equipment deserves professional care. A preventative maintenance program offers a checkup and tune-up that only commercial food equipment repairmen can do.
Contact Pine Heights Commercial Kitchen Service, Inc.!
Since 1971, Pine Heights Commercial Kitchen Service, Inc. has been the leader in Commercial Kitchen Equipment Services in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan area. We specialize in Restaurant Equipment Repair Services, Commercial Refrigeration, Preventive Maintenance, in-shop repairs, and over-the-counter parts.
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