As a restaurant manager, customers count on you for efficiency and quality service delivery. Thus, you need the right equipment to meet patrons' needs. A commercial dishwasher is one such piece of equipment, and its sole purpose is to ensure that cooking utensils and cutlery are clean and safe for use by kitchen staff and customers. However, choosing a commercial dishwasher can be challenging if you consider the many brands available. This article highlights key features to look for in a commercial dishwasher.

Automatic Soil Removal -- When preparing used dishes for a dishwasher, kitchen staff remove solid food remnants from the utensils and cutlery. However, this can be time-consuming, especially if you use a traditional dishwasher since you must remove any remaining solid on the utensils. This aspect makes traditional commercial dishwashers less efficient. Notably, modern dishwashers are equipped with an automatic soil removal system (ASR). The feature pumps and systematically collects large and small solid food remnants missed during pre-scrapping. It also reduces the need for frequent water changes, which goes a long way in saving a restaurant money.

Specialised Cleaning Modes -- Anyone who works or has worked in a commercial kitchen will tell you that cleaning dirty pots and pans is a nightmare, especially when doing it manually. Even traditional dishwashers do not guarantee clean pots and pans because they take the same amount of time inside an appliance. However, with new commercial dishwashers, cleaning pans and pots is a breeze, thanks to a specialised mode dedicated to cleaning pans and pots. Activating the feature allows the rack to pause during washing, ensuring heavily soiled cookware are thoroughly cleaned properly. Therefore, it saves kitchen staff from the time-consuming tasks of soaking and handwashing cooking pots.

Drain Water Energy Recovery -- Hot water is mandatory for cleaning utensils and cookware in a commercial kitchen. Besides killing germs, hot water doubles up as a degreaser, reducing the amount of detergents kitchen staff use. However, as workers use hot water drains from a standard dishwasher, the system needs to heat fresh cold water to keep the hot water supply uninterrupted. When shopping for a commercial dishwasher, look for one that can recover energy from hot drain water. The system pulls warmth from the exiting drain water and uses it to raise incoming cold water temperature. Therefore, it significantly reduces the energy required to reach rinse temperatures and saves a lot of money in energy costs.