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Cool Thinking: Does My Ice Machine Make Enough Ice?
11:00 amWith Spring fully underway and Summer just around the corner, beer gardens and outdoor areas are starting experience more footfall as the weather improves. As the heat rises and the parasols go up, commercial ice machines are expected to handle the additional demand in businesses across the country. Is yours ready?

Perhaps you are running a small cafĂ© or mobile catering business where you simply need ice for drinks to help your customers keep cool in the heat and add value to your product. The Polar T315 ice machine would be a fantastic solution in these circumstances, as there's no need to plumb the ice maker in. It's portable and can be taken to all sorts of locations such as festivals, fĂȘtes and other similar events and produces great quality ice whilst looking stylish and attractive in front of customers. Producing 10kg of ice every 24 hours and with a 1kg storage bin, the T315 is perfect for smaller catering occasions.
Alternatively, if you have access to a mains water supply. the larger Polar T136 ice maker has double the output and capacity with a 4kg bin and 20kg of ice made every 24 hours.

There's also the type of ice to consider. By using a commercial ice flaker, you can produce much smaller ice, used for the cold storage of perishable foods or producing freshly-mixed cocktails. An example of a great quality, high output ice flaker would be the Hoshizaki FM80EE, as it has a huge 85kg/24hr output and 26kg storage bin. Alternatively, use a separate ice crusher alongside an ice maker to have the versatility of both types of ice.
Commercial ice machines and crushers are made by some of the most reputable brands in catering equipment, such as Polar, Whirlpool, Ice-O-Matic, Hoshizaki, Foster and Waring. Browse the full range of commercial ice makers here at Nisbets.
By David Evans

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