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How Routine Water Filter Replacements Enhance Your Ice Quality
Maintenance

How Routine Water Filter Replacements Enhance Your Ice Quality

Cloudy, foggy, or odd-tasting ice is often a sign of a neglected commercial ice machine. Particularly, one that's overdue for a water filter change. We've...

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Inspirations

How to Design a Perfect Restaurant Dining Room
Operations and Efficiency Tips

How to Design a Perfect Restaurant Dining Room

Every restaurant’s dining room should be unique. It may not seem obvious, but the layout and organization of your dining room and restaurant furniture supports...

Burkett Joining Midwest's Best at 2018 Mid-America Restaurant Expo
Industry News

Burkett Joining Midwest's Best at 2018 Mid-America Restaurant Expo

The Ohio Restaurant Association's Mid-America Restaurant Expo aims to innovate, inform, inspire. We are very excited for this year's expo, and not just because that...

Top 10 Tips for Commercial Range Safety
Operations and Efficiency Tips

Top 10 Tips for Commercial Range Safety

In the bustling heart of every commercial kitchen, where culinary magic is crafted daily, range safety must always take center stage. The commercial range, with...

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Restaurant Servers
Operations and Efficiency Tips

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Restaurant Servers

Everyone knows what it's like to go into a restaurant and have a bad experience. You have to wait 20 minutes before placing your drink...

What to Buy Before Opening a Restaurant
Operations and Efficiency Tips

What to Buy Before Opening a Restaurant

For restaurant owners just starting out, the search for the right equipment and supplies can be daunting. Figuring out exactly what you need is a...

Top Commercial Ice Machines for Healthcare Facilities
Buying Guides

Top Commercial Ice Machines for Healthcare Facilities

In a healthcare facility, ice is used for specific tasks including post-operative use, dietary needs and treatment to reduce swelling and inflammation. For each of...

Introducing SEAGATE Commercial Products
Industry News

Introducing SEAGATE Commercial Products

As one of the leading distributors of restaurant equipment and supplies, Burkett's catalog includes more than 100 of the top brands in food service. We...

Toledo institution Tony Packo's chooses Burkett for newest location
Industry News

Toledo institution Tony Packo's chooses Burkett for newest location

Tony Packo's has been serving authentic Hungarian food in the Toledo, OH area since 1932. Tony Packo's offers a delicious menu with everything from Sweet...

7 Common Misses When Cleaning Restaurant Kitchens
Maintenance

7 Common Misses When Cleaning Restaurant Kitchens

The easiest way to keep all of your equipment working in tip-top form is to clean, and clean often. There are the obvious hot spots...

5 Reasons Why Ice-O-Matic's Elevation Series Takes Ice Machines to the Next Level
Buying Guides

5 Reasons Why Ice-O-Matic's Elevation Series Takes Ice Machines to the Next Level

Refreshingly simple innovation was needed in the ice machine category, enter the Elevation Series from Ice-O-Matic. The CIM models replace previous models that began with...

How to Make Perfect Caramel Candy Apples
Culinary Tips and Tools

How to Make Perfect Caramel Candy Apples

Candy Apple Machines are perfect for caterers, dessert shops, schools and concession stands serving up caramel apples on a daily or weekly basis. Also referred...

Picture of burgers with text overlaid: "How to Successfully Start a Food Truck"
Operations and Efficiency Tips

How to Successfully Start a Food Truck

Street food businesses have exploded in popularity, offering entrepreneurs an exciting opportunity to serve delicious meals while enjoying the freedom of mobility. However, starting a...