Countertop Food Warming

Increase your countertop food warming capabilities and make your commercial kitchen stand out above others with a commercial food warmer.

Food warmers are great since they keep their contents at safe serving temperatures for long durations. You can use these products to heat a variety of foods, such as soups, sauces, vegetables, casseroles, and more. Ideal for catering events, concession stands, or school cafeterias, commercial food warmers can help you provide safe and high quality hot foods for hungry guests. Commercial food warmers ultimately serve one purpose and that is to keep your food at the proper temperature until it is need for service.

We offer a wide variety of different food warming equipment designed for different applications and services. Warming drawers are ideal for catering companies or restaurants, that plate hot meals and need a way to keep them at ideal temperatures before service. Chip warmers can help your concession stand's nachos stand apart from others who do not warm their chips.

Countertop Food Warmers

Countertop warming equipment is common in commercial kitchens and foodservice providers with limited accessible space, since it provides operators with hot holding flexibility without occupying as much kitchen space as a floor model would. Our food warmers are available in many different styles, wattages, capacities, and control types. Whether you are running a food truck, or booth at the carnival, you’re going to need a way to make and show off those sweet treat’s customers crave. Our warmers contain temperature controls to ensure that your food is always kept at the perfect temperature.

Unlike full food serving systems, countertop food warmers are more compact and easier to move, but can still provide ideal warming quality. Melt some milk chocolate quickly and easily with a chocolate melter. Keep those french fries, onion rings, and chicken tenders hot, fresh, and ready to go to expedite sides, appetizers, and drive-thru orders with a fry dump station.

Food Dispensers

It's nice to have a piece of equipment designed to dispense messy or sticky sauces. It can be a turn off for guests if they need to risk getting sticky or even burnt from hot dripping syrup or cheese. To help decrease this chance and make dispensing items easier not only for guests, but kitchen staff as well, commercial food dispensers are an easy purchase.

Food dispensers offer you an easy way to reduce the amount of packaging waste that your business produces. Our food dispensers are available in many different styles, capacities, and control types. Whether you need to dispense hot nacho cheese for some nachos or some hot maple syrup to top off your breakfast meal, Burkett has the food dispensers necessary to make your life and your customers lives easier.

Frequently Asked Questions about Food Warmers and Dispensers

How long can a commercial food warmer hold hot foods?

You can keep food in these food warmers for extended periods of time as long as you keep it safe from contaminants and at a temperature that is AT LEAST 140° Fahrenheit. However, the FDA advises against keeping food out for longer than two hours. After prolonged times, food quality will naturally decrease. It is recommended that kitchen staff always carry a food thermometer to ensure proper temperature levels are held.

What are the physical differences between food warmers?

• Full Size Food Warmers are generally rectangular in shape, holding a full-sized pan.
• Kettle warmers tend to have the cauldron shape, with a more curved outer shell and an inside varying from the same shape to cylindrical.
• Round food warmers generally take on a cylinder shape, with an indented lip near the opening.
• Well warmers have a rectangular base, with one or more wells nested side by side into heated holes.
• Buffet Warmers are rectangular in shape and can hold multiple full and/or half pans with a strip warmer, attached to the base, hanging above.

What style of food warmer is best for sauces, soups, and liquids?

The type of a food warmer depends on what you would put into it. To keep large amounts of food in full size pans warm, you will need a full size warmer.

• Kettle Warmers are great for stocks, chili, and other sauces either in the back of the house or available to your customers.
• Round Warmers are great for smaller applications of soups such as at a buffet-style restaurant where people can grab their own soup.
• Well Warmers are a good choice for ice cream toppings, syrups, and other small batches of liquids that are served in small portions.

Additional Burkett Resources

Look at hot & cold food serving systems for more expansive food warming capabilities. From mobile buffet stations to commercial food wells to steam tables, this section can help you build the perfect serving lines. Additionally, for concession stands, you'll want to check out heated merchandisers and display cases. Units in this section excellently compliment food warmers and dispensers.

For additional help in filling out your kitchens equipment, check out these specifically business oriented pages:

• Concession Equipment & Supplies
• Food Truck Equipment & Supplies
• Catering Equipment & Supplies
• School Cafeteria Equipment & Supplies
• Deli Equipment & Supplies