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What Is A Commercial Grade Fridge?

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If you’re in the food business, you know how important it is to keep your products and ingredients fresh and preserved. This is done by storing them at the right temperature and keeping them dry.
Most food items begin to spoil if kept at room temperature for too long. This can affect the taste of the food and allow harmful bacteria to proliferate. This is why restaurants, cafes, grocery stores, and food businesses store their items at a specific temperature and humidity range inside industrial scale fridges called commercial grade refrigerators.

A commercial grade fridge is specifically designed to store large quantities of items while keeping them at an optimum temperature. These commercial fridges are much larger than regular home fridges and are made for industrial use. Commercial refrigerators are also much more durable than home refrigerators, in order to handle the strain of a busy commercial kitchen.

What Is Commercial Refrigeration?

Many businesses require the storage of refrigerated and frozen goods. These businesses require refrigerators that are much more powerful and have more space than regular fridges. A fridge at a bar or restaurant may be opened and shut multiple times per hour, every day for years. Which is why commercial fridges tend to be much more durable than domestic fridges.
A commercial fridge typically operates 24/7, which is why commercial grade fridges need to be reliable and easily repairable as well.
NovaChill, with more than 40 years of experience in the refrigeration business, manufactures commercial grade fridges of the highest quality. The brand has made its mark in the market due to its extremely high quality standards.
Customer satisfaction is of the utmost importance to NovaChill. All NovaChill refrigerators are thoroughly quality tested before being delivered to the customers. This is done to make sure that the customers receive a fault-free unit that will last years before a need for maintenance arises.
Moreover, instead of Chinese parts which are used by most refrigerator manufacturing companies, NovaChill uses standard parts in its commercial refrigerators. Chinese parts are imported and are difficult to replace whereas standard parts are quickly and easily replaceable.

How Are Commercial Grade Fridges Different To Regular Fridges?

The biggest difference between a commercial grade fridge and a regular domestic fridge is that commercial fridges are much more powerful. They also tend to be much more spacious and offer more storage space and shelving.
Commercial refrigerators take much more power and voltage to run as well. Where regular domestic fridges run on single phase power, commercial grade fridges may require a 3 phase power supply. But that does not mean commercial grade fridges aren’t cost-efficient. The refrigerant solution, thick insulation and durable materials increases their efficiency by multiple folds.
If you'd like to learn more about the differences between commercial and domestic refrigeration, check out our article here.

Benefits Of Using A Commercial Grade Refrigerator

1. Powerful cooling systems that keep items such as food, ingredients, drinks, ice, flowers, medicines, and more, at a desired temperature for long periods of time.
2. Spacious units made of heavy duty materials that can withstand years of heavy use in a business setting.
3. Highly energy efficient
4. Versatility in styles to suit different business needs, such as display fridges, underbench fridges, bakery fridges, etc.

Where Are Commercial Grade Fridges Used?

Commercial grade refrigerators are mostly used in the food service industry, such as grocery stores, bakeries, restaurants, bars, and cafes. Foods need to be stored at a certain temperature and humidity to keep them fresh and tasty.
Commercial fridges are also used in the medical industry. Certain drugs need to be stored below room temperature, which is why pharmacies use commercial grade fridges as well.
Flower shops also require commercial fridges to keep their cut flowers fresh. These fridges are specifically designed to maintain a steady temperature and humidity level to keep cut flowers from drying out, wilting, and losing colour. Check out our range of flower fridges here.
These only scratch the surface of industries that require a commercial grade refrigerator.
NovaChill, with more than 40 years of experience under its belt, specializes in manufacturing high-quality commercial-grade fridges that are durable, reliable, and cost-efficient.

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